Day Seventy - Scouting

A bunch of us from uni went out to New Norfolk this morning so I could show them the abandoned hospital buildings that we're looking at as a location for a short film we have in the scripting stage. We're tossing around ideas for the script at the moment and are jumping from idea to idea pretty fast but there's a pretty solid pathway we're heading towards now. It's quite exciting.
We also needed a promo shot for a new website fellow filmmakers Dan Cosgrove and Angus Ashton are setting up which will also feature work from all of us.

More on that soon!

Nikon D200
35mm f2

Vivitar 285hv at 1/16th to camera left through 43" umbrella
Vivitar 285hv at 1/4 behind the group and the the right into 43" reflective umbrella

Day Sixty Nine - Dan Cosgrove

Dan's going to hate this photo. But I love it. Mainly because Willow Court is nicely framed in the background. More on this day in the Day Seventy description. Yeah I dropped the ball again and missed a day. So two photos on one day.

I've been busy!

Nikon D200
35mm f2

Day Sixty Eight - Anyone Can Do It If They Try

Once again I return to quoting Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, and also photographing Max. I apologise if you're bored of seeing his face, or mine for that matter. My balcony is also the location once again providing the bokeh of North Hobart.

Nikon D200
35mm f2

Strobist Information if I remember correctly is...
Vivitar 285 hv to left at 1/16th through 43" umbrella
Vivitar 285hv to right at 1/6th into 43" reflective umbrella.
Triggered by Cybersyncs.

Day Sixty Seven - Katie <3

What more can I say other than i'm totally in love with her. =)

Nikon D200
35mm f2 at f2.8
Vivitar 285hv at 1/16th to camera left through 43" westcott umbrella

Day Sixty Six - Boat

My brother, Toby. Boty. Goat. Goatse. Whatever.

Nikon D200
35mm f2
Vivitar 285hv to camera left at 1/16th through Westcott 43" shoot-through umbrella.
Vivitar 285hv behind Toby at 1/16th with blue gel pointing towards camera.

Day Sixty Five - Revisited

This is somewhat or a reshoot of day twenty one. Taken this time with 35mm lens instead of 50mm. Also using a Westcott 43" shoot-through umbrella with a Vivitar 285hv on 1/16th to camera left. Also a little Achiever flash I got off ebay that is roughly equivalent to a Vivitar on 1/4. This one's behind me point up with a blue gell.

Long day. Feeling very tired and drained. I don't look too happy in this photo. But I actually am! Katie returned home yesterday so i'm pretty much over the moon with happiness.

I love her so much!! =)

Day Sixty Four - Bright Side

Looking on the bright side. Something I rarely seem to be able to do. I'm one of those people that always imagines the worst possible scenario of a threatening situation and convince myself it's going to happen. I really need to talk myself out of that mindset. It's definitely easier said than done. But I've had enough of it. Time to kick my brain into gear and start thinking more positively and optimistically. I hate my head sometimes.

Nikon D200
35mm f2
Vivitar 285hv at 1/2 into Westcott 43" reflective umbrella, semi collapsed.

Day Sixty Three - Meet Chris

Oh man.

I've wanted to photograph the bag lady for so long. I was sitting on the couch this morning with Max and she walked by. We called out to her and offered her a cigarette. She gladly accepted and told us many tales of creamed rice and even some about her brother, who was a painter. As a painter he was never allowed to have ash trays, so he'd ash his cigarette in his cupped hand and put the ash in his pocket. So this is what she did.

Nikon D200
35mm f2 at f2.8

Day Sixty Two - Lazy Acres and Yoki

Okay i'm getting really Lazy with my titles. (Pardon the pun)

The wind almost knocked my light stand over which meant I could only get off a few shots. That and Yoki doesn't really like being photographed. So this one's somewhat candid.

Nikon D200
35mm f2 at f2.8
Vivitar 285hv at 1/16th to camera right with 43" Westcott umbrella.

Katie's home in two sleeps from now. I'm pretty excited! =)

Day Sixty One - Rainbows and Cigarettes

This is a day late.
I got my two lumopro light stands and westcott 43" umbrellas in the mail today. I owe another photo for today too so no doubt i'll make use of them later on tonight for today's photo.

I wish i had a polarizer so the rainbow had come out more in this one. Apologies to Max for giving him one or two extra wrinkles. In other news, my cat's no longer trying to escape my room to take a pounding, which is good. What's not good is the steaming turd I found in the corner of my room covered up by my clothes. At least she attempts to clean up after herself!

Nikon D200
35mm f2 at f2.
Vivitar 285hv at 1/16th to camera right above Max through 43" Westcott umbrella.