Strobist Boot Camp II: Rahsaan

Rahsaan and I hung out for a while this afternoon. We talked camera, and I shot some photos of him for the Strobist Boot Camp II assignment. Rahsaan is a great guy and he has a passion for photography. Hopefully we will continue these meet ups and find interesting subjects to shoot. This was taken at the Columbia River Walk in an out of the way corner.

More information on the Strobist Boot Camp II assignment is available at the link below.

Other submissions can be viewed here.

Other blogs that are following this assignment can be found here.

Boot Camp II: First Assignment

Do you know someone who is out of work? In this troubled economy, many folks are looking for gainful employment. The first assignment in the Strobist Boot Camp II is to help someone who is unemployed and looking for a new job by making a head shot portrait that they can use on their resume, blog, or social networking sight.

If you know someone who would be interested in having this done, please let me know or put them in contact with me. All I am getting out of this is the experience, and the opportunity to submit my photos for consideration. The prizes awarded to the winning photograph small, and my chances of actually winning are probably slim. But I'm game if somebody out there is willing to sit for a head shot.

More information on this assignment is available at the link below.

Thanks,
Steve

Panorama

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I really enjoy panorama photography. The wide aspect ratio gives the viewer a sense of 'being there'. With digital photography it is a fairly simple thing to 'stitch' multiple captures together to create a single image. The trick is to make sure the images are lined up correctly when captured.

The preferred method for this is to use a tripod and a leveling device, however, these were done freehand. I have all that stuff, but I was out for a bike ride when I made most of these, and a tripod was a luxury that I was not willing to afford myself. Anyway, I hope you like them.

Click on an image for a larger view

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Thanks for looking,
Steve

Strobist Boot Camp II

Strobist Boot Camp II starts tomorrow. I have been following David Hobby's Strobist blog for about 2 years now. If you have not heard about the Strobist, it is an internet blog site which focuses on off camera lighting using the small strobes which are typically mounted on the hot shoe of an SLR camera.



Strobist boot camp is a series of contests, each based on a particular assignment. People participate from all over the world and even if you don't submit a photo, there is still ample opportunity to learn from other photographer’s interpretation of each assignment.

Much of what I know about lighting was learned by reading this blog, and it is a regular stop on my daily web surf. If you are a photographer and are new to the concept of off-camera strobe lighting, then the Stobist is the place to be.

I hope to participate in boot camp as time allows. I am trying to keep making photographs, even when I'm not being paid for it. I will be following the boot camp here as well.

Steve