tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69531276602743194422024-03-20T00:01:44.083-07:00OAC Photo ClubOAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-30078559569210295282011-11-04T21:13:00.001-07:002011-11-04T21:16:29.570-07:00OAC Photo Club Meeting Time and Place ChangedAs of Monday, November 7th, we will be meeting twice a month on Mondays rather than on Wednesdays in the Fellowship Hall at OAC unless stated otherwise. The meeting time has not changed and will remain from 7:30-9:00pm.<div><br /></div><div>Please contact us if you'd like more information at <a href="mailto:oac@dolcepics.com">oac@dolcepics.com</a> or if you'd like to join us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope to see you there!</div><div>OAC Photo Club</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-86148052410273020752011-02-15T12:52:00.001-08:002011-02-15T12:52:44.138-08:00OAC Photo Club Calendar<iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/dolcepics.com/embed?src=oac%40dolcepics.com&ctz=America/Vancouver" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-23650102904258291712011-01-19T14:15:00.000-08:002011-01-19T14:24:30.372-08:00First Meeting of 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HqrGbK5g_fceywSby2nOttkKRk81W5Wi3ayLQpI3H622c2mXiDDNhYHzEPdf0nIxMFDrsfrqObWPtXAFYqKH_3a2pKmrCovRkm_00jGLX4ciDudBERjoYehBqcMFECwSKgQNoZTul1A/s1600/laura46.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HqrGbK5g_fceywSby2nOttkKRk81W5Wi3ayLQpI3H622c2mXiDDNhYHzEPdf0nIxMFDrsfrqObWPtXAFYqKH_3a2pKmrCovRkm_00jGLX4ciDudBERjoYehBqcMFECwSKgQNoZTul1A/s400/laura46.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026369280451218" /></a><br /><br />Our first meeting of 2011 will be at OAC located at 5350 Baillie St. in Vancouver (just north of Oakridge mall) from 7:30-9:00pm tonight, January 19th. Please email us at oac@dolcepics.com for more details.<br /><br />New members welcome!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXQhyphenhyphenQjeqRD5w7zS8NLFP0xmYuMgxBER8vCojfIFUYTPAtMIXUuJ41QOC7V9gO1BVTCMxUtDVohzXLJTFwAlsj9giv2EYaL8SvgufeSs7OvepdQSCY_x0MqC6kRnldSleAwRhovoZzBQ/s1600/laura47.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXQhyphenhyphenQjeqRD5w7zS8NLFP0xmYuMgxBER8vCojfIFUYTPAtMIXUuJ41QOC7V9gO1BVTCMxUtDVohzXLJTFwAlsj9giv2EYaL8SvgufeSs7OvepdQSCY_x0MqC6kRnldSleAwRhovoZzBQ/s400/laura47.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026227679639906" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-88404785321244132122010-11-25T16:53:00.000-08:002010-11-25T21:51:30.948-08:00Low Key Studio LightingAt last night's photo club, we had the studio lights set up against a black backdrop to try out some different low-key type lighting. We used two lights and a reflector and ended up with some nice contrast in the portraits.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5208048098/" title="Low Key by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5208048098_d452824324.jpg" width="299" height="450" alt="Low Key" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207451169/" title="Low Key by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5207451169_381b030396.jpg" width="450" height="450" alt="Low Key" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5208048190/" title="Low Key by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5208048190_589b34617e.jpg" width="299" height="450" alt="Low Key" /></a><br /><br />And lastly, we removed the black backdrop to try a lighter background.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207451275/" title="Lighter background by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5207451275_0c8c50fbda.jpg" width="310" height="450" alt="Lighter background" /></a><br /><br />Here are a couple shots from Matthew's camera that he processed:<br /><br />In this shot, we took away the back light for more shadows.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207949505/" title="Low Key by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5207949505_73a0259fb0_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" alt="Low Key" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207949555/" title="Low Key by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5207949555_29602a11c3_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" alt="Low Key" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-50920377949540742672010-11-25T16:24:00.000-08:002010-11-25T16:53:13.287-08:00Lighting with CookwareInspired by <a href=" http://www.davidejackson.com/blog/2009/03/27/cooking-with-light/" target="_blank">this blog pos</a>t we decided to give it a try. <br /><br />We only had a very tight confined space to work with but I think we still got a few interesting shots. These are almost straight out of camera with just a little boost in contrast.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207440629/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5207440629_848b9dc8a3_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5208037690/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5208037690_e39c097f0d_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207440765/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5207440765_1127c96064_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a><br /><br />You can see what cookware we used to get these shadows.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5208037792/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5208037792_dcdf2b18ca_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207440875/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5207440875_e828c5e478_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/5207440939/" title="Lighting with Cookware by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5207440939_c6505f3513.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Lighting with Cookware" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-62432166489842579032010-08-09T23:47:00.001-07:002010-08-09T23:54:58.299-07:00Rim Lighting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPR9Xg68N4iOv6b4sX3AGRK11ttYXqh5Sp1r5ozb5X0h72pCljfReHFuxBFXjpHxJ4MXOdO6xTeM3ODADjG6_vkPIs5OnhXoTY2EPG9JASMLfCmvFVYUf8ahNUYgAoELjjNz7WXTsUVU4/s1600/rimlighting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPR9Xg68N4iOv6b4sX3AGRK11ttYXqh5Sp1r5ozb5X0h72pCljfReHFuxBFXjpHxJ4MXOdO6xTeM3ODADjG6_vkPIs5OnhXoTY2EPG9JASMLfCmvFVYUf8ahNUYgAoELjjNz7WXTsUVU4/s400/rimlighting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503669361114138578" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 55 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/125<br />aperture: f/4.5<br />ISO: 200<br />flash: single flash fired - camera left<br /><br />Last week, we worked on using off-camera flash to create a rim of light and separate our subject from a dark background for a dramatic effect.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />(The red on the background was caused by a reflection off of a red piece of paper I attached to the flash as a flag to prevent the light from spilling onto the bookcase behind it.)OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-61354352557359577622010-02-25T18:58:00.000-08:002010-02-25T19:04:32.577-08:00WORKSHOP - Food Photography Using One Light<a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-2.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-2.jpg" alt="" title="One Light" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2169" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 50 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/100<br />aperture: f/4.0<br />ISO: 400<br />flash: not fired<br /><br />Last night, at <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">OAC Photo Club</a>, inspired by <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/06/food-photography-made-easy-lunch-box.html" target="_blank">Strobist's article about food photograph</a>y, we decided to make a smaller version of the inside-out soft box (because we didn't have a big enough box) and try our hand at photographing food.