I have a friend who works at a non-photographic job and then spends a lot of his free time making photographs. Really good photographs. His progress over the ten years I've known him has been meteoric. And, guess what?, he owns far more cameras than I do. Tons and tons of them. Mostly bought used and "obsolete." But he uses them well and they really deliver. He's also got more modern stuff; even a few models that make me envious...
At any rate ATMTX sent me an e-mail late last year asking if I wanted to collaborate on a portrait shoot in the studio. He's more of an outdoor/available light/small flash expert and a friend of his wanted some studio portraits of her daughter. I'd never say "no" to a fun collaboration so I started the work year out by getting the studio into shape for a portrait shoot that included close up shots as well as full length poses.
ATMTX shot in between my shooting with his handheld camera and he also shot "behind-the-scenes" throughout the afternoon.
Hit the links above to read (and see) his version of events. I'm not through doing final edits on my high res shots but I'll share them after I'm done.
I love ATMTX's blog and think his complimentary description of my working methods is too glowing. But I was trying to be on my best behavior....
It was a blast working with a friend. I'll definitely do it again.
Gear notes: I was working with a Lumix S1R and the 24-105mm f4.0 zoom lens. Shot in raw+jpeg. Studio flashes into a huge umbrella and a smaller umbrella. Go see ATMTX's photos for more detail.
Hope you are having a fun start to your new year.
Photo by Stan Tyoshin. Denver, 2013
Kirk loaded up with GH4's.....
Interesting post. Who knew that kimono fitting was a "thing?" Thanks for the point to ATMTX, a good web site. Once again you prove your writer chops by not confusing "complimentary" and "complementary."
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kirk. I had a wonderful time and looking forward to future collaborations.
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ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your comments a few days ago on the Sony RX10. I teach a class on travel photography at the eastern university. I recently ask my last class what format they traveled with. To my surprise 2/3 of the class used crop format and a majority of that group used either the Panasonic fx 1000/2000 or Sony RX10. I usually share with my class a copy of your blog a few years ago where you addressed how to optimize crop format ( the blog showed you using a sturdy wooden monopod). That was a great article for anyone that uses a crop format. I believe you should re-print the blog. Some would have you believe that unless you use a full frame somehow you will not get good results. I read you every day, a great job, keep it up, a holiday every now and then is ok.
Nice post by ATMTX and you. Also has it been that long since we last worked with each other??
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