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Day 364 – into the sunset
Just one more Picture and I am done, so I thought I had to bring the gummy bears back before it’s over.
I am going to keep it short tomorrow and probably will just post the Picture and take a long break after that, so I want to use the opportunity today to thank a couple of people who came along on the way:
First of I got to thank all you Flickr people who followed my Project 365 and viewed my stream, commented and faved! You really kept me going, even when I wanted to throw it all down on some days.
A big thank you goes out to Daniel who helped me out so often with setting up, posing for me and shooting.
I got to thank the ‚Our Daily Challenge‘ Group and all members there for the comments, ideas, inspiration and of course the challenges that helped so much to get my picture done every day.
Matthew, Marco, Tripper, Martin, Stefan, Andrew, Brandon, Paula, Alper, Alyssa, Tina, Jasmin, Sonia, Allison, Will, Connor, Thomas, Erkua, David, Tom, Laura, Karla, Austin, Sven, Darren, John, Sean, Chris, Leo, Cindy, Steffen, Hector, Daniel, Thibault, Scott, Dobra, Liisa, Krista, Christina, Shannon, Misty, Marilee, Candice, Maddie, Jean, Peter – and everybody else I forgot (and that are probably many) – for your pictures, support, ideas and inspiration.
My favourite little Canadian Tara.
My Camera for not failing me once during the year…. I am so proud of you!
Light in small boxes running of AA batteries.
Bokeh Bubbles and christmas light chains
… and you! Yes, I mean you!
Thank you so much!
200mm – f2.8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/16) into small Spoftbox from the top with 2 CTO, Nikon Sb-80dx (24mm – 1/64) bare from the front with CTO, Nikon Sb-80dx (24mm – 1/16) bare on background with 2 CTB, Nikon Sb-80dx (105mm – 1/128) with grid on background bottom 4 CTO, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 363 – …and the circus leaves town
I am sweaty, sticky, tired and I had something completely different planned for the day… but I got a chance to go to a show of a Band I admire for quite some time and that I never saw live before. Kyuss Lives played in Dortmund this eve. It was an awesome show and so much fun, so I leave you with …and the circus leaves town
24mm – f2.8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/8) into 28″ Westcott Apollo Spoftbox from the right, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 362 – Jump
You might as well J-U-M-P!
24mm – f5.6 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
2x Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/1) bare, 6x Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/1) bare, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 361 – thirsty
Another long day at university, so I did my bokeh street shot for the week tonight.
200mm – f2,8 – 1/5 – ISO 1250
Day 360 – Rock it… !
I finally restrung my guitar after weeks and cleaned it, so I thought it would be a good idea to capture it… also I really badly need a haircut again.
24mm – f6.3 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/2) into 60″ Reflective Umbrella from the right, Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/2) bare on background, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 359 – photo jewelry
I am not really big on jewelry any longer, I don’t even wear a watch, but I love my Adam Elmakias Lens Bracelets.
25mm – f8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/2) into 28″ Westcott Apollo Softbox from the right, Nikon Sb-80dx (105mm – 1/128) with grid on bracelets, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 358 – when life gives you lemons
When life gives you Lemons… slice them and serve them back!
16mm – f4 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/8) into 28″ Westcott Apollo Softbox from the right, Nikon Sb-80dx (24mm – 1/32) bare flagged towards background and camera with 1/4 CTO Gel from the left, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 357 – Headlights
Use what you got, but never underestimate the power post processing gives you. One Light, a passing car and a bit of colour afterwards.
50mm – f1.4 – 1/2 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Nikon Sb-80dx (diffusor – 1/32) into 28″ Westcott Apollo Softbox from the right, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 356 – Bokehman
It’s a light, It’s a 50mm – No, it is Bokehman!
This one goes out to Marco who send me this idea quite a while ago – thumbs up man!
16mm – f5.6 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/8) with grid on face, SB-80dx (24mm – 1/16) into small silver umbrella as fill from the front, SB-80dx (24mm – 1/16) bare from the left as rim, SB-80dx (24mm – 1/16) bare from the right as rim, Sunpak 120J (bare – 1/8) on background, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 355 – good company
There was some family over so I didn’t got around doing much, but it was a nice even nonetheless.
