Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO200, 1/160, f/9.0 - single speedlight - 3 exposure hdr
February 23, 2011
The weather was still bad. It was cold and fairly windy. There was a cold/bug thing going around and Kat wasn’t feeling very well. She decided to give it a go and we headed out.
We started by going to Pibb’s exchange to find an outfit. I hadn’t been there before but she had been telling me about the place and I was anxious to check it out. They had a lot of variety and some great deals. The store has a good vibe and a laid back atmosphere.
After we left Pibb's we headed west on I -80 to the Iosepa exit. There is a an old gas station sign, a pile of dirt/debris and gas station remnants such as footings and cement pads. There was a tractor trailer idling there. We assumed that the driver was inside sleeping but we never did see him. It was still windy and very cold here so we kept the car running and jumped in and out as needed.
The sun was already setting so we had to work fast. We shot some images facing west with a speedlight. The opening image above is a three image high dynamic range(hdr) image shot at +/- 1.5 stops and processed in Photomatix Pro. It was lit with a single speedlight at camera right. We literally took like two shots. Jumped back in the car, warmed up and repeated this a few times. It was little challenging because of the wind wanting to knock over my lightstand but we were determined. This is a single shot (non hdr) shot with the same lighting set-up but in a broad pattern.
Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO200, 1/160, f/9.0 - single speedlight
We shot a few of her up on the pile of cement chunks. These were shot natural light with her facing directly into the sun. She is very good at climbing in heels.
Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO200, 1/80, f/14 - natural light facing sun
It is an awesome location and I hope to return someday when it is warmer. Knowing Utah, that might be as late as July.
This next shot was taken on the way back and is one of my favorites from the day. Just plain and simple.
Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO200, 1/125, f/9.0 - single speedlight at camera left
Here is a black and white we shot along side of the road. I really liked the way this turned out. Even the darkness in the eyes adds to the mood.
Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO200, 1/125, f/9.0 - facing the sun
I had just bought a 1,000,000 candle power floodlight and wanted to see how well I could use it as a single light source. I hadn't brought any gels to balance out color temperature so I had planned on a sepia image. Below is the image we got. It was beginning to get very dark outside and to capture the ambient light, I needed 0.8 seconds. And, although it was really cold, Kat was able to hold pretty still. The full exposure time, Kat was lit with the floodlight. From the camera right.
Canon 7D, 70-200mm, ISO100, 0.8 seconds, f/18.0 - model lit with floodlight
This was on the side of the road on one of the exits. It was just before the sun fully set.
Canon 7D, 17-40mm, ISO100, 1/80, f/4.0 - single speedlight camera left
Kat was still not feeling well so we decided to call it a day.
Although Kat was not feeling well, we got some great shots. I admired her commitment to keeping the shoot as scheduled and appreciated her sticktoitiveness.
If Kat is feeling better, next week we are heading over by Saltair and also capturing some infrared images.