<br /><br />Here's our setup.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-1.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-1.jpg" alt="" title="One Light - set up" width="500" height="753" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2170" /></a><br /><br />Instead of a strobe, we decided to try using a continuous light source, a lamp without the shade. One of us held it above the box so it would shine through the tissue paper acting as a diffuser. The tissue paper covered the opening at the top of the box.<br /><br />The lamp wasn't bright enough to allow the white pieces of paper to reflect any light onto the red peppers and the pieces of paper may have been too far away to be effective, which I was ok with since I intended to keep one side in the shadows for more drama.<br /><br />Here are a couple more photos using the same setup.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-3.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-3.jpg" alt="" title="One Light" width="500" height="753" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2173" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 50 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/100<br />aperture: f/3.2<br />ISO: 400<br />flash: not fired<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-6.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oac-food-6.jpg" alt="" title="One Light" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2174" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 50 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/100<br />aperture: f/4.0<br />ISO: 400<br />flash: not fired<br /><br />The box was super easy to make and the lighting is something everyone has at home already. It was so nice to be able to instantly see how the light would fall on the subject because we were using a continuous light source. Give it a try. I'd love to see your results.OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-3843784249864866352010-02-03T22:00:00.000-08:002010-02-05T18:52:05.164-08:00Workshop - Product Photography & Creative LightingFebruary 3rd, 2010<br /><br />It was our 3rd meeting this year and we thought we'd do some more shooting. We hadn't brought out the flashes and lighting accessories in a while so for this workshop we set up two stations: product photography and creative lighting for portraits.<br /><br />Thanks to all those you attended and shared your knowledge and gear. Remember to upload your photos to flickr. The tag will be "0203creativelights"<br /><br />Here are just a few from the day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76xSGquzt6brR5bkjNEKfZf1UiDlRLfkbuKeZc__MIQl34tIAbipelYZA6iV9ipOk9g9QLOpXuFdAJwszTlCiBMKxOREipnT2MZ2qEiANGxNkbLd6MfLdfjs6Zgtb2nCfo7d8tM-hc4/s1600-h/justin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76xSGquzt6brR5bkjNEKfZf1UiDlRLfkbuKeZc__MIQl34tIAbipelYZA6iV9ipOk9g9QLOpXuFdAJwszTlCiBMKxOREipnT2MZ2qEiANGxNkbLd6MfLdfjs6Zgtb2nCfo7d8tM-hc4/s400/justin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434956217104361122" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIyCbUKdPhyphenhyphenrMOij_7WMf0cjDfYi9gFfqL1bgIw2En2YfN8tVq-6kPfkjoNz1PMMuh1Bm6PMzpni2I_zmaHJDjbiTsVJeOxKNOTsynBTv5VK0dFjf6ZnISSXKvyX_UiWsqBGOx-CDOhQ/s1600-h/laura.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIyCbUKdPhyphenhyphenrMOij_7WMf0cjDfYi9gFfqL1bgIw2En2YfN8tVq-6kPfkjoNz1PMMuh1Bm6PMzpni2I_zmaHJDjbiTsVJeOxKNOTsynBTv5VK0dFjf6ZnISSXKvyX_UiWsqBGOx-CDOhQ/s400/laura.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434956318886414690" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TpBdruilYXJCCHuTI5H2mbXzzoA10utISBcsZwYTkKrbxJBpLLJ0h7Y0Am-lPVe3Rc2hv4FxSVmUBCBhKLBLSr9lx8JC_ce4WjKZ0jDRG5KA4C_RD0R_BHaaKPDp6SdVStcGMCQSntg/s1600-h/macrosetup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TpBdruilYXJCCHuTI5H2mbXzzoA10utISBcsZwYTkKrbxJBpLLJ0h7Y0Am-lPVe3Rc2hv4FxSVmUBCBhKLBLSr9lx8JC_ce4WjKZ0jDRG5KA4C_RD0R_BHaaKPDp6SdVStcGMCQSntg/s400/macrosetup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434956439937821330" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c7AXTwCVyv72tTKmD1tcl0TpUSwS4lExVq6rJQsvKMeVYPj-GKniu0FPHxH_JPX4EJaZWXqJyUJore6W9B0-BZySs_tdsv06QCffuWRlNsT_eqg2t4NiKUNBVg3VjBpIF9sgKjbJOeQ/s1600-h/pin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c7AXTwCVyv72tTKmD1tcl0TpUSwS4lExVq6rJQsvKMeVYPj-GKniu0FPHxH_JPX4EJaZWXqJyUJore6W9B0-BZySs_tdsv06QCffuWRlNsT_eqg2t4NiKUNBVg3VjBpIF9sgKjbJOeQ/s400/pin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434957229901035698" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVuXJhp2-hHUnk4q8rMN2rYkzTuEDFOJuYbCwuHdCWZtOZ9P-m-tlGDwCXE-rMELUNNKntTBmv8iQekdE_1LFPE0Eesl6oytztVgYHK_ekDXrxxZy6nAuDEkvknDT9ta1tOV3aAys-Ms/s1600-h/watch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVuXJhp2-hHUnk4q8rMN2rYkzTuEDFOJuYbCwuHdCWZtOZ9P-m-tlGDwCXE-rMELUNNKntTBmv8iQekdE_1LFPE0Eesl6oytztVgYHK_ekDXrxxZy6nAuDEkvknDT9ta1tOV3aAys-Ms/s400/watch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434957337570945986" /></a><br /><br />Those are just a few that I shot while our members did a lot more shooting. <br /><br />For more information about the OAC Photo Club, <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/01/oac-photo-club-first-meeting.html">click the info link</a> or email us at oac[at]dolcepics[dot]com.OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-58338259033378207642009-12-01T17:25:00.000-08:002009-12-01T17:56:23.227-08:002009 OAC Photo Club Photo ExhibitionThe OAC Photo Club held our first ever photo exhibition this past Sunday evening. Thank you to all those you submitted your photos to share and also to those of you who attended. We had such a positive response to the exhibition and I'm sure we will be doing this again.<br /><br />Here are a few photos I snapped during the night.<br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser091201172339">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "480", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "2009 Photo Exhibition"); so.addVariable("userName", "oacphoto2"); so.addVariable("userId", "39451359@N08"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157622792193993"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser091201172339"); </script><br /><br /><br />A quick pan around the room.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwlHvk4zNgLrvHUh06mHyf709XOHj9-fnA7gyxZBmdYPOqVrt-HL9GGuhL9dWk5o2dyWyuA911mnZjYANzS2Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-28408789851271263322009-11-24T15:34:00.000-08:002009-11-24T15:43:12.133-08:002009 Photo ExhibitionThis coming Sunday, the OAC Photo Club will proudly present our very first photo exhibition!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1ogwZ_NYnY_9_5gqZyDNmAM4r9G316XhTTep8HUgb_-rCmbfRqOuxthZZJiYoBe1EMdfAzSPThCjsGNsrr735WkzITMWFhRr-Ty-SsYd1biuZgAfIwec40uTc5F2H-pThV-_r6PC4dI/s1600/2009exhibition-web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1ogwZ_NYnY_9_5gqZyDNmAM4r9G316XhTTep8HUgb_-rCmbfRqOuxthZZJiYoBe1EMdfAzSPThCjsGNsrr735WkzITMWFhRr-Ty-SsYd1biuZgAfIwec40uTc5F2H-pThV-_r6PC4dI/s400/2009exhibition-web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407819813488729986" /></a><br /><br />We hope to see you there!<br /><br />Following the exhibition will be a concert you may want to attend. