The Girls in the Garage

Our photo club was having a photo shoot in the auto repair garage that is attached to the photography studio where we meet. They had brought out all the lights and back drops into the garage to do a tutorial on studio lighting.

It was a bit too crowded to really hear what they were saying so I stole a few of the models and went to another part of the garage where I found a scaffold for them to get up on. I went up a ladder and got this shot, among others.

I had the camera on manual settings for a long exposure and then added the flash at the end to get the effect.

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Disney Collage - Trinity

We went to the Disney Cove or something like that where we ate at the Hardrock Cafe and wandered the streets looking at stores, etc.

I found a number of images to collect while there and the 'alter' image came to mind due to the 3 lights and symmetry that I saw.

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High Contrast - Composition with Attention

Fourth in my high contrast series.



I really love this image, not so much because of the contrast, though I like that, but
because of the great moment it captures. That moment when everything is ready to go and
yet something or someone isn't quite ready. Some are looking, some are waiting. All
the while we don't know what is off camera that is causing it.

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Postcard #7 - California Road Trip

We were in an outdoor outlet mall in Napa. We were in an antique store, all filled
with browns and golds and muted tones when through the window I noticed this pair of
bright yellow vests floating against a wall. They were bathed in bright, bright
sunlight and the color was so glaring compared to all the rest I just had to go take
some photos.

I told them I would donate some money to their cause if they would let me take some
photographs of them and they agreed. Just moments before I had passed the two
cypress trees and loved their 'symmetry/assymetry' against such a stark background.
Once I got home and went through the photos I kept seeing these two girls with the
two trees and so worked the images up to have that happen.

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