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We welcome travel photos... from you!

I'll be in Florida all Spring Break doing things. And I'll take pictures too. I invite anyone to let all the readers see what travel photos you would like to share. Have em posted on this site, or simply post a link to your own site. No description for the picture/snapshot needed, anything goes.
Send me an email lpn071000@utdallas.edu

Also, I would like to know if there is anyway for a user to post pictures onto a gallery without having to register for anything. I think there is a ATEC flickr pool but hoping for something more easier and simpler to upload and share.

Side shooting with Hubert

I was deleting some of my blog post drafts until I came across this six month old post I forgot to publish. 10/23/08 was the date I originally planned to show.

David

Annie

Elise

See Hubert's photos on his site.

UTD ATEC

The good folks managing the ATEC blog mention UTD Photo on their site, http://utdatec.wordpress.com/
All things ATEC go there. Check it out.

My 6X-cross filter made the flare. My normal filter was on my other, main lens.

Chimping

natural light

artificial light + DanielHai Yen Nguyen

I need to practice balancing color temperatures on the lights. There is a green burn-in on Patrick's face.

1/30 f4 ISO 160
SB24 @ 1/4 shoot through high left
SB80dx @ 1/16 bare right

Objects and Head Shots

Sorry, I got lazy with updating the blog. :( I don't really like my shots from the photoshoot with Reiko so I'm not blogging about those. Here are a few shots from an assignment we did for class. We had to practice lighting form.


Object: Sake Bottle
Comments: For this shot, I sort of followed the beer bottle setup shot from strobist: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/03/diy-light-beer.html My modified version was using what I was able to check out from school, which was two tungsten lights (one of the left and right of the bottle) and I also used one 430speedlite (underneath pointing upwards).


Object: Yoyamart Dunny
Comments: One tungsten light camera left pointed at the object and one camera right pointed at the back of the object.


Object: Sake Set
Comments: One tungsten light camera left pointed at the object and one camera right pointed at the back of the object.

Object: Yoyamart Dunny
Comments: Here you can see my setup. The glass on the box is a piece of glass/plastic from a picture frame and the black cloth is a graduation gown, because I couldn't find a large piece of black cloth.


Model: Melanie Yenchai
Comments: I decided to try a head shot with the tungsten lights for class. There was supposed to be kiwi floating around her face, but that didn't work out since they just sunk to the bottom of the tub! The lesson learned from this is to test out your concept first. :(

Model: Melanie Yenchai
Comments: I used the dynalite strobes for this. One camera left with a sofbox and one high above her camera right pointing downwards.


Model: Leah Foster
Comments: We were practicing doing glamour shot lighting for head shots upstairs in the art barn since I found a tutorial on it. I believe long posted up a setup shot previously.


Model: Caly Ngo
Comments: I learned that when the model wears black and a tank top, the image doesn't turn out as well as someone wearing brighter colors and a long sleeve shirt.

Slow week

But maybe not for you. If you have some pictures you want to share or anything photography related that you want to post on this site, send me an email @ lpn071000@utdallas.edu and I'll grant you blogging rights.

The most gear I've ever seen in one shooting

Doesn't seem like much until you bust out the bags. The research building may have cut off the AC outlets when they saw our group plague the front entrance.Photo above by Hubert

Reiko

1/1000 f2.8 iso 200
all three flashes at 1/4

Also, from Wednesday night.Lots of studio gear. I am getting the hang of the power settings on the power packs. Much stronger than speed lights.

Pocket Wizard's new gear

Their new models can now transfer exposure info wirelessly across flashes.
I won't repeat whats already on web but I do want to comment using these devices on high speed flash photography, 1/250th or above, the power output on the flash reduces dramatically, so it required to set your light very close to the subject for proper exposure.
Remember that having the best gear does not make you a better photographer.

Photo shoot Friday at 12PM on campus

Meet up first at the PATIO at the Student Union. We'll move to another location afterward.
lpn071000@utdallas.edu or 214 718 2387

Cookie cut your own bokeh shape, example

Follow up on photos I said I would make using DIY bokeh.

1/250th f 1.4 ISO 400
1/60 f1.4 ISO 400

I found that as you upped the aperture, the shape will eventually vignette onto to the image. You can see that here.