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrHH2Q5gZFA0pFOKWLC3guoTAAJsiAGIH-YCfLLj2o46W7pKvruNtjhsA02nh5wLJ5-Y7hnz_WFFEN5LVIqZaIee7tEjbydnNF-JDj9OK_UzZZ2hhAWySEyJ9BLhvTYjistzjX4MxVMY/s1600/Vancouver+Brass+Project+ad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrHH2Q5gZFA0pFOKWLC3guoTAAJsiAGIH-YCfLLj2o46W7pKvruNtjhsA02nh5wLJ5-Y7hnz_WFFEN5LVIqZaIee7tEjbydnNF-JDj9OK_UzZZ2hhAWySEyJ9BLhvTYjistzjX4MxVMY/s400/Vancouver+Brass+Project+ad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407818934509091442" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-79808825794550819762009-10-28T22:41:00.000-07:002009-10-29T16:47:39.931-07:00Challenge Showcase Results: AUTUMNThanks to everyone who came out tonight and welcome to Emy and Kenny to the group! Enjoy the photos our members submitted in response to our latest photo challenge, AUTUMN.<br /><br />Showcase Results:<br /><br />Rain/Fall by Barry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4055057520/" title="Barry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4055057520_e42d27f5ec.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Barry" /></a><br /><br />Blue Eyes by Laura (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4055057712/" title="Laura by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/4055057712_d07f5fa691.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Laura" /></a><br /><br />Snow Geese by Justin<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054314953/" title="Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/4054314953_2d59ca4de3.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Justin" /></a><br /><br />Road by Ellen<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054315249/" title="Ellen by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4054315249_67b11cbe13.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Ellen" /></a><br /><br />Maple by Deb<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054314721/" title="Deb by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4054314721_27caf5284a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Deb" /></a><br /><br />Clothes Line by Paul (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054315453/" title="Paul by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/4054315453_b616175e4f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Paul" /></a><br /><br />Pears by Laura<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054314579/" title="Laura by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/4054314579_838e22120a.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Laura" /></a><br /><br />Lots of Leaves by Marcus & Chelsea<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054315841/" title="Marcus Chelsea by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/4054315841_153d8774b3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Marcus Chelsea" /></a><br /><br />Path by Barry (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4055058228/" title="Barry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/4055058228_12cbcdfd7a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Barry" /></a><br /><br />Huge Leaf by Damien<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054316049/" title="Damien by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/4054316049_8886215be4.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Damien" /></a><br /><br />River by Ellen<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4055058864/" title="Ellen by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/4055058864_b9094529b0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Ellen" /></a><br /><br />Leafy Sidewalk by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054316703/" title="Henry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4054316703_5ced50f86c.jpg" width="326" height="500" alt="Henry" /></a><br /><br />Bridge by Damien (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054316395/" title="Damien by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/4054316395_1a20b9090a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Damien" /></a><br /><br />Clothes Lines by Paul<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054316813/" title="Paul by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2567/4054316813_61aac43506.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Paul" /></a><br /><br />Reflection by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4055059522/" title="Henry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/4055059522_53d3dcecaa.jpg" width="500" height="277" alt="Henry" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-75550969842406171842009-10-28T17:42:00.000-07:002009-10-28T17:53:00.801-07:00Challenge Showcase Results: ORANGE<span style="font-weight:bold;">Showcase challenge results:</span><br /><br />Here are the photo submissions for our photo challenge "ORANGE". Thank you everyone for submitting these fabulous photos!<br /><br />Headlamp by Ellen<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053761651/" title="Ellen by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/4053761651_4a12482b56.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Ellen" /></a><br /><br />Dixie Cup by Laura<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053761953/" title="Laura by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4053761953_71573e538e.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Laura" /></a><br /><br />Fireshow by Paul<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053758143/" title="Paul by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/4053758143_414c27586f.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Paul" /></a><br /><br />Buddha by Paul<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054499626/" title="Paul by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4054499626_3ee6b47fb7.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Paul" /></a><br /><br />Orange Fish by Justin<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053765577/" title="Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/4053765577_d6c0b412ba.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Justin" /></a><br /><br />Belly Bride by Deb<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054498620/" title="Deb by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4054498620_33f8031a89.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Deb" /></a><br /><br />Orange Fruits & Vegetables by Justin<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054507480/" title="Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/4054507480_3c70b43a8a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Justin" /></a><br /><br />Max by Deb (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053756831/" title="Deb by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/4053756831_d6350b2962.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Deb" /></a><br /><br />Basketball by Laura <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053761797/" title="Laura by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4053761797_3fd5859078.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Laura" /></a><br /><br />Carrots by Ellen<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053761081/" title="Ellen by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4053761081_9eda7dba18.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Ellen" /></a><br /><br />Sunset by Damien<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053763617/" title="Damien by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/4053763617_fd20ee20d6.jpg" width="500" height="272" alt="Damien" /></a><br /><br />Christmas in Australia by Damien<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054507294/" title="Damien by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/4054507294_11732aaf8d.jpg" width="500" height="359" alt="Damien" /></a><br /><br />Wheel by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4054500962/" title="Henry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/4054500962_15821ec61d.