Kim's headshot

 I did a shoot with some new friends the other day where we got this nice head shot of Kim. It was a very simple set up with the 53" octa table topped above her and then a reflector just out of frame on the bottom as you can see in the production shot below.

Some older images

These images are about 10 years old. It was the first time I got to work with a stylist and a hair and make up person. At this point I was working with a Mamiya RZ67, I loved that camera it made me feel like Herb Ritts. I was working with a big 2400ws Speedotron power pack and a single large (60") umbrella. 

Something from this fall.

This are some images from an assignment I did this past fall for AirCorps Aviation that is working on rebuilding a world war II fighter plane

 In this image I placed an Elincrom Quadra with the diffusion cover on it with a full CTO gel on it right of the machine and fired it in through a window on the end of it.

 For this one I used mostly natural light but placed the Quadra on the other side of the plane and pointed at the top of the engine above the mechanics head.

This is probably one of my best group shots and it was actually pretty simple for light. I had the Quadra in a 27" square softbox camera left and placed a Nikon SB-900 behind the engine to bring up the background detail.

Caitlin

Recently I have been doing a lot of shooting in the studio and here is some of those images I shot with my friend Caitlin. 

 53" octa camera left on a C-Stand shot with a Nikon 50mm

Typical glamour solution 53" octa above Caitlin  on a C-stand, a gold tri grip reflector at waist level. Shot with Nikon 70-200mm.

 Same light as the previous image except I added a Nikon SB-900 zoomed to 200mm to cast the hard shadows on the background. Shot with a Nikon 70-200.

Caught her in a beam of natural light coming in through the studio window.

First day in the studio

I got to shoot in the new studio space I share with a friend of mine in Bemidji yesterday. It was nice to finally be in a proper studio, between the two of us we have enough gear and experience to do any assignment that comes our way. I got to shoot with my friend Shena again and we got some great images including the one below.

 for this image I used a 6x4 foot softbox above the camera, a head pumping into a gold reflector on the floor and two head aimed at the background. 

I used a combination of Speedotron and Elincrom lights and a Nikon 16-85 on my D300. Processed in Lightroom.

Right tools for the job.

This spring I started shooting with the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra system kind of moving away from my smaller Nikon flashes. I have gained more power and access to a larger range of light modifiers my favorite for location work is a 27" square softbox.

The C-Stand is a beast to haul around on location but it makes getting the softbox in position so much easier and the weight makes the whole setup more stable in the breeze, had it been windier or if I were using a larger softbox I would have wanted to sandbag the stand.

This image was shot with a Nikon 50mm 1.4 on my D300 with the above lighting setup and processed in Adobe Lightroom.

Walking with a camera

I love to just go for a walk with a camera and see what I can come up for images and I have been doing this even more now that I have have gotten my little Nikon P7000 which goes with me just about everywhere. These images were all shot around the downtown Bemidji area. Everything processed in Lightroom.