Tag: Vermont
| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Wedding Dress (Ria) |
| Dec 27, 2009 07:23:37 | |
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SUBJECT: Wedding Dress (Ria)
LOCATION: Ft. Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: March 2008
In the first image, I took my inspiration from the old 1940s Hollywood Lighting techniques used by the greats such as George Hurrell. I had Ria sit on the gray seamless paper backdrop about 8 feet from the curve. I lit her using 2 Dynalite heads -- one overhead mounted on a boom with a snoot attached. I place the otherlight about 12 feet away from her to my left and about 9 feet up with a honeycomb grid spot directed at her dress (the main light being on the boom overhead). Exposure was 1/160th of a second at F10 (100 ISO).
In the second image, Ria was standing the white seamless paper about 10-12 feet from the curve to the floor. I placed large black 4x8 foot panels on either side of her just out of view so as to create some slight shadows on the edges and to prevent light spill from the background heads which were being fired at full power. The main light was a Dynalite 4040 head fired thru a medium soft box mounted behind me high up. I also used a another Dynalite 4040 head with a honeycomb grid spot as well to fill in any shadows caused by the other head being mounted high. The background lighting was provided by 2 heads fired at full power. Exposure was at 1/160th of a second at F11.
J. Michael Worthington, Jr.
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Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): Canon 1D Mark IIN | Mike Worthington Photographer | Dynalite | Vermont | Forth Ethan Allen Studio | Ria | Wedding Dress | Hollywood Lighting | George Hurrell |
| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Hyun Ok Min (Burlington, Waterfront) |
| Dec 18, 2009 06:07:20 | |
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SUBJECT: Hyun Ok Min
LOCATION: Burlington, Vermont CAMERA: Canon F1N LENS: Canon 135mm F2.5 lens shot at aperture priority FILM: Fuji RDP III
This was taken at the Burlington Waterfront on a very cold winter day of Korean artist Hyun Ok Min as she was wearing a traditional outfit from her homeland.
J. Michael Worthington, Jr.
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Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): Canon F1N | Provia | Fuji RDP III | Korea | Hyun Ok Min | Vermont | Burlington Waterfront | Lake Champlain | Michael Worthington | Mike Worthington Photographer | Mike Worthington | PIX OF THE WEEK |
| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Lightening on Lake Champlain |
| Dec 18, 2009 05:53:13 | |
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LOCATION: Lake Champlain, Vermont (from my home) CAMERA: Canon EF LENS: Canon 50mm F1.4 lens FILM: Fuji Velvia (Rated at 40 ISO)
A storm was rolling in from the north, so I quickly grabbed my camera and a tripod and ran down the stairs to the beach and set things up. I attached a cable release to the shutter button and set the aperture to somewhere in the middle (approx F8) and set the shutter speed to the "bulb" setting and waited. Using a long shutter speed I was able to capture several bursts of lightening in the distance before the rain started to come down.
NOTE – I used a neutral density filter on the lens so as prevent over-exposure.
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| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Lowell Thompson |
| Dec 18, 2009 05:39:31 | |
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SUBJECT: Lowell Thompson Band
LOCATION: EMP Studios (Colchester, Vermont) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: October 2007
The other week, I had the pleasure of sitting in on the recording of the Lowell Thompson Band's new CD at EMP Studios. Lowell had asked me to grab a few shots while they were recording in the studio (hopefully a few will be used in the liner notes of the new album). They sounded great and I am excited about hearing the CD which I am told will be released this spring. In the meantime, check Lowell and the rest of the band out at this Saturday at THE MONKEY HOUSE in Winooski.
Bill Mullins- (guitar, vocals) Kirk Flanagan- (bass) Steve Hadeka- (drums) Lowell Thompson- (guitar, vocals)
Rob from EMP Studios is engineering the recording
http://www.lowellthompson.com/
Lighting provided by either 1 or 2 Dynalite heads fired thru a softbox triggered remotely with a PocketWizard Plus II.
NOTE the bottle of Jameson in the background of photos # 2 and #4. No good rock album would be complete without such!!!