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Henry" /></a><br /><br />Moccasin by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/4053759757/" title="Henry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/4053759757_d4e6fcf222.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="Henry" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-40678187993786139862009-09-08T16:00:00.000-07:002009-09-13T21:56:07.170-07:00Photobooth<table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth#"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_CfLFpIolLac/Sq3H7n5-PpI/AAAAAAAAADA/2AxysHaBY6g/s800/_DSC3994.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth?feat=embedwebsite">Oakridge Block Party - Photo Booth</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />On Sunday, Sept 13th, the OAC Photo Club set up an exhibit at the <a href="http://oakridgeblockparty.ca/" target="_blank">2009 Oakridge Block Party</a> and offered a free photobooth for anyone who signs a model/web release.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">If you had your photo taken at our Photo Booth, </span><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth#"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">CLICK HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> to find your picture!</span></blockquote></span></span><br /><br />Thanks to everyone who came out! It was great meeting you and we had a lot of fun!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth#"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_CfLFpIolLac/Sq3H8tYPNVI/AAAAAAAAADE/ZyAraPoFoaw/s400/_DSC3996.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth?feat=embedwebsite">Oakridge Block Party - Photo Booth</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here are just a few to get a taste of our photo booth. Be sure to look for <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth#">YOUR PHOTO HERE</a>!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6Ro0lAzwIxqxyR6nQfyHPA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_CfLFpIolLac/Sq3H5EAxDmI/AAAAAAAAAC4/HqLYOLu88oY/s800/_DSC3983.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth?feat=embedwebsite">Oakridge Block Party - Photo Booth</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KJMA3n3WkvhKe7wo66SG2Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_CfLFpIolLac/Sq3JCAukIDI/AAAAAAAAAJw/H8nxhNmAkU8/s800/_DSC4231.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth?feat=embedwebsite">Oakridge Block Party - Photo Booth</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3PB-JMYF7UyxA8MYCUvJOw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_CfLFpIolLac/Sq3H-UixkfI/AAAAAAAAADM/DquFHUNVMSA/s800/_DSC3998.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/oacphotoclub/OakridgeBlockPartyPhotoBooth?feat=embedwebsite">Oakridge Block Party - Photo Booth</a></td></tr></tbody></table>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-45927308439102753872009-09-04T19:30:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:54:24.738-07:00Massive Blog UpdateI haven't been able to update the blog all summer, so today I wrote a few posts to keep track of all the shooting we've been doing! Instead of the usual showcase one week then shooting the next, we decided to do more shooting in the past few months. <br /><br />Take a peek at what we've been up to this summer:<br />June 17 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/workshop-photographing-water-droplets.html" target="_blank">Photographing Water Droplets</a><br />June 24 - Photo showcase for print<br />July 1 - We took a break for Canada Day<br />July 8 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/workshop-portraits-with-outdoor-flash.html" target="_blank">Portraits with Outdoor Flash</a><br />July 22 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/workshop-portraits-with-indoor-flash.html" target="_blank">Portraits with Indoor Flash</a><br />July 30 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/workshop-photowalk-at-qe-park.html" target="_blank">Photowalk at QE Park</a><br />August 5 - Product Shots (not blogged yet)<br />August 12 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/08/workshop-portraits.html" target="_blank">Portraits</a><br />August 19 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/08/workshop-photographing-smoke.html" target="_blank">Photographing Smoke</a><br />August 26 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/workshop-maternity-portraits.html" target="_blank">Maternity Portraits</a><br />September 2 - <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/workshop-light-painting.html" target="_blank">Light Painting</a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-91537919530684587842009-09-02T18:26:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:42:07.575-07:00Workshop - Light PaintingOne of our members, Justin, suggested we try light painting. He sent us a link to a video with instructions and ideas to start with. So, tonight that's what we did!<br /><br />We suggest if you try this yourself, that you think of some ideas and images you'd like to create before setting everything up to get a basis for what you're like to achieve.<br /><br />We started off with some simple light painting using our little LED flashlights. We outlined ourselves, drew some pictures, and then at the end of the workshop, we got a little more creative. We had one model, one person holding the external flash, one person with the flashlight for added drawing and one person manning all the cameras. With the exposure set to bulb (keep the shutter release button held down for as long as you want and release once the drawing is finished), we used the test flash button on the external flash to light the subject, then for the rest of the exposure in the dark, the one with the flashlight added drawings.<br /><br />You can check out some of the images below:<br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser090904183735">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "620", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Light Painting"); so.addVariable("userName", "lauraoac"); so.addVariable("userId", "41448204@N06"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157622246384664"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser090904183735"); </script><br /><br />We had a ton of fun!OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-27235983846912987172009-08-26T18:46:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:49:46.298-07:00Workshop - Maternity PortraitsWe're fortunate enough to have two lovely ladies who are expecting their first child this year! Maternity photos are challenging because we want to bring focus to the fact that they are pregnant but still create beautiful portraits.<br /><br />Here's just a sample of some of the photos we took that day and into the night where we brought out the external flashes!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3862327827/" title="maternity shoot by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3862327827_d98db6b5a9.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="maternity shoot" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3863112372/" title="maternity shoot by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3863112372_2baa8d5622.