So after shooting 13 NASCAR races around the country it finally came down to my 14th and final race of the season in sunny Miami for the championship race. With Jimmie Johnson having a gigantic points lead I would spend most of my weekend trying to get as many different angles of him as possible since the championship would be his third straight, tying him with NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough as the only driver to three peat, and would be good for sales. Continue reading to see what I came up with.
Continue reading ‘The Miami sun sets on the 2008 NASCAR season’
If the Phoenix International Raceway wasn’t 30 miles from my house I doubt I would come to this race. While it is a fun track to drive on its not quite as fun as a fan. So instead of hanging out waiting for some action I decided to really put in 100% effort and try and kick some ass. Continue reading to see what I came up with.
Continue reading ‘Thunder in the Arizona Desert…NASCAR Style’
Once again I went with Lina out to the Arizona desert to do some more practice on my portrait shooting. This time we also had highly rated high school basketball player.
Continue reading ‘Portrait Practice Volume 2: Hoopster and the Hottie’
Nikon D3, 14-24mm, 1250iso, f6.3, 1/50th with Alien Bee 1600watt strobe
With a rare week in town I decided it was time to do some practicing on my portrait shooting. I got a hold of Lina, a model I had shot with before. Rounded up Naomi my assistant and off into the Arizona desert we went.
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Nikon D3, 14-24mm, 100iso, f9, 30 second exposure
With the Arizona Diamondbacks on the road and the monsoon season coming to a close any day now I decided to focus on trying to get some good lightning shots for stock. So armed with my macbook pro logged onto the doppler radar on weather.com via my verizon wireless card off I went in search of something good. Continue reading ‘200 miles spent chasing sunsets and lightning’
Nikon D3, 80-200mm, 200iso, f4, 1/200th
Instead of going downtown to shoot an Arizona Diamondback game I chose to instead hop in my car and go for a drive into the desert to see if there was any lightning or other cool things to shoot. Little did I know that skipping the Diamondback baseball that it would result in me shooting an ACTUAL Arizona Diamondback.
Continue reading ‘Desert Features lead to Desert Creatures’
Nikon D3, 14-24mm, 800iso, f9, 1/160th, polorizer filter
The last few days since I returned from Beijing have been spent relaxing, spending time with my girlfriend and eating food I missed. On the third day of my four days off before its back to work I started getting bored and really wanted to go shoot something. So I did.
Continue reading ‘The beauty followed by the fury of the Arizona desert’
