Archive for May, 2008
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Friday, May 30th, 2008Here we go again. Aren’t you tired of these “one light series”? I’m not :-). We had another beautiful sunset today and I just couldn’t resist. We were driving back home from the forest preserve where Ania had a mini photo session with our neighbors and we saw these nice colors. A camera with wide […]
DARFUR NOW College Tour, Chicago
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Last week I had a chance to document an event called Darfur Now College Tour. It’s a nationwide tour in support of the Theodore Braun’s absorbing documentary, Darfur Now, which arrived on DVD May 27th. Don Cheadle poses a very hard question for all who went to see the movie: “How do you respond to […]
Chicago brick walls
Saturday, May 17th, 2008I like old brick walls a lot. They make a great background for portraits and environmental shots. Today Ania had a photo session in Chicago and on the way back we saw this nice old brick wall in the city’s famous alleys. I stopped the car and we jumped off for a quick portrait session. […]
One Light practice: part 3
Friday, May 16th, 2008I know I’ve been posting a lot of “One Light” series recently, but I’m really interested in perfecting this technique. I’m just a little bit afraid my wife will soon get tired of modeling for me almost every day :-).
That’s why this time I decided to take Ania and Kuba to the nearby Forest Preserve […]
One Light practice: part 2
Thursday, May 15th, 2008This is my second attempt to use one light source together with available light at sunset. Today we had great colors. I couldn’t resist. Again, I grabbed the camera, my stand was already set up in the garage with hot shoe adapter installed. I put my Canon Speedlite with CTO (Color Temperature Orange) gel on […]
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