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12-12-12 Gallery Show at Southern Mills.
My last photo gallery show of the year. This has been a quiet year for me with only 3 shows all year.
12 – 12 – 12 Art Show: The End of the World or a New Beginning.
This show will feature 12 artists hanging 12 pieces of art. There will be food, drink and entertainment. Come celebrate the beginning of a new end, or check out some art, chill and relax during this busy Christmas season. This will be the last time this year that three numbers will line up as well. Come be a part of it. $5.00 admission.
The show is general audiences, but some of the photographers showing are pretty far out on the edge and their work trends towards an intensity that might be inappropriate for young children. There might even be some tasteful nudity here and there on the wall as well.
Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/417540068312113/
Location:
Southern Mills Art Gallery (map)
585 Wells Street
Atlanta, GA 30312
New gear, getting ready for a new year.
On November 21, 2012 by scott With 0 Comments
- 2012, Experimentation, Photography, Scott Bragg, strobist
I recently had a bit of monetary windfall and decided it was time to upgrade the gear. Out goes the venerable (and tough as nails!) Nikon D50 and in comes a shiny new D7000. The Alien Bees I’ve been using for the last three years have gone back to their owner. Replacing them are an SB-910 and a Yongnuo YN-560 II. Wireless slaves, snoots, beauty dishes, grids, etc. All kinds of toys.
Below are a few images from my couple of days of experimentation getting familiar with and relearning some old tricks. Enjoy.
D7000, 1/60 @ f/6.3 21mm ISO 100
SB-910 at 1/4 powers with 1/8inch grid to camera left and back about 4 feet from the couch.
D7000, 1/60 @ f/5.3 66mm ISO 800
SB-910 at 1/2 power in 16 inch beauty dish with diffuser sock. Dish was immediately to camera left and about 3-4 feet from Galen.
D7000, 1/125 @ f/11 34mm ISO 200
SB-910 @ 1/2 power in 16inch beauty dish w/ diffuser to camera left and up about 2 feet, pointing back to bottles.
Slave strobe @ 1/4 power with 1/8inch grid on stand behind and slightly above bottles to through light through the bottles to get color.
D7000, 1/125 @ f/1.8 50mm ISO 200
ND-8 filter on lens to get DOF where I wanted and bring the focus back to the pirate.
SB-910 @ 1/2 power in 16inch beauty dish w/ diffuser to camera left and up about 2 feet, pointing back to bottles.
Slave strobe @ 1/4 power with 1/8inch grid on stand behind and slightly above bottles to through light through the bottles to get color.
Bumped up the contrast and dropped the blacks slightly. The ND-8 left things looking a bit hazy.
D7000, 1/125 @ f/1.8 50mm ISO 200
ND-8 filter on lens to get DOF where I wanted and bring the focus back to the pirate.
SB-910 @ 1/2 power in 16inch beauty dish w/ diffuser to camera left and up about 2 feet, pointing back to bottles.
Slave strobe @ 1/4 power with 1/8inch grid on stand behind and slightly above bottles to through light through the bottles to get color.
Only modification was a slight crop.
Selected photos from Alchemy 2012.
A few selected photos from burn night at Alchemy 2012. Enjoy.
Full moon over the burn field at Alchemy 2012.
The first explosion of fire under the effigy at Alchemy 2012.
A few minutes in to the burn, there is a wall of fire across the burn field.
Dragon rising from the flames of the Effigy at Alchemy 2012.
Sparks and flames climb to the sky as the effigy collapses at Alchemy 2012.
More photos coming as I work through edits.
In search of… a book printer.
I am in need of a good, inexpensive custom photo book printer. I am working on a 75-125 page book for a photo essay. I want to do a very limited hardback print run, a more general softback print run, and of course, there will be an unlimited digital book run.
The digital book I have handled, but I’m looking for a printer for the hardback and softback versions.
I’ve looked at instantpublisher.com and their prices are great, and I can print in runs as small as 25 books. However, I have no idea what their quality is like.
I’ve looked at blurb.com and a few others, and though I have an idea what their quality is like, their costs are 2 to 3 times what instantpublisher is charging.
So I ask you, the denizens of blog-space, what do you recommend? I know quite a few of you photographers have published books. Who did you use, and what was the experience like?
Scott
Project Update: Intimate Beauty
I just finished posting an update and a few sample pages for the Intimate Beauty project.  I am looking for models and essays for the book. Pop over to the project page and read up, and look. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in writing or posing for the project, drop me a note.  All my contact info is here.
More updates and details as they’re worked out.
Scott
Sunset in the Clouds
Sunset Clouds
Taken during my flight from Boston to Atlanta. All I had at hand was my iPad3.  I am very pleased with the quality of the raw shot as well as how powerful Photoshop Touch ended up being.  I will definitely be experimenting with both a lot more in the future.