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="maternity shoot" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-91743025099440328942009-08-19T17:50:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:03:30.457-07:00Workshop - Photographing SmokeThis tutorial was originally published at <a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/how-to-photograph-smoke/" target="_blank">Dolce Pics</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2952-2.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2952-2.jpg" alt="" title="Photographing Smoke" width="399" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1835" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 50 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/160<br />aperture: f/9<br />ISO: 320<br />flash: fired off-camera to the right<br /><br />Last night, <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">our photo club</a> set out to photograph smoke. You have probably seen beautiful images of the wispy subject before and perhaps even wondered how to do that yourself. Well, it's pretty simple actually.<br /><br /><strong>Materials needed:</strong><br /><ul><br /> <li>a few incense sticks</li><br /> <li>incense holder - eg. a jar of rice, playdough</li><br /> <li>black backdrop</li><br /> <li>external flash for use off-camera</li><br /> <li>trigger for flash - eg. pc sync cord, pocket wizards</li><br /> <li>black paper to flag your flash and prevent light spill</li><br /> <li>desk lamp</li><br /> <li>camera with manual controls</li><br /> <li>50mm lens or longer</li><br /> <li>a well ventilated room</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3009.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3009.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke Photography - Setup" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1837" /></a><br /><br />We set up our station as depicted above. I had a small, black fleece blanket that I taped to the wall. The desk lamp on the left served to light the smoke so we were able to focus on it. It might be best to focus manually in this case. The external flash was set to the right of the smoke. We had two systems going - one (SB-800) rigged with pocket wizards and one using (SB-600) to be triggered by my Nikon D300's built-in flash (set at zero power - set only to act as a commander). <br /><br />The SB-800 had two black pieces of paper attached by rubber band on both sides of the flash head to prevent any light splashing onto the background and onto our lenses. The SB-600 had a very ghetto <a href="http://jbrittphoto.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-this-post-we-will-discuss-snoots.html" target="_blank">snoot</a>(a black tube around the flash head) to do basically the same thing but the cone of light was more restricted.<br /><br />Here's a shot of the SB-600 going off. You can see the light was well contained and aiming at the smoke slightly from behind and to the right.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3004.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3004.jpg" alt="" title="Snoot on the SB-600" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1838" /></a><br /> <br /><strong>Suggested Settings:</strong><br /><ul><br /> <li>low ISO (eg. ISO 200) - for clean images</li><br /> <li>small aperture (eg. f/8 or smaller) - greater depth of field</li><br /> <li>fast shutter speed (eg. 1/160 or faster but below your high speed sync speed) - to freeze smoke</li><br /> <li>high flash power (eg. 1/4 or more powerful)</li><br /></ul><br /><br />You can use that as a starting point and adjust your settings and flash power as you shoot. <br /><br />Sometimes the simple wisps of smoke can be most striking.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2967.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2967.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke Photography" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1841" /></a><br /><br />Capture the tip of the incense stick for another focal point and wait for the smoke to rise like mini cyclones.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3034.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3034.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke photography" width="399" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1842" /></a><br /><br />Add a human subject while still bringing focus to the smoke.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3058.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc3058.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke Photography" width="399" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1843" /></a><br /><br />The great thing about flash photography is that your images probably need very little processing. The only changes I've made in Lightroom on most of my smoke images is a little boost in exposure and spot healing some bright spots of dust and ash to clean up the background. You can adjust your white balance in-camera or by using your editing program to change the colour of the smoke.<br /><br />To get a completely different photo, invert the image (In Photoshop, Image > Adjustments > Invert) and then adjust the hue/saturation to get the colour you want.<br /><br />From this:<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2963.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2963.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke Photography" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1844" /></a><br /><br />To this:<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2963invert.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090819-_dsc2963invert.jpg" alt="" title="Smoke Photography - Inverted" width="500" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1845" /></a><br /><br />So, what do you think? Isn't it worth giving it a try? <br /><br />You may also be interested in:<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/how-to-photograph-water-drops/" target="_blank">How to photograph water drops</a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-47723522360340369462009-08-12T18:41:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:46:19.823-07:00Workshop - PortraitsThis week, we challenged ourselves with shooting portraits. Luckily, one of our newest members was willing to model for us. We shot from 7:30 while the sun was setting until 9:00pm when it was completely dark. <br /><br />Here are a few shots I took that day.<br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser090904184413">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "620", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Portraits"); so.addVariable("userName", "lauraoac"); so.addVariable("userId", "41448204@N06"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157622032576000"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser090904184413"); </script>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-83550416381826197052009-07-30T19:17:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:23:28.819-07:00Workshop - Photowalk at QE ParkThis week, with the great summer weather upon us, we decided to go for a photowalk at nearby QE Park. I didn't get to shoot much that day but here are a couple shots for you to see.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3888825004/" title="Photowalk by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3888825004_788af9a260.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Photowalk" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3888825132/" title="Photowalk by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3888825132_7aa664490e.