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| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Alma |
| Dec 18, 2009 05:24:20 | |
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SUBJECT: Alma
LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 70-200 F2.8 series IS lens DATE: July 2008
Once again, I found myself struggling and struggling with picking just ONE pix for this week's PIX OF THE WEEK series. I got so many amazing shots of Alma it was really tough. She's got amazing skin, beautiful eyes and one of the most engaging looks a photographer could ever hope for. I finally just told myself no matter which one you pick, it will be very nice.
Lighting couldn't have been much more simpler - a Dynalite 4040 head mounted in a soft box to the camera right triggered remotely by a PocketWizard Plus II.
Exposure was 1/160th of a second at F16 at 100 ISO (focal length was set at 140mm)
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Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): PIX OF THE WEEK | Mike Worthington | Mike Worthington Photographer | Michael Worthington | Canon 1D Mark IIN | Canon 70-200mm F2.8 | Alma Hartman | Indian Woman | Indian Girl | Girl in scarf | portrait | Dynalite | PocketWizard Plus II | Fort Ethan Allen Studio | Colchester | Vermont | VT |
| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Tinariwen |
| Dec 18, 2009 04:49:37 | |
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LOCATION: The Green Room at Higher Ground (South Burlington, Vermont) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: Nov 22, 2007
Jacob Edgar of the record label Cumbancha, in conjunction with the worldmusic label Putumayo, brought yet another great show to Higher Ground'sShowcase Lounge back on November 22nd. Tinariwen is a musical act formed in 1982 in Moammar al-Qadhafi's camps ofTuareg rebels. They play in the Tishoumaren ("music of the unemployed")style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. Their songsmostly cover the subject of independence for their people from thegovernment of Mali. They are said to be the first Tuareg band to useelectric guitars.
http://www.cumbancha.com/welcome.php
I'm not sure if and when Jacob is planning on showcasing another great worldmusic talent to the Burlington area, but if he does - you really shouldcheck it out. His recent showcases have featured the likes of performerssuch as Andy Palacio, Dobet Gnahoré and Vieux Farka Touré. These shows arenot to be missed.
Lighting was provided by a Dynalite head fired thru a softbox.
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SUBJECT: Tinariwen| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Pie Casso Restaurant (Stowe, VT) |
| Dec 18, 2009 00:52:06 | |
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SUBJECT: Pie Casso
LOCATION: The Mountain Road in Stowe, Vermont CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN
LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series
December, 2007
I've always had a thing about photographing signs. I think it stems from the good old days of when I used to put together slide shows -- and no, not the PowerPoint variety, but actual slide shows with real slides and a projector. In those days (the film days), I always made it a habit to photograph a street or road sign or an important and recognizable landmark or tee-shirt or something so that I could give a reference point for the viewer where a particular series was taken. I often found myself takin
g pix of old diner signs (guess I was always fascinated with old diner cars) - I think because they are fast fading slice of Americana. No, this pix isn't of a cool diner sign, but rather of another restaurant.
Anyway, I was driving home from Stowe in a snow storm this past December after a great day snowboarding when I noticed how cool the sign at Piecasso's looked in the snow. I quickly pulled over grabbed my camera to take a couple of shoots. I did not have any auxiliary lighting or flash with me, so I had set the ISO to 1600 because I needed to have somewhat of a fast shutter speed to avoid tons of white snowflake streaks across the image. I then set the white balance to AUTO because there were multip
le light sources (tungsten, halogen and mercury vapor) and figured I could correct the white balance later (actually the camera handled the multiple light sources very well and no post production was needed to correct color and light temperature.
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| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - DJ Nastee of VT Union |
| Dec 18, 2009 00:11:02 | |
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SUBJECT: DJ NASTEE LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series January 13, 2008
The guys from VT UNION dropped by the studio this past weekend for some promotional material shots. In addition to shooting the group together, we did some individual shots. Here are a few shots of DJ Nastee that I think really came out well and brought out his personality.
Since I always shoot in RAW format, I normally adjust my lens to be between 1/3 to 1/2 stop under what my light meter reading says that way I can ensure that all the information is captured by the CCD sensor. By slightly underexposing things, this allows the flexibility to play with the image later for different effects. It is always easier to increase the exposure later, as opposed to decreasing it (if you overexpose an image, the information is lost forever). However, in this case, to get the style of lighting and contrast I wanted, I actually bracketed the shots to be about a 1/3 to 1/2 stop over the meter reading.
