Skating Photos with Eric M

Hello again everyone.



Yesterday I went out with a friend of mine from a skating message-board that I have been moderating for about 3 years, and a member of for 6.

We decided it was time to go get some new pictures. There isn't really much that needs to be set up in these shots.
I used my vivtar flash, along with the new Quantaray slave and both my Fisheye and my 50mm lenses. One of my favorite things to shoot is skating. Always has been.






These are the some of the pictures completely un-retouched.
More can be seen at my photobucket.
















Ally-Oop Top Soul
















Same as above















Earlier in the day, Backside Backslide

Homemade : DIY vs. Store Bought

Some people may have loads of cash, or long lines of credit to go out and spend endless amounts on equipment and gear. Well I unfortunately am not one of those people. Not only do I not make enough money to pay for school, rent, or my ridiculous car note, but I can't hardly afford batteries for my flashes.

Solution?

DIY.

A few months back I tried my hand at building my very own ringlight.












Results? Amazing. This thing turned out like a champ. It's a great diffused light source, as well as a great effect.











(Click on the photos to be taken to the set, or to see larger.)











I like it so much I use it often. I even used it here along with these.

New Gear : New Shots

The other day I went out with a friend to check out some lenses and get some ideas for what to get next.

Well I ended up leaving the local Ritz Camera with a Quantaray PZ-1 DSZ
(pictured to the right with "The Original Lens Baby"). I payed about $100 for this bad-boy, with a 10 day money back guarantee.

So far I am really enjoying the flash, it's a great baby brother to the Nikons SB-800. t has the swivel/tilt head, as well as an assorted butt load of settings. I can even set the front flash to go off and swivel the head to face back toward me and blind 2 people at once!

I took this flash out for a test run on my D300 to see how it would work in an actual shoot. I was pleasantly surprised. I could adjust the flash speed, intensity, burst mode, everything. As far as cheap flashes go. I'm sold.

Starting this Blog.

So this is the first Blog I've ever done really, aside from random posts on myspace.

It all started with Brad Edwards.

I received a text message tonight (Sunday Feb 8th) from Brad.
"Hey Guys! Started a photo blog if any of you want to follow it. Thanks! Talk to you all soon!"
With the following link attached, bradedwardsphotography.blogspot.com.

Well I checked it out since Brad is a cool guy, and I like his photos.

Then I got thinking, maybe I should start a blog as well. So here I am, in hopes to share some of what I see of the world.