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Photowalk" /></a>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-53301418509154492172009-07-22T19:01:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:11:36.469-07:00Workshop - Portraits with Indoor FlashAt our photo club, we like to experiment with lighting both natural and artificial. Even if you don't have an external flash, we can usually find a way for everyone to try a bit of off-camera flash.<br /><br />We had a mini-lesson on lighting, grids, snoots, zoom/wide flash, ratios etc.<br /><br />And eventually we had a three-light set up going. The key light was shooting into and umbrella. A gridded speedlight off the right of the subject to light the background and a speedlight on the floor shooting onto a make-shift reflector (plastic table) to add a bit of fill on the shadowed side of the subject's face. <br /><br />Here's our set-up:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3887990471/" title="Indoor Portraits by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3887990471_1f3c7dd7d0_o.jpg" width="584" height="880" alt="Indoor Portraits" /></a><br /><br />And here's the result:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3888785336/" title="Indoor Portraits by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2636/3888785336_b0e2fa7bda.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="Indoor Portraits" /></a><br /><br />Keith brought his laptop so he was shooting tethered so we could see the results right away. A great tool for teaching!<br /><br />You can see some of Keith's photos and a few more of mine below:<br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser090904191126">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "620", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Indoor Portraits"); so.addVariable("userName", "oacphoto2"); so.addVariable("userId", "39451359@N08"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157622122033873"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser090904191126"); </script>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-90187756502747329292009-07-08T19:41:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:46:14.435-07:00Workshop - Portraits with Outdoor FlashWe had a lot of fun playing and experimenting with off-camera flash use outdoors. We found a cool metal garage door nearby and set up our lights. We started with one, gelled CTO and gridded. Then added some back lighting. Added side key lighting and a bit of fill flash from the bottom.<br /><br />Check out our last set up below:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraoac/3888866550/" title="Outdoor Flash by lauraoac, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3888866550_e4a1dce431.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Outdoor Flash" /></a><br /><br />See some of our funny shots here:<br /><br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser090904194555">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "620", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Outdoor Flash"); so.addVariable("userName", "lauraoac"); so.addVariable("userId", "41448204@N06"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157622246997930"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser090904194555"); </script>OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-59376938536106008262009-06-17T23:24:00.000-07:002009-09-04T18:06:20.147-07:00Workshop - Photographing Water Droplets<span style="font-weight:bold;">18th Meeting</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Workshop - Photographing Water Droplets</span><br /><br />We had such a great time photographing water droplets tonight. It took us a while to get all set up with 5 cameras of different brands and 5 external flashes, all different brands. Keith did a great job coordinating the flash setup. We tried shooting with the PC sync cord, Nikon CLS, Canon flash and even shooting tethered to a laptop.<br /><br />Check out a few shots I took. My settings were ISO 800/400 (I changed half way through) f/11 and 1/250s. In my shots, we had four flashes pointing towards the background powered down to about 1/16. I was using the D300 with a 105mm macro lens but you don't need macro to do these although you will probably have to crop the images. These are pretty much straight-out-of-camera (sooc) with just a slight contrast boost. The different colours were achieved by changing the white balance in camera.<br /><br /><div id="PictoBrowser090904180554">Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer</div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/swfobject.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf", "PictoBrowser", "500", "450", "8", "#EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("source", "sets"); so.addVariable("names", "Water Droplet Workshop"); so.addVariable("userName", "oacphoto2"); so.addVariable("userId", "39451359@N08"); so.addVariable("ids", "72157619900786580"); so.addVariable("titles", "on"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "on"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "EEEEEE"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser090904180554"); </script><br /><br />Click on over to <a href=" http://tr.im/waterdrop" target="_blank">Strobist for a great lesson on how to photograph water droplets</a>.<br /><br />Next wednesday we'll be meeting to showcase "CAFE STYLE PHOTOS" for display in our fireside room. Bring up to 4 images for selection that you think will match well in cafe style room.<br /><br />Here's a tutorial I wrote and cross posted over at <a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/how-to-photograph-water-drops/" target="_blank">Dolce Pics</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-09.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-09.jpg" alt="" title="Copyright Dolce Life Photography" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1604" /></a><br /><br />focal length: 105 mm<br />shutter speed: 1/250<br />aperture: f/11<br />ISO: 400<br />flash: fired - 4 speedlights off-camera at 1/16 power each<br /><br />I love our <a href="http://oacphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">photo club</a> because we actually get together to shoot and try new types of photography. Inspired by one of our <a href="http://tr.im/oacwater" target="_blank">member's water drop shot</a> from the week before, we wanted to try our hand at it too. It turns out that the setup can be very simple but can also get more complicated if you want it to. <br /><br />For simplicity's sake, I'll just share with you the basic recipe for photographing water drops.<br /><br /><strong>Materials Needed:</strong><br /><ul><br /> <li>camera with a macro lens (other lenses will work too)</li><br /> <li>tripod</li><br /> <li>at least one external flash (the more the better)</li><br /> <li>a system to fire the external flash off-camera</li><br /> <li>eye dropper</li><br /> <li>bowl of water</li><br /> <li>colourful or bright backdrop</li><br /> <li>towel</li><br /> <li>an assistant or two</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-13.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-13.jpg" alt="" title="Set up" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1612" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Step-by-step:</strong><br /><ol><br /> <li><strong>Set up your working area.</strong> Put your camera on a tripod. Set it up in front of a bowl of water and have something colourful or bright behind the bowl. Your flashes should be placed to shoot at the background and not at the water.</li><br /> <li><strong>Set your exposure manually</strong>. Try f/16, ISO 200, 1/250s to begin and make adjustments as you go. Since you will be relying on your flash to light your subject, you can use a small aperture (for great depth of field), low ISO (for sharpness and greater detail) and a high shutter speed (no faster than your flash sync speed though).