Also, when shooting against the white background in the studio, I normally have my subjects stand about 10-12 feet in front of the wall. In this case, I had DJ Nastee stand only about 6 to 7 feet in front of the background so that some of the light would bleed around him creating something of a rim light effect, however, I had to
be very careful with this approach, as my light meter was giving me a F45 on the background. Since VT Union is a Rap/DJ group, I adjusted the contrast in the camera (I didn't' want to mess with things in Photoshop later) to bring out that lighting sty
le that is popular in mags like VIBE, ESPN, etc.
Front lighting provided by a 2 Dynalite flash heads (one mounted in a soft box the other simply with a standard reflector. Background lighting provided by 2 Novatron flash heads fired at full power (both background and front strobes fired remotely by a PocketWizard Plus II). Fill lighting achieved by using a silver circular reflector hand held by an assistant about 3 feet from the subject.
Exposure was F14 at 1/125th of a second at 100 ISO.
J. Michael Worthington, Jr.
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| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Karen from Nairobi, Kenya |
| Dec 17, 2009 23:49:25 | |
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SUBJECT: Karen from Nairobi
LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: December, 2007
Karen is a nursing student from Nairobi, Kenya. I had met her a couple of months before and told her that if she ever wants her picture taken to look me up. Anyway, some time later, she called me I had her come by the studio while she was on her winter school break.
Taking my inspiration from old the old National Geographic images from the 1920s (photographers back then used to often photograph the indigenous peoples they wrote about in profile to create a very powerful image), I wanted to shoot Karen in B&W much the same way. This would allow me to show her very defined jaw line and to highlight her really cool braids in her hair.
However, Karen has this infectious smile and personality that could light up just about any room - so I couldn't resist getting a few shots of her as her normal self too (smiling). In fact, I think she struggled a bit with the serious look!!!
Lighting was provided by a single Dynalite head fired thru a medium-sized soft box. Exposure was 1/160th of a second at F13. J. Michael Worthington, Jr. 802.578.8515 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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| Mike |
| Heinz Valenta - PIX OF THE WEEK by Mike Worthington Photographer (Burlington, VT) |
| Dec 17, 2009 23:26:53 | |
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LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: March 2008
Heinz came by the last week for some portfolio updates. We took a few casual shots that came out very well (what the original shoot was planned to accomplish) but he also had brought with him a tux so I figured this might be a good opportunity to experiment a bit.
The main light was a Dynalite 4040 head fired thru a medium soft box to the camera right on a light stand about 8 or 9 feet up and positioned about 5 or 6 feet from the subject. I also placed another flash head back about another additional 6 or 7 feet bounced thru an silver umbrella about 5 feet off the ground. A third head was positioned with a snoot attached aimed on the background to give a "spotlight" effect.
Exposure was at 1/125th of a second at F11 set at 100 ISO and a focal length of 40mm.
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Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): Heinz Valenta | Valenta | Heinz | PIX OF THE WEEK | Mike Worthington | male model | Dynalite | Canon 1D Mark IIN | Canon 24-105mm F4 | Fort Ethan Allen Studio | model portfolio | Burlington | Vermont | VT |
SUBJECT: Heinz| Mike |
| Keb' Mo' - PIX OF THE WEEK |
| Nov 16, 2009 00:05:53 | |
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SUBJECT: Keb’ Mo’
Keb’ Mo’ is a 3-time Grammy Award winning blues artist and in my opinion, by far the best contemporary blues artist on the planet today. Born Kevin Moore in South Central Los Angeles to parents from the Deep South, Keb’ Mo’ has picked up the Delta Blues sound where the greats like Muddy Waters left off. Also check out his website and tour schedule: Exposure was at 1/50th of a second at F2.8. Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): blues | resonator guitar | Kevin Moore | Muddy Waters | Flynn Theatre | Burlington | Vermont | Mike Worthington | Canon 1D Mark IIN | Canon 70-200mm F2.8 | live music |
