Tag Archives: light

The Aspen verses The Pine

I love aspen groves. We have a lot of pine forests in the Front Range, and they just aren’t as pretty. If an aspen tree and a pine tree got in a fight, the pine tree would probably win. Aspen trees are lovers, not fighters. In a Miss Perennial Woody Plant competition, the aspen would...

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Lighting a Campfire With a Weed Burner

If you have your wedding at the Pastures of Plenty in North Boulder County, you just might have a bonfire. And if you do, John Howlett from Big Bang Catering will be there to get it started for you. His preferred tool is a propane weed burner. By the look on his face, I think...

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Body Form Photography Workshop – Class 3 – Studio Strobes

For the third class of body form photography, we shot with a single strobe with a soft box.  We warmed up with some long exposure shots using just the modeling light. Then on to some strobe shots in the black room. But then we moved to the white room.  I enjoyed this high key setup...

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Body Form Photography Workshop – Class 2 – Hot Lights

This is the second installment of photos from my nude body study of light and shadows.  This week we used 1 or two constant light sources.  There were no modifiers used to soften the light, thereby producing very dramatic light and shadows.

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Body Form Photography Workshop – Class 1 – Natural Light

I signed up for a 4 session Body Form Photography class.  I met the instructor, Rick Cummings, when I did the Latin Teen fashion shoot a couple months ago. Rick has a cool studio location only a couple of blocks from mine in Downtown Boulder.  He is very involved with teaching classes and opening his...

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