</li><br /> <li><strong>Set your focus manually.</strong> If you have live view, here is where you can use it. Use a pen or the dropper and place it in the water approximately where the drops will fall and use that to help you focus. Oh, and make sure your lens is switched to manual focus only.</li><br /> <li><strong>Figure out how you're going to fire your flashes off-camera. </strong> You can use a PC sync cord, Nikon CLS, master on-cam and slave off-cam, pocket wizards (or equivalent) etc. Find out what works for your system.</li><br /> <li><strong>Set your flash power as low as possible. </strong> The higher the flash power, the slower the flash will recycle, which means you can't take shot after shot after shot right away. By having more than one flash you can set them all to the lowest power so they will recycle faster and you can take more frames at a time.</li><br /> <li><strong>Shoot away!</strong> Make adjustments as you go. Adjust the white balance in camera for different colour casts or change the backdrop. Try not to shoot too many frames at once so your flashes have time to rest.</li><br /></ol><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-04.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-04.jpg" alt="" title="Copyright Dolce Life Photography" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1613" /></a><br /><br />I just changed the white balance to tungsten in-camera to get this blue image.<br /><a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-06.jpg"><img src="http://www.dolcepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dolcelifephoto-06.jpg" alt="" title="Copyright Dolce Life Photography" width="500" height="331" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1614" /></a><br /><br />Simple enough right? That's all it takes to get shots like the ones above. I didn't even do much post processing either. I just boosted the contrast a touch. <br /><br />For you over-achievers out there, there are many variations to photographing water droplets and can get as complicated as you want to make it. Check out <a href="http://www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/index.htm" target="_blank">Martin Waugh's Liquid Sculpture</a> portfolio for inspiration.<br /><br />If you give it a go, please leave a comment. I'd love to see your shots!OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-7020612950001394472009-06-12T23:32:00.000-07:002009-06-12T23:52:04.910-07:00Challenge Showcase Results: Water<span style="font-weight:bold;">17th Meeting</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">News:</span><br />I forgot to blog about our meeting 2 weeks ago (16th mtg) where we met up for a workshop on post processing. I went over how to use Lightroom the whole time and I hope you learned a few things. I know I'm always learning and there is so much I still don't know. Good video tutorials at <a href="http://jkost.com" target="_blank">http://jkost.com</a>/ and just do a search and you'll find a plethora of information out there.<br /><br />Keith shared his plans for shooting at the upcoming Anime convention. We chatted about gear rentals. I showed off my new <a href="http://www.shootsac.com/" target="_blank">Shootsac</a>.<br /><br />I also shared my thoughts on building a community of photographers on social media sites such as twitter and facebook in light of recent events, which involved a hard drive failure and subsequent image recovery from formatted CF cards. You can read about it on <a href="http://www.dolcepics.com/articles/6-reasons-why-you-should-use-twitter/" target="_blank">dolcepics.com</a>!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Showcase Challenge Results:</span><br /><br />There is definitely something magical about water. I don't think these images need an introduction! They speak for themselves.<br /><br />Rising and Falling Water by Justin<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620810179/" title="Rising and Falling Water by Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3620810179_61c46d92f6.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Rising and Falling Water by Justin" /></a><br /><br />Swimming Merganser by Justin<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620810431/" title="Swimming Merganser by Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3620810431_1f76a34743.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Swimming Merganser by Justin" /></a><br /><br />Cubist Droplet by Keith<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3621628788/" title="Cubist Droplet by Keith by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3621628788_b588f0ace9.jpg" width="500" height="336" alt="Cubist Droplet by Keith" /></a><br /><br />Reflection by Katherine (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620811827/" title="Reflection by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3620811827_8485316f85.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Reflection by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Portrait by Laura<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620807491/" title="Portrait by Laura by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3620807491_8c7c99ee57.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Portrait by Laura" /></a><br /><br />Very Blue by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3621631250/" title="Very Blue by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/3621631250_2ea3783e60.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Very Blue by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Filming by Keith<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620808911/" title="Filming by Keith by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3590/3620808911_392ef60718.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Filming by Keith" /></a><br /><br />Serene Lake by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3621631762/" title="Serene Lake by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3621631762_de2e1bbc58.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Serene Lake by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Power Wave by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620812425/" title="Power Wave by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3304/3620812425_09a3b3c0f0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Power Wave by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Wild Goose Pagoda Water Show by Justin (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620809967/" title="Wild Goose Pagoda Water Show by Justin by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3620809967_44304b03e8.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Wild Goose Pagoda Water Show by Justin" /></a><br /><br />Water Burst by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3621631954/" title="Water Burst by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3621631954_3db6438538.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Water Burst by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Beach by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620811709/" title="Beach by Katherine by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3620811709_5a637bb2bf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Beach by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Fountains by Barry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto2/3620811485/" title="Fountains by Barry by oacphoto2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3651/3620811485_9367e8fff4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Fountains by Barry" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our members really outdid themselves this time with all these amazing photos! We're thinking of creating some kind of printed product with all our fave photos at the end of the year. How does that sound?