1/1600th f5.6 ISO 320

maybe video of shoot later as I find a tape deck to export

galleries and new pictures

hello! Ever wondered about Dallas Art galleries? look no further! here's a list taken from a sheet from one of my photography classes:

http://500x.org/
http://Afterimagegallery.com
http://andorgallery.com/
http://barrywhistlergallery.com/
http://bathhousecultural.com/
http://conduitgallery.com/
http://craigheadgreen.com/
http://thecontemporary.net/
http://dunnandbrown.com/
http://fwcac.com/
http://www.gpgallery.com/
http://www.hollyjohnsongallery.com/
http://www.the-mac.org/
http://martywalkergallery.com/
http://mfagallery.com/
http://panamericanart.com/
http://pdnbgallery.com/
http://road-agent.com/
http://williamcampbellcontemporaryart.com/
http://trustthepublic.com/

Also, here are some of my recent photos.


Model: Maria-Luiza Popescu
Comments: This is from the January 15th shoot. With all the "campus beautification" going on, we've been limited on where we can shoot on campus. I chose to work with this construction, because it can make a good juxtaposition to the model.


Model: Kimmy Tran
Comments: I decided to go to denton one day to take photos of my friend, kimmy, and we find a good field to shoot in. You can see one of my strobe lights in the background actually, but I cleared out the bar in photoshop.



Model: Charilyne Rojas
Comments: This is at Mockingbird station and I didn't use any strobe lights/reflectors.


Model: Quyen Nguyen
Comments: I revisited the park off campbell and jupiter, but in the daytime this time with my friend, Quyen.

More of my photos can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hubertduong/

Cookie cut your BG highlights, bokeh shapes

Every lens can create bokeh, it is the quality of bokeh which differs.
An old post but you can read how to make your own bokeh shapes here.
I'll post a picture after I find the necessary materials to do this.

Shoot from Wednesday

More from Alex, Daniel, and me later.
Model: Amelia

1/1000th 3.2 ISO 200
85mm
SB 24 @ 1/2 power, shoot through umbrella
triggered wired via pc sync cord

1/200th 4 ISO 200
85mm
SB 24 @ 1/2 power, shoot through umbrella
SB 80dx @ 1/32 power, bare, camera left

A sighting & Pop Talk Thursday

Just an observation outside of campus. Yeah, I spied for like 10 minutes from indoors looking out the window. I saw a lady photographer taking a corporate portraiture of a businessman by the outdoor water fountain beside the Richardson Public Library. Some equipment I saw, though I wished I grabbed my camera to spy. A triangle reflector some 60 inches high clamped to a light stand. A monolight? triggered by a cubish receiver, maybe pocket wizard. No power pack or electrical cords mounted to a wall so it seems all battery powered. Don't know what camera but it was on a tripod.
I noticed too that she demonstrated posing to the model by posing herself. Didn't catch audio. I think it's almost a secret how photographers communicate with models. No books or online articles showing this but a couple of videos do such as one in the Strobist DVDs. (The film lets run an entire photo shoot so you hear dialogue)
Seems the best way to get the inside scoop on photographer-model communication is to join us on our shoots on campus. Observe how we do things, impossible to be shown in tutorials or books.

Pop talk, I'll bring my gear Thursday from 3PM to 4PM and anyone is welcome to come and ask questions how we do things with our shoot. Will meet at the Patio at SU.
Pop...as in popping flashes.

One Year Ago

This video was made last year for PMA 2008 by DigitalCameraInfo. I wonder if there will be another video like this for PMA 2009, which starts on March 1st.

Camera show pictures

Good show, lots of interesting gear. I was able to get 30 ft of PC sync cables for $6 and a hotshoe to PC male adapter for $7.
Alex arrived at the same time as I did and got some lenses.
There were a couple of manual flashes that would've done nicely with our kind of shoots but I already have more than enough. Small gallery of our visit here.

Used gear this weekend at Grapevine

Just wanted to repeat that there is a camera show this Saturday and Sunday. Seems I will be going sometime on Sunday. Also if you plan to go, research older gear for your camera make. You might find something interesting there but have no idea how acclaimed or bogus rated it is.
See here for more info.