Fire under the table

November 30, 2009 | Filed Under photo | Leave a Comment 

I don’t usually shoot or post abstract work, but I was in a mood yesterday with my lensbaby. I’d accidentally taken a shot with the cam pointed under the table at a Starbucks, and decided to purposely shoot a few more. This was one result.

Champion and the G Strings on Q

November 29, 2009 | Filed Under photo | Leave a Comment 

These guys are the most awesome dance-rock band on the planet. The albums, while good, do not do justice to their live show wherein DJ Champion (guy on the laptop) literally conducts the guitar orchestra for 90 minutes of music with no breaks. Shot info below the pic.

One of those instances where I brought lights to the CBC Q studio. From the first pic, there’s one to the singer’s right casting the main harsh light, and behind him is another SB600 bouncing off the white ceiling for fill on his back. Same setup for the other shots, if you can suss out the locations of the subjects. Shot it all at ISO 800, somewhere around F/5-ish. The four-guitar shot probably had me drop to ISO 400 and knock down my aperture to F/3.2 I believe.

The Strombo Show

November 17, 2009 | Filed Under photo | Leave a Comment 

Just prior to The Strombo Show’s launch on CBC Radio 2, George put the shoe on the other foot and was interviewed by Rich Terfry of Radio 2 Drive about his new gig. Used two lights, think one behind the camera to Strombo’s right and above him hitting him directly, and another to his left bouncing off the ceiling and also hitting him direct. One of them might’ve had a diffuser on them, can’t recall. Iso 160 (not 1600), f/3.5, and 1/160 to cut down on ambient light.

Steeping Tea

November 16, 2009 | Filed Under photo | 2 Comments 

Earl Grey vanilla tea, that is. Long day at work, third bit of caffeine so far. Always NEED MOAR caffeine.

Maple Leaf Garden’s media room

November 10, 2009 | Filed Under photo | Leave a Comment 

I’m working Battle of the Blades for the mothercorp, and my gig required me to spend a lot of time waiting. During that time, I decided to venture down some stairs in the media room and see what was there - looks like it was forgotten, pants and all. Here’s a slideshow of six shots, and you can fullscreen it with a button in the lower right corner. Shot at 1600 and 3200 ISOs and cranked for max graininess.

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