50mm – f1.4 – 1/80 – ISO 400
Day 354 – Quickie
Just a quickie today… it’s raining again and I am still a bit hung over after the weekend
19mm – f4.5 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/4) into 60″ reflective umbrella from the right, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 353 – Gold
Last Day of the Festival and I had to stand the whole day in the rain. Luckily it was worth it and I got some really nice shots out of it.
28mm – f2.8 – 1/200 – ISO 400
Day 352 – Alin Coen Band
Another one of those Band that really surprised me and that I enjoyed so much this weekend was the Alin Coen Band. Beautiful Songs, a great voice and so much fun while playing the show made the Band really stand out for me. Fantastic!
50mm – f1.4 – 1/500 – ISO 400
Day 351 – hell yeah
I’m shooting a Festival this weekend, so I got to publish a couple of Liveshots again. This is the Singer/Guitarplayer of Carpark North. Really great music and a fun show.
24mm – f2.8 – 1/400 – ISO 400
Day 350 – toys, toys, toys
I hope I can step up my game in the next couple of days again nearing the end of my project, but I had a major headache and so you just get my new toy that came in today. Yeah for another Sunpak 120J. Now I just need to find myself another batterypack for it.
38mm – f5.6 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/16) bare in box, SB-80dx (24mm – 1/32) handheld from the top, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 349 – Slap in the Face
„If you are not familiar with Richard Avedons works, meet me later outside… so I can slap you in the face!“
– Zack Arias
It took me a while to finally pick up one of the Avedon Books, because they are so damn expensive. Soon after I got the first one, I had three more at home. Every time I look through them I am fascinated with the images. So if you really want to see a Master’s Work I advice you to pick up Perfomance by Avedon.
20mm – f7.1 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
SB-80dx (diffusor – 1/1) into 60″ Reflective Umbrella, SB-80dx (diffusor – 1/1) bare on background, camera and flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 348 – Airport Pickup
As the title suggests I had to pick up my Parents at the airport tonight, so I brought my camera along and snapped some shots waiting for them.
50mm – f1.4 – 1/200 – ISO 400
Day 347 – scream
I wanted to do this shot for a while now, but with it raining every day Daniel was over in the last couple of weeks it took a bit longer then planed. Even though it started to rain in the middle of the day again, we luckily got a window without it pouring in the evening.
20mm – f9 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/1) bare from the top center, SB-80dx (50mm – 1/2) bare from the left as rim with blue gel, SB-80dx (50mm – 1/2) bare from the right as rim with red gel, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 346 – swinging
Before the Project is over I got a couple more Gummi Bear shots I want to do.
78mm – f8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
SB-80dx (diffusor – 1/8) into 60cm Softbox from the top, SB-80dx (105mm – 1/32) bare from the left as fill, SB-80dx (17mm – 1/8) bare on the background, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 345 – feeling under the weather
I’ve always been sensitive to the weather and can normaly tell changes happening ahead of time, but sometimes the weather is just killing me. It started out with beautiful sun in the morning and by evening it was coming down in buckets. Normally that isn’t that much of a problem, but there are those times, when there is a certain change in barometric pressure and humidity that is giving me major headaches by the end of the day.
24mm – f8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
Sunpak 120J (diffusor – 1/2) into 60″ Reflective Umbrella from the top, SB-80dx (17mm – 1/4) bare on the background left, SB-80dx (17mm – 1/4) bare on the background right, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 344 – Montezuma’s Revenge
Just a quick shot. It is late and I am so tired…
70mm – f6.3 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
SB-80dx (24mm – 1/2) into small silver Reflective Umbrella from the top, SB-80dx (14mm – 1/4) bare on background, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 343 – The Montreal Song
I don’t know if you know the PianoChatImprov (if you don’t you should definitely check it out), but I have been falling in love with this song by Merton in the last week.
40mm – f2.8 – 1/250 – ISO 100
Strobist Info:
SB-80dx (24mm – 1/16) into small silver Reflective Umbrella from the top, flashes tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II and optical trigger.
Day 342 – The Final Frontier
„Space: The final frontier
These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise
Its 5 year mission
To explore strange new worlds
To seek out new life and new civilizations
To boldly go where no man has gone before“
– Star Trek
24mm – f2.8 – 1/800 – ISO 400