Tilt & Shift
some random shots taken with the Canon 24 TS-E Lens. We have a love-hate relationship, will probably (and should) be shooting more with this all shots taken with a Canon 5d MK II and the Canon TS-E F3.5L.
Thursday Treat
Sample portrait from yesterday’s quick set-up. Check out the highly professional looking – non sketchy – lighting diagram below Shooting against glass sometimes gets a little tricky because of the reflection it produces specially if you’re using fill lights in front. Simple ways to work around with it is to angle your fills away from the glass or similar to what we did here, we just put another light on the other side to wash out any weird reflection. Thanks to Ian Paredes for helping out during... Read The Rest →
taking it to the streets
A quick trip to downtown L.A. for Fiesta Broadwy 2012. Combine free entertainment with thousands of attendees, a handful of characters, free food, cheap drinks and we have ourselves a party!! Shooting the streets with a Canon 5d MKII and a 50 1.2 Here are some shots. more photos from the event at the gallery below:
San Diego Cypher
Photos from last Saturday’s Red Bull BC One San Diego qualifier. Congratulations Prada-G for taking the win. Salamat!
it is San Francisco after all
.. “so what happened to all the people? For a Sunday this place seemed a little less busy?” cab driver: “they probably went to this fair –” me (interrupting the driver): “A FAIR?!! take me to that fair!” cab driver: “uhmmm, whatever you say”… Apparently there are no shortage of leather here. Here are some shots taken yesterday from the awesome Folsom State Fair. Enjoy! .. here are the rest of the photos (you can click each image... Read The Rest →
thursday treat
.. needs more cowbells .. Last Saturday’s shoot for – Braun Battler of the Year US Qualifier. Model is Bboy pioneer, Braun BOTY organizer and all-around cool guy Poe One and here’s the lighting set-up: 2 canon speedlights behind for kickers and lighting the background. main light with the beauty dish. rim light directly above – same direction with the ambient light. Another variation of the set-up (with one light directly behind): model is none other than Bboy Wicket. Thanks to... Read The Rest →
Friday deLight!
Since it’s Friday and I finally caught up with all my crap for this week, I decided to start the weekend right and share my small and simple but ultra-awesome and barely legible lighting diagram from my last week’s shoot for Red Bull BC One Chicago. And here it is! Obviously, the position on both lights changes, depending on the position of the subject. I could probably use strobes instead of these big boys but since I’m shooting 16 bboys at high noon and I really wanted to show the... Read The Rest →
El Niño is going to Russia
Congratulations El Niño for winning last saturday’s Red Bull BC One US Qualifier! a well-deserved victory. And thank you for making me figure out how to type that worm thingy over the letter “n” (Alt+0241, or you could just copy this: Ñ and ñ) July 23, Red Bull BC One USA Qualifier – The Aragon Ballroom – Chicago. Here are some photos: El Niño will be flying to Russia later this year to represent the U.S. and compete at the Red Bull BC One Finals. Check out www.redbullbcone.com for... Read The Rest →
Lux Aeterna
.. just when you thought pull ups were hard.. Last Friday’s shoot with Jacob “Kujo” Lyons with the dynamic Lux Aeterna dance group. www.carlocruz.net Thanks to Ian Paredes for helping out.
