TFP stands for Time for Prints (sometimes also referred to as Trade for Prints or Time for portfolio). In the world of photography, TFP represents a collaborative arrangement between a photographer and a model. Here’s what it entails: Definition TFP involves a mutual exchange where the photographer agrees to provide [...]
Read MorePractice safe portraiture Hearing about the death of someone while taking photos is always heartbreaking for me. Recently, A Singaporean tourist, Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar (39), tragically died after falling off a cliff while taking a photo with her husband. The tragedy occurred at Minnewaska State Park near Rochester, [...]
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My son Jorden (who you have seen many times if you read this blog regularly) is the goalie for the Santa Cruz High School Cardinals Lacrosse team. He was also on the basketball team this year. Hes very active and works very hard to keep fit. When he does an activity, he puts 110% into it and I am […]
In September last year my wife Carrie and I were asked by our mentor Sandy Frank to undertake a project for the Allied Health Dept. at Cabrillo College. The goal of the project was to produce a series of photographs that would represent each of the four department in the Allied Health Dept. Over the months that followed, we aided […]
Here are the remaining images from the Fall 2011 Studio Lighting class. You already saw one as your Christmas present, the cookies for Santa. This images is a do-over of an image I did last year. I was happy with the one I did last year but I wanted to make it a bit more edgy. This is my Son […]
Merry Christmas to all. I hope all had a great year, thank you for all the wonderful comments and suggestions throughout the year. I always take the time to read what you post. I wish you all the best and safe New Year! Your Christmas present this year is a cookies for Santa shot I took for the final in […]
This weeks assignment was high and low key photos of the same subject. I decided not only to do the high and low key shots but do similar composition for both images. This is my Bearded Dragon Ginger. She was very tolerant of sitting on the set for the half hour it took to get both shots right. The goal […]
Here is the final shot and how it was done for photo class this week. Note, the setup shot was taken with my iphone so its not DSLR quality but you get the idea of how e setup the shots. As you can see here, we have a couple sawhorses setup with a piece of glass between them, then […]
This year for my sons birthday I got them tickets to the Rockstar Uproar festival. They both love many of the bands that were playing which included Bullet for my Valentine, Seether and Three days Grace. They were sad that the headliner could not attend but we were promised a makeup date in December. We had pretty awesome seats […]
Last night the wife and I headed to Moneterey for a belated Anniversary celebration. We ate dinner on Cannery Row and afterward wandered along the pier. It was 75 degrees at 8 at night, very unusual for Monterey let alone this time of year. I of course had to bring the camera along and take this snap of a sailboat […]
In all the excitement of the county fair entry here I forgot to post the results. I entered three images and my son Jarren entered one. I entered in three different categories, visual manipulation, portraits and photojournalism. My son walked away with a first place in the junior photojournalism category for his awesome shot of a F/A 18 breaking the sound […]
This is Technical exercise number two. Lighting a white sphere on a white horizonless background. The light is a focusing spot and it is snooted and sits about 45 degrees downward behind the camera to the right. The goal of this exercise was to show volume on the sphere using only one light. After the cube project this one seemed like a […]
Schools back in and I am back in studio lighting which means its time for technical review. The object of this project is to light a white cube on a white horizonless background simulating natural light. So simulating natural lights easy, we live on a planet with one light source, the sun. The horizonless backgrounds achieved with a 30X40 mat […]
The leaves are turning, the hot fall days in Santa Cruz are upon me. Today I was out wandering and took a few shots of Neary’s Lagoon. I love this place its so cool with the sewage treatment plant right on the other side of the wall from this great scene. Schools back in, we start shooting next week. Studio […]
This weekend my boys and I headed to Mountain View Ca. for the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. If you haven’t heard of the Mayhem Festival its an all day affair featuring the biggest and best Metal and Thrash bands around. The music is certainly not for the faint of heart. The venue allows personal cameras as long as they do not have […]
Generally I am not one to share artilces written by others, but in this case I really liked the photos and the story. Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet http://scotthaefner.com/beyond/mothball-fleet-ghost-ships/
It is getting closer to fall which means its getting closer to fall classes. Lately I have been working on sharpening my studio lighting skills for the class. Heres one I shot this morning its a skull piggy bank with my sunglasses on. I shot with a 2 flash setup. The first flash is behind and at full power to […]
Its good to do new things right? as a photographer, shooting something that provides a real challenge can not only teach you that you have more to learn, but also inspire you. Some friends of mine were bowling in the USBC open championships in Reno, so I offered to shoot them. I figured how hard could it be, compared to my sons […]
I am still shooting indoors these days. Seems I tend to randomly switch between in and outdoor focus. Heres a couple more shots using my Novatron flashes. Both shot at IS0 100 @ f5.6 1/250 sec using a fized focus 100 mm macro lens. These shots aren’t for any company, just what we had laying around the kitchen on the counter. […]
Summer is coming! I’m in the final weeks of my art classes this semester. Art history has been interesting, not unexpected as far as content but the contemporary concepts in photography since 1945 was a bit askew from where I was anticipating the content to be. I found the weight of some of the more well known photographers perplexing. […]
The wife and kids walked with me this morning down to one of the more remote beaches. The surf was pounding and the surfers were running from their cars down the half mile hike to the beach to get to the sweet waves. It was super foggy but not cold at all, summer is coming here on the Central Coast […]
I seldom shoot panoramas. its not that I don’t think about doing them, I actually have a few that I really like. For some reason this scene seemed to need a bit more than the regular shot was going to give me. I was using a 50mm prime lens, and shot in portrait. I shot four separate pictures handheld (I braced on […]
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