RYAN the Golfer

RYAN the Golfer
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

Its always good to shoot in the studio. You get to exercise more light control and usually with less components and distractions. You’ll always have the technical and electronic gremlins but they are more easily handled in the studio environment. Location work demands you make the best of any given light. In the studio the light becomes completely malleable. The effect and construct is up to you or as in this case the art director who knew he wanted drama. So with comp in hand we put together an image, using rim side lights to accent the shape of our golfer and club. The negative space was allowed for copy.

Uploaded by Michael Slear on 29 Sep 10, 3.59PM EDT.

River golf

River golf
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

The new command controlled strobes give you the versatility of using flash more easily outdoors to help fill in shadows or augment sunlight or create your own light. They are not light activated as most remote flashes are and they are light, portable and multiple units can be controlled from the camera. They give imagers a whole new bag of tricks. I used 3 in these pics, one main, one fill and one accent. In addition used a faster than normal shutter speed to darken the ambient light. The Nikon D200 allows up to 4000th of a second and still have shutter sync!!

Uploaded by Michael Slear on 23 Sep 10, 4.36PM EDT.

Private

Private
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

I was reading Ansel Adams, Letters and Images 1916-1984, and in a letter to his good friend Alfred Stieglitz, he wrote, “ Nothing important lately except a glimmering of wondering what it is all about...work and life in general. Perhaps I am on the edge of making a really good photograph. I hope so. I have a growing awareness of the insufficiencies of my work, I hope it is a good sign!”.....Of course he went on to make many great photos. We all need to know our insufficiencies, and look to make choices to improve whether it be as simple as composition or in our interpersonal relationships and our interconnectivity with each other and the world. Looking though is only part of the process, seeing allows you to grow. When you look you label, analyze, and choose. When you see, you become part of the experience. Go beyond your insufficiencies and grow, like Adams. This image is just entertaining and I always enjoy seeing it.

Uploaded by Michael Slear on 15 Sep 10, 2.42PM EDT.

Untitled-1

Untitled-1
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

Sooner or later if you’re a shooter, you’ll turn your camera on the abstract. I’ve always been fascinated by angular objects and the play of light and shadow on subjects. Sometimes you don’t know which way is up......kinda like life sometimes. The basics of composition still apply, keeping the eye moving about and not static. This one certainly exercises the eye, from any aspect.