Jer & Min Photography

My wife will probably not be too happy I posted this photo. The purpose wasn’t to do a portrait shoot, but to play around with my lights and the wonderful sunset. It was for practice.

So here she is after a long day of controlling the three little kids and the one adult who too often acts like a kid.

To shot this, I first exposed for the sky and then brought in my flash to the appropriate level. It was a fun exercise.

Strobist: single flash shot through a shoot through umbrella camera left.

Not the shot I was hoping to get today.  I don’t know for sure what I was after, but it involved a bit more searching than this represents.  It’s been busy, but that’s good.

The sky was unbelievably dull today creating a very flat light which wasn’t what I was hoping it would be for this shot. Fortunately, I had a backup plan. I pulled out my flash and gelled it with a CTO gell to make it feel like the sun was on the budding leaf.

Strobist: 1 CTO gelled flash camera right at 1/4 power. Triggered remotely with CyberSync triggers. My wife was acting as my VAL.

This is a shot of Brinci just outside of our campground while we were at Zion National Park.

I didn’t use any powered lighting for this portrait, the sun was in the back and I had a silver reflector in the front camera left.

I’ve been shooting quite a bit lately with my 28-135 lens.  As I’ve done so, I’ve learned quite a bit about that lens and have gained a lot of confidence on what it can and can’t do well.  I’ve decided to spend the next week or two shooting all photo challenges with my 50mm 1.8 to gain as much familiarity with it as my 28-135.  I’ll do this as long as a challenge subject isn’t “Zoom lens”.  If that happens, I’m digging out my 28-135!

Strobist: Single flash camera left through a shoot through umbrella.  Flash triggered by Cybersyncs.

When originally shot flags earlier in the year, I wasn’t feeling well and didn’t really like my flag entry. When today was announced as clock, I thought I’d do a two for one and shoot the clock at our city building which also has a flag.

As a side note, it is interesting the more I shoot with my gear the better and better I come to know its ability.  At f/7.1, my 28-135 lens is crazy sharp.  It is definitely a noticeable sweet spot.

We had a wonderful time coloring eggs today.  I captured the entire event using a remote fired flash sitting in a high-tech shoe light stand taught by the strobist.

Strobist: Single flash 1/2 power sitting in a shoe pointing at the wall for bounce.  The flash was triggered by a Cybersync trigger.

To see all of the photos of us coloring our Easter eggs, use the following guest pass: http://flickr.com/gp/jkunz/ppU7yZ.

This shot was taken the first day we were at Zion National Park.  This was taken at the Canyon Overlook.  It is an absolutely breathtaking view of the canyon.  We arrived shortly before sunset and were treated to absolutely stunning skies.

I took this with two cokin filters and I feel it brought out the feeling and mood of the vista.

Okay, so I had decided I wasn’t going to shoot Toby for a while because you all are probably getting sick of him.  But, look at how he dressed himself today.  I couldn’t help it.

Strobist: Single Blue Gelled Flash 1/2 power pointed at the background, large window camera right, silver reflector camera left.  Flash triggered with CyberSyncs.

For Christmas, my mother got me a five Cokin filters I have been eyeing for sometime.  I’ve never shot with filters before, and these first few shots show I’ve got a bunch of work to do before I figure them out, but I’m pleased with the results of my first time out with them.

I’ve added a link to my cokin photoset on the right side of this blog.  I’ll add every Cokin shot I take to that photoset.

Interesting note, most people use filters to enhance their color photos.  I’m actually more excited about using these for black and white as I’ll be able to control my light better.  I will however, still shoot color with them.