Event
I woke up this morning and found out there was a car show going on just a few minutes down the road from me at the Albuquerque International Support Airport. It even had free admissions so I packed up my Nikon D750 with Tamron 15-30mm lens attached and headed down Gibson Blvd SE. This show was the Eurocars version, so of course only European cars were featured, which is fine with me! Sadly though, no Aston Martins.
Read MoreI have experienced since 2009 something I did not know about being a photographer, that I would get into very cool events I would not normally attend as a civilian. This is certainly true when being hired by clients for exclusive events, but equally true for attending networking events, ribbon cuttings and grand openings like this one in Albuquerque, New Mexico for FUSE Makerspace which was attended by the mayor even!
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Read MoreI was hired by Modern Promos out of Minnesota to photograph an event here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sprint was offering customers a free Kona Ice frozen treat. I arrived in the middle of the afternoon desert heat and sun to meet Franky in the Kona Ice truck wondering if anyone would show up on such a Friday afternoon? After a slow start, some people did start to come and some were very excited as you can see above!
Read MoreThe Remax ribbon cutting event in Rio Rancho was the first event I attended as an official member of the ABQWest Chamber of Commerce and the first to photograph with my awesome new Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 VC lens! I needed that ultra-wide lens to get everyone in frame in that tight space (had not much room to back up myself). Then it's just timing the ribbon cutting just right!
Read MoreSince coming to SW Florida, I have not had a chance to attend a supercar event in over a year. There are not as many here as there were in Tampa Bay. Fortunately, Naples Motorfest 2016 was on a Saturday morning I had free and Dona of Luxe Fashion Group once again allowed me to attend and photograph the exotic cars on display. This allowed me to see for the first time the Lamborghini Aventador SV (above) in a standout blue color with SV graphics on the rear quarterpanel. This car had tremendous presence and was drawing the most attention of any supercar there by far.
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Guests arrive to pose in front of the new Jaguar F-Type at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg event photography - Nikon D300 tripod mounted with cable release Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 200 1/100th - Strobist: SB-800 & SB-600 both in brolly
The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg was host to an event put on by Crown Jaguar for guests to come and see some of its cars, including the stunning new Jaguar F-Type Coupe (see above). This was my second time working for Crown, as I photographed the Audi A3 premiere event back in April too. This time they hired me to photograph all the guests as they arrived in front of a F-Type. This was my first time doing this kind of arrival portrait photography actually. The shooting began just before sunset so early arriving guests got a colorful background like in the above portrait. Soon night came and the background became just a few distant lights.
My setup for making guest arrival portraits a speedlight in each broody and my camera tripod mounted so I got the exact same framing and background for each shot - photo made by iPhone 6
This was my setup for all the portraits. My camera was on a tripod so every shot was in the same framing. I advised people to stand in front of the front wheel of the Jaguar F-Type Coupe to further insure similar photo results. I had two speedlights each in a brolly and kept the one to frame left constant, but as night fell moved the one to frame right to also light the car more. Unfortunately, the provided lighting for the car was not very bright at all. I compensated for that by moving one speedlight and tweaking a few camera settings. I ended up pleased with the results of night portraits using just two speedlights with a large background object (the car).
Some guests at the Crown Jaguar F-Type Dali Museum event arrived in costume - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 400 1/60th - tripod mounted with cable release - Strobist: SB-800 & SB-600 both in brolly
Some guests wore costumes as Halloween was just three days away. It was interesting to look up and see who might appear before my lense each shot. Many people joked asking if this photo was their opportunity to win the car or something like that. I only ever replied simply, "umm, no."
From dusk to night shooting guests arriving in front of the Jaguar F-Type at the Dali Museum St. Petersburg Event Photography - Nikon D300 tripod mounted with cable release Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 200 1/30th - Strobist: SB-800 & SB-600 both in brolly
The Jaguar F-Type Coupe received universal praise for its looks by everyone. As of the time of shooting, Crown Jaguar did have this particular F-Type for sale!
The Jaguar F-Type coupe made for a stunning backdrop for portraits at the Crown Jaguar Dali Museum in St. Petersburg - event photography - Nikon D300 tripod mounted with cable release Tamron 17-50mm @ f/5.6 ISO 320 1/60th - Strobist: SB-800 & SB-600 both in brolly
It was a fun and challenging evening of photography, my favorite kind, and I got to stare at a beautiful car the whole time too. Two Crown Jaguar employees helped make sure each guest would receive their print of the photos I made by writing down the photo number as I shot, thank you ladies!
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