Product Photography: Rwanda Partners Bowl Series

February 17, 2013 by 2 Comments

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By approaching Rwanda Partners and offering them my help, I scored the opportunity to take a selection of their bowls into the studio and photograph them for their website.  With three lights, some plexi glass and fishing line, I was able to create a clean, depth-defining product shot to help them better portray their products.  Hopefully, more opportunities will arise with Rwanda Partners after the initial shoot.  Visit RwandaPartners.org for more.

Location: SCCA Studios

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/160 sec at ƒ/16, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6

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Product Photography: Toxicity

February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Found within a friend’s basement, these bottles were too characteristic and entirely toxic to pass up.  Setting up in an open-air carport settled the minimum level of fumes and maximum amount of ventilation.

Location: CK Studios

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/25 sec at ƒ/16, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6

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Product Photography: The Squirting Milk Bottle

February 4, 2013 by 2 Comments

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From my last studio shoot, left over was a classic-looking baby bottle.  So before I found another home for it, or fulfilled it’s recycled destiny, I wanted to shoot it as a product spewing milk.  Viola.

Location: SCCA Studios

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/200 sec at ƒ/10, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6

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Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Education, Food, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Product Shoot, SCCC, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Studio Photography: Out of Context – A Recycling Program

January 28, 2013 by 4 Comments

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America’s recycling program.  It’s fantastic in my city, sucks in others.  So I took the idea of recycling into the studio, and placed one shot in context (above) and took the other two slightly out of the box.

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Composting.  Try it, you’ll cut back on your weekly load of trash and also create a healthy garden

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CPS: Child Protective Services or the Department of Social Services.  Putting children through America’s foster care system since 1974.

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Photo Essay: Bainbridge Island Boxing Club

January 22, 2013 by 3 Comments

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I had the opportunity to shoot some promotional material for Bainbridge Island Boxing Club.  The owner, Ben (i.e. The Bear), is an ex-pro, coaching his students in both traditional boxing as well as Muay Thai, or Thai boxing.  It was thrilling to spend a couple of evenings with them, watching as they used every muscle in their bodies with agility and speed.  Next time I step foot in the gym, hopefully it will be without camera and only gloves.

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Photo Essay: Graniel’s Dreamland Product Photography, Wooden Bowl

January 18, 2013 by 1 Comment

After traveling to Ambergris Caye in Belize, photographing various artists utilizing the skill and exactitude of their hands, I purchased one of the wooden bowls from Graniel’s Dreamland as a gift, gifted, took it back and brought it into the studio… whew.  And now it’s done.

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Full bowl studio shot

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Close-up bowl studio shot combined into catalog spread with on-location workshop shot

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Photo of the Day: Robert Carlson’s Glass-Blown Imagination

November 9, 2012 by 2 Comments

 

Internationally-renowned glass artist Robert Carlson recently spent one week as the Artist-in-Residence at Tacoma, Washington’s Museum of Glass Hot Shop.  Here, he worked with the shop’s artists and interns to create the next line of imagination: 10+ orbs of glass weighing from 5 – 25lbs, each unique with twisting sculpted tentacles and bulbous knobs and hooks.  They now await to be adorned with color.

Location: Carlson Studio

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/50 sec at ƒ/22, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

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Photo of the Day: Robert Carlson Paintin’ Glass

November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Renowned glass artist, Robert Carlson painting in his studio.  What exactly is he painting?

Location: Carlson Studio

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

16mm composite, 1/8 sec at ƒ/20, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Environmental Portrait, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Photo of the Day: Bee vs. Bee-Keeper

October 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Location: Bainbridge Island, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

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Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

After my adventures with bee-keeping, I spent an afternoon this fall harvesting 20lbs of fresh honey from my hives.  I could have collected more, but the honey they gather throughout the spring and summer becomes their food surplus for the cold fall and winter months ahead.  They were already pretty pissed, as one can tell.

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Environment, Food, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photo-Journalism, Photography, Product Shoot, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Photo of the Day: The Trailer Room

October 24, 2012 by 1 Comment

Location: Undisclosed

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

16mm, 1/25 sec at ƒ/10, ISO 320, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Working on a video project with a surfboard shaper, I decided to grab a quick shot of the man in action.  And the board he is shaping will be shortly in the water under my feet.

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