I, of course, mean photograph the kid and, for good measure, the dog too. I added an 85mm lens to my bevy of lenses in order to have the perfect portrait lens for my collection. Below are my first shots on the 85–let me know what you think.
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It was sunny today in Seattle for the first time since November 17, 1165 C.E. To mark this amazing achievement in solar reception, I strolled around downtown Seattle for several hours pretending I was Henri Cartier-Bresson or Gary Winogrand. Cartier-Bresson and Winogrand were, of course, masters of Street Photography, which Wikipedia defines as “a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places.”
I gave myself 3 strict rules for shooting today:
1. 50mm f/1.8 prime lens only.
2. Shoot only in monochrome (black and white).
3. Full manual mode only–no auto focus, no camera decisions, nothing. The camera only recorded what I told it to.
Shooting full manual is challenging and fun and something I don’t get to do too often in my photography work. I prefer the comfort of AV (aperture priority) where I get to make one decision and let the camera make the rest. Today I was really shooting outside of my comfort zone. Let me know what you think of the results.
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Because I’m such a clever fellow, I thought it might be fun to bork my blog by accidentally deleting the single most important file for a Word Press blog and when my host said, “Sure, we can recover that one file for you from yesterday’s backup, but it will cost you ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, I said, “Self,” I said, “Time to make all those changes you’ve wanted to make to the blog.”
So here they are. New blog, new style, more frequent posting (*crosses fingers*).
Who wants to see some creative portraits? I know I do.
My buddy Justin and I along with the Seattle Flickr Meetup group converged on a UW parking garage with lights, cameras, models, and creative juices and Justin and I got to work right away testing out some new lighting ideas.
So I started simple. One guy, three lights, and me standing in front of one of them and making big monsters arms for no reason other than, “Hey, let’s see what this looks like!”
Then Paul jumped in with his clown nose and we took a Very Serious Portrait® with a very silly prop.
Next, we got down to serious business and photographed a model wearing a cool parka in a power position and illuminated the concrete backdrop with a blue-gelled light. A striking result with sharp contrasts.
Then Justin got this idea and we went crazy with it.
And finally I got spooky creative with the light and had Justin mug like he was photographing this model in amazing goth attire and then fire a red strobe from the back to add an extra level of spoooooooky to the overall portrait.
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I’m Joshua Frost. I like pie, American soccer, English football, good movies, great food, and I consume enough Diet Pepsi annually to sink the Titanic.
I’m a multi-talented Renaissance man who once professionally designed games (seriously, Google “Yetisburg”), bought and sold advertising space for magazines, traveled the world, and chased Madonna in London’s East End just to get a picture of her jumping into her car with Guy Ritchie (true story).
