D3 and available light

I'm a big light production kinda guy, I had an assignment to shoot some portraits in a kitchen. I had all my lighting kits with me and the challenge was to shoot these portraits in a crazy working kitchen. I've had me D3 for awhile and have read about the high ISO low noise, but never really put it to a good test. It would of been difficult to light the whole kitchen, so I tired afew shots with the available light. Cranked up the ISO to 400/800 and shot at f/1.2. The files blew me away. I started with a D1x than D2x, at ISO 400 the files looked as good if not better than ISO 100 from the D2x. I'm seeing the world in a new light ........ I did the same thing the other day and shot all available light. Wow .........

work for trade

I'm now the newest member of The Downtown Raleigh Alliance http://www.godowntownraleigh.com/. Work for trade is a tricky thing. Do you have the time is it worth your while is it a good cause. I'm all about downtown Raleigh, that's where my studio is and anything I can do to help downtown grow I'm happy to do. It was a good chance to round out my stock images of Raleigh, I get a ton of request and am working on www.raleighstockphotography.com. I registered about a dozen website the other day, I need to get to work on http://www.raleighconventioncenterproductions.com/.
Ran around with 2 AB's and battery pack, glad I took the cheap lights, the wind blew one over, but it still works. YEA .... Meet some great people and had a good time. Work for trade well worth it this time.

in print

some images from recent post that made it to print.

in print

some images from recent post that made it to print.

in print

some images from recent post that made it to print.

headshots with a twist

I was asked to do some headshots the other day. Some professional studio looking shots and some outdoor casual shots. Lot's of running around. It was a nice sunny day and the subject was in full shade with some back light..

Grill

After almost 3 years the cyc wall came in handy. What a perfect place to shoot a chrome grill. Notice the SB 800 and red gel in the grill, hot,hot,hot ...... What ? We need food for the grill ? Glad I'm downtown, thanks to The Raleigh Times for the burgers, our local hot dog man on the street and the farmers market for the corn.