Meet The Family

Here are my Nikon lenses:

• AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8
• AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
• AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8
• AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 D
• Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 D
• AF-S Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 DX

MJ's Pinup Shoot

Undoubtedly my favourite shoot (so far) was MJ's pinup session, which we had on 14th November at IKONIX Studio in Des Moines. We had a really amazing team including Maggie Howe, (Wardrobe coordinator and logistics manager), Michelle White of Beautiful People Organic Salon (hair and makeup), Aisling Gibney (the best photo assistant on the planet - and she's my daughter too!), and Kristine Jorgensen (props master).

This is my design for the image CD cover.

I had a fabulous time, and learned a great deal about posing, lighting, and pinup photography in general. I'm really looking forward to doing more of this!
There are some more images from this shoot on my Flickr page

Catuccino

I had an impromptu photoshoot last night for a campaign that Panora P.E.T.S. plan to run in the near future. The "models" were absolutely gorgeous, and we had good fun.

There are some more images from this set on my Flickr page.

Hipstamania

I downloaded the Hipstamatic app for my iPhone only the other day, and am hooked already! I'm still experimenting with all the various effects, to see which ones I like best. Here are a few of my images so far:

Cemetery Shootout

Though not quite of the scale as last year's event arranged by Ikonix Studio, Maggie and I went shooting in Adel Cemetery this evening. Most of our shots are on film, but I did a few Strobist pics with the Nikon D700.

Strobist info: Key light, SB-26 at 1/4 power in shoot-through umbrella camera right, triggered by Pocket Wizard, fill light,SB-900 at 1/8 power camera left, triggered optically; accent light, SB-26 at 1/8 power with red gel aimed at gravestone, also triggered optically.
Exposure: 2.5 seconds at f/8, ISO200.

Jordan's Senior Pictures

This afternoon I shot my first senior session. The lovely Jordan Davis was my model, and hair stylist/makeup artist was Michelle White of Beautiful People Organic Salon. The weather was *almost* perfect - we could perhaps have done with a little less wind and a smidge more cloud cover. But I'm quite pleased with the results - here are a few of my favourites:

All of these shots were taken with my beautiful Nikon D700, and the utterly amazing Af-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII, which must be one of the greatest lenses ever made.
Thanks to Jordan, her parents, and to Michelle for a great shoot!

Some More Leica Pics

Maggie and I went for a walk in Winterset City Park the other day, she shooting the Pentax K1000 and I with the Leica M6. The results are no threat to Ansel Adams, but I'm reasonably happy, and we had a lot of fun in the beautiful park.