Thursday, July 14, 2011

Ranch Weather. Ranch Lenses. Texas Girl.

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Selena.  Zeiss 50mm Planar.   It's been in the triple digit temperatures here in Austin for the last twelve days in a row.  It was 96(f...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

I love Central Austin. No matter where you look there's something funny and happy.

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I love living in Austin because there are people who make their lives into art, don't care what the people in the suburbs think and tak...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sometimes lighting up a room takes some real power.

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Power cables running from four diesel, truck sized generators into a 20,000 square foot ballroom. You think professional photographers are ...
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Saturday, July 09, 2011

Additional information about my Elinchrom lighting adventure....

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The last time I wrote to you about lights I'd just dumped a two decade accumulation of Profoto lighting equipment and ventured toward t...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Random Portraits.

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Renae G. Hblad.  150mm.  Film. Renee Zellweger.  Canon film camera.  135mm soft focus lens (Canon) Panatomic X Sweetish ...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

We interrupt my usual cynicism and gear rants to enjoy a portrait of a beautiful woman.

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©2011 Kirk Tuck Photography.  Austin, Texas. People who don't do portraits have odd ideas about the process of making portraits. They s...
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Monday, July 04, 2011

A Monday Ramble about the "cheap" lights and why old knowledge may be holding you back.

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My latest infatuation. Cheap studio flash.  Here: The Elinchrom D-Lite 4 it When I started out in photography there were basically two choi...
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