David Woof

Here are a selection of shots from the technical rehearsal for KVODS’ production of “The Pirates of Penzance”. Unfortunately, I was only able to cover certain scenes, being on stage myself as the Pirate King for the rest Click on the image below to get to the gallery…

You can also watch a video slideshow of the shots, either by downloading the high resolution version from the gallery above (same link as the photos), or a low quality version at YouTube:

A double entry post here to do some catching up.Some shots from Bockett’s Farm, where Francesca enjoyed playing on some tractors as well as all of the usual fun and games climbing, trampolining, etc. Also, a few shots from Nick & Clare’s birthday BBQ where Francesca enjoyed the afternoon playing with Marcus.

My April “Entropy” project is now complete. Some I like a lot, others not so much, but the main aim was to get the 30 shots in a month - results below:

You can look at the individual shots from the links below:

1. Dying flat leaf parsley, 2. Fading Yukka, 3. Decay, 4. WWII Pillbox, 5. Tree Stump, 6. Thaw, 7. Choked, 8. Overgrown Wall, 9. Crumbling Pavement, 10. Leakage, 11. Broken Cross, 12. Cross and Ivy, 13. Feathers, 14. Broom Handle, 15. Missing Bird, 16. Broken Guttering, 17. Drainpipe, 18. Railway Arch, 19. Retired Font, 20. Rusting Gate, 21. Crazy Paving, 22. Rotting Leaves, 23. Disappearing Bunker, 24. Bird Feeder, 25. Broken Fence, 26. Bent Pipes, 27. Decaying Electrics, 28. Old Wall, 29. Shop Doorway, 30. Decaying Bingo Hall

You can also click on the link in the “Projects” section on the right to see a slideshow of the project.

This is the fifth Strobist bootcamp assignment:

“To: Phil Phlashen

Assignment: Need interior of someplace in your town to illustrate a story on local area. Can be public or private. Completely your choice. Can be vertical or horizontal. Please shoot in color.

Photo could run full-page or double truck, so make sure it’ll hold up.

Deadline: 11:59pm local time, Sunday, May 11th.”

Setup details:

• Taken late afternoon to bring the exterior light down to a more manageable level.
• Ambient light from the vertical lamp in the room corner (tungsten colour), and another tungsten coloured lamp behind the camera.
• SB-800 shot through an umbrella just out of shot to the left.
• SB-800 in a soft box just to the left of the windows.
• SB-600 under the plant, gelled green for effect.
• All triggered from SU-800 on camera.

Final note - no Photoshopping was done on this…. verticals achieved through sensible placement of the camera on the Z-axis.