<br /><br />On this coming Wednesday, we will be trying our hand at photographing water droplets as inspired by Keith! See you there!OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-64792905250433089962009-05-21T11:30:00.000-07:002009-05-21T12:05:14.775-07:00Challenge Showcase Results: Flora & Fauna<span style="font-weight:bold;">15th Meeting<br /><br />News:</span><br />We chatted about Yahoo's camera bike, film grain, digital grain, processing. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Showcase Challenge Results:</span><br /><br />The last three weeks, our photo assignment was to create images of flora & fauna. Here are the results from last night's showcase. All the scores were very close and we have several ties this round. Enjoy!<br /><br />Pink Tulip by Katherine<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551459685/" title="Pink Tulip by Katherine"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3551459685_4cb63e01d1.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Pink Tulip by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Sakura by Laura<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551453293/" title="Sakura by Laura"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3551453293_9c5825a5ac.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Sakura by Laura" /></a><br /><br />Hearts by Laura (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551457955/" title="Hearts by Laura"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3551457955_48911b3226.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Hearts by Laura" /></a><br /><br />Under the Rose Canopy by Keith<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551453927/" title="Under the Rose Canopy by Keith"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3551453927_af88d4d0fd.jpg" width="500" height="268" alt="Under the Rose Canopy by Keith" /></a><br /><br />Dying Tulip by Katherine (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551458899/" title="Dying Tulip by Katherine"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3551458899_d67d30e125.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Dying Tulip by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Wet Land by Barry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551466333/" title="Wet Land by Barry"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3551466333_0c805c5ffd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Wet Land by Barry" /></a><br /><br />Yellow Tulip by Katherine (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552269080/" title="Yellow Tulip by Katherine"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3552269080_bea5fee36a.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="Yellow Tulip by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Blossoms by Laura<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552267572/" title="Blossoms by Laura"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3552267572_660139bf34.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Blossoms by Laura" /></a><br /><br />Leaf in Detail by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552269642/" title="Leaf in Detail by Henry"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3552269642_42265ecf21.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Leaf in Detail by Henry" /></a><br /><br />Tree & Rainbow by Barry (tied with above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551461763/" title="Tree and Rainbow by Barry by oacphoto, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3551461763_56d932e39e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Tree and Rainbow by Barry" /></a><br /><br />Night Garden by Keith<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552267490/" title="Night Garden by Keith by oacphoto, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3552267490_82f564961c.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Night Garden by Keith" /></a><br /><br />Cherry Blossom by Henry<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552269528/" title="Cherry Blossoms by Henry"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3552269528_5d66a0b8f0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Cherry Blossoms by Henry" /></a><br /><br />Bleeding Hearts by Katherine <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551459127/" title="Bleeding Hearts by Katherine"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3551459127_3221e16b8f.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="Bleeding Hearts by Katherine" /></a><br /><br />Dining Table by Barry (3-way tie with above & below)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3552277102/" title="Dining Table by Barry"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3552277102_d160e28884.jpg" width="500" height="316" alt="Dining Table by Barry" /></a><br /><br />Maple by Barry (3-way tie with two above)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oacphoto/3551465437/" title="Maple by Barry"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3551465437_799a3294b0.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Maple by Barry" /></a><br /><br />Our next photo challenge is WATER for the showcase on June 3rd. Next week, we'll be doing a workshop on post processing. So, bring your photos and your laptops if you have one.OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953127660274319442.post-74928462451200529262009-05-07T15:33:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:47:27.409-07:00Panning and Jump Shots<span style="font-weight:bold;">14th Meeting<br /><br />News:</span><br />A couple of our members will be attending conferences and we'll look forward to seeing their shots.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Panning, Motion & Jump Shots</span><br />At our last meeting, we did some hands on experimentation with and without off-camera flash while trying our hand at panning. It was quite challenging but we had a lot of fun. Near the end of the session, we tried a few jump shots using two flashes (SB-800) off-camera. One to light the front of the subject and the other on a stand to try to get some rim light for separation from the background. Good times!<br /><br />Here are a few shots I took last night.<br /><br /><object width="500" height="450" align="middle"><param name="FlashVars" VALUE="ids=mtg14&names=mtg14&userName=oacphoto&userId=31034031@N02&source=keyword&titles=on&displayNotes=on&thumbAutoHide=off&imageSize=medium&vAlign=mid&displayZoom=off&vertOffset=0&initialScale=off&bgAlpha=80"></param><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"></param><param name="scale" value="noscale"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"></param><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" FlashVars="ids=mtg14&names=mtg14&userName=oacphoto&userId=31034031@N02&source=keyword&titles=on&displayNotes=on&thumbAutoHide=off&imageSize=medium&vAlign=mid&displayZoom=off&vertOffset=0&initialScale=off&bgAlpha=80" loop="false" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="500" height="450" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle"></embed></object><br /><br />Thanks to Keith for showing us the SU-4 feature on the SB-800's so that all our members were able to trigger the flashes using either Canon or Nikon bodies. Awesome!<br /><br />Remember to submit your FLORA & FAUNA photos for the showcase next week!OAC Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09254264878788180829noreply@blogger.com1