Sunday, May 23, 2010

A Model Week - People Photography

After last Sunday's model shoot at the local winery, the same Meet Up group put on a practice model shoot in Ybor City here in Tampa.   Ybor has some back alleys that are "decorated" with graffiti.  So they split the 40 plus photographers in to groups each with a pro and split the models up to sections of the alley.  The photographer groups moved from station to station and the models moved in the opposite direction..   It was controlled chaos but allot of fun and actually quote educational.   Our pro Bryan Leighty, was very informative and helpful.  I, along with the other 5 in my group were able to get some pretty nice shots as a result of Bryan's set up of the speedlights and his softbox.  We were able to quickly move to the next station as we were working with only 1 or 2 speedlights on stands.  Thank you Bryan and all the models!

Then yesterday, I attended a model shoot workshop put on by Robert La Follette. 
Robert gave us some great instruction and then the 6 other students and I got to work with the 8 models
Robert had obtained.  Even though the day was hot and the crowds were huge at Clearwater Beach, we still got some great images!  Thanks to Robert and all the models!


For more models and their shots please check out the "People" gallery at my website.

That's all for now. 
Turn that camera on!

Lynn W

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Meetups- Skyway Bridge and Keel & Curley Winery

I just joined a local Meetup Group, The Tampa Bay Digital Photography, Strobist & Photoshop Collective, and have had great fun already on 2 outings they organized.   

Last weekend we met on the North Fishing Pier at the Skyway Bridge!   Drove right out to the end of the pier and along with at least 100 fishermen, enjoyed a great sunset and watched the Skyway bridge light up from the sun and then the lights.  More images on my website


This weekend we met at the Keel & Curley Winery, Plant City, FL for their Blueberry Festival.  We were treated to a tour of the distillery by Oscar the winemaker and then went out into the Blueberry fields.
 
We were joined by 3 great models so we could get some shots of them in the various areas at the venue.  See some more images of our models on my website.


I am looking forward to some more adventures with this fun and helpful group of photographers!

That's all for now!

Turn that camera on!
Lynn W