More Water Splashes

This post is mostly for Matthew. Last post was a review of a water splash i had done a long time ago, but I wasn’t able to get the focus and the quality I was looking for. Well, i’m glad to say that this time, I was able to figure out a way to trigger my SB-600 with a shutter speed much faster than 1/250th of a second. In fact, these pictures were taken with my SB-600 fired at 1/5000th of a second. The nice thing here is that I was able to shoot at ISO 400 with a f-stop at about 22, which keeps everything in focus (more or less). Hopefully, Matthew, you prefer these ones! I do!

For the others interested in climbing pictures, stay tuned, there is a climbing comp coming up in January and, in February, we are going on a three month road trip to the Southwest. I can’t wait! Until then… indoor studio shots. Enjoy!


More splashes from today:

Andrew Zuckerman: Portrait Photographer

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At only 33, Andrew Zuckerman has already published 3 books, made 2 films, and interviewed some of the most prominent figures of our times, including Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Not a bad start to a photography career. I must admit, with his talent and achievements, I was expecting to read that Zuckerman was 50 years old with 20-25 years of photography behind him. I am in complete admiration of his work and can’t wait to see what the next book has in store. I am happy to see a photography book of that quality out there. It goes to show that there is still space for good creative work in photography that’s not necessarily controversial.

À seulement 33 ans, Andrew Zuckerman a déjà publié 3 livres, produit 2 films, et a même interviewé plusieurs personnes d’influence de notre monde, incluant Nelson Mandela et l’Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Pas si mal pour un début en photographie! Je dois avouer qu’avec son talent et ses ouvrages, je m’attendais à apprendre qu’Andrew avait au moins 50 ans avec 20-25 années de carrière en photographie! J’admire grandement son travail et j’ai très hâte de voir le prochain livre qu’il sortira. Je suis bien content de voir un livre de photographie de cette qualité en magazin. Ça prouve qu’il y a encore de la place pour du travail créatif qui n’est pas necéssairement controversé.

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The first book that actually peeked my curiosity was Wisdom, a book about some of the world’s most important elders and their piece of wisdom about life. But, the book that really captured my attention and made me want to learn more about him was Birds, a book which contains some of the best bird portraiture you will ever see in your life. It actually boggles my mind how he did it. The pictures are so crisp and clean, it’s simply unbelievable. See for yourself in some of the photos posted below.

Le premier livre qui a piqué ma curiosité s’intitule Wisdom: un livre de portrait sur des gens importants de notre monde accompagnés de leurs mots de sagesse sur la vie. Très fascinant et beau à regarder. Par contre, le livre qui m’a vraiment donné envie d’en connaître plus sur ce photographe est Birds: une collection de photo d’oiseaux, certains plus rare que d’autre, mais tous de très haute qualité et en très grand format. Probablement les plus belles photos d’oiseaux que vous allez voir de votre vie! En fait, je me demande même comment il s’en est prit pour pouvoir prendre certaines de ses photos là! Voyez de vous-même les quelques photos que j’ai mis au bas de l’article.

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Photo Monday: The Pepper Tragedy

Princeton online lexical database of English, WordNet, defines a tragedy as a “drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance”. In my case, the protagonist was the poor little Pepper shaker that we bought on our trip to Thailand (that’s right Jason!) and the superior force was the espresso tamper that went flying out of my hands and chopped off both its arms at once… there goes 30 baht…

I now present you, The Pepper Tragedy in four acts:

The Pepper Tragedy: Act I
The Pepper Tragedy, Act I: View On Black.

The Pepper Tragedy: Act II
The Pepper Tragedy, Act II: View On Black.

The Pepper Tragedy: Act III
The Pepper Tragedy, Act III: View On Black.

The Pepper Tragedy: Act IV
The Pepper Tragedy, Act IV: View On Black.

Photo Monday: Ice Meets Water

hey guys and gals. As winter approaches slowly, i’ve started to migrate inside for my photo sessions. For this week, I had it in my head to reproduce a shot my brother and I loved a couple of years back. Thanks to JP, I have a super cool SB-600 flash to play around with. You should understand the name of this series with the last shot of the post. It’s awesome because it was exactly what I had imagined in my head. It’s beautiful to see the same shot appear on your camera LCD.

Hope you enjoy. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Cheers,

Yellow Flower
Flower lit using a sun hidden behind huge white clouds. Thanks to our awesome new condo’s west facing wall of window.

Q-tip and reflection
Yes. It’s a Q-tip. I like the reflective surface that gives a natural reflection. Thanks to Scott Kelby for the trick.

Ice meets water
And for my favourite shot of the week: “Ice meets water”.

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