The Next Big Thing

Last Friday I got to do a shoot with Kyle, a coworker of mine who's into the extreme sport of freestyle kiteboarding. I've never seen this type of thing in person so it was pretty cool and fun to shoot. He was also wanting to get some photos for a new pre-production product he was able to get access to, I'll let you all guess what it is.

I don't usually shoot any type of action photography so it was pretty challenging because things having to be timed perfectly. The wind wasn't always cooperating and shooting with a camera like the Canon 5D MkII that is better suited for still photography, I had my work cut out for me; do I smell a MkIII upgrade...?

Despite the difficulties I got some cool photos and have a new appreciation for kiteboarding. It was pretty cool to see how high off the ground he could get with just a moderate breeze going. I did not do any type of composite or re-positioning of him within the frame, he was literally going over my head a few times while shooting. This photo was one that I managed to get and really liked. It would be really cool to see this as part of the advertisement, look there's even some white space for the product and company name :)

Ava's Dragon

This is Ava's bearded dragon, he eats bugs. 

I've really been slacking on posting new stuff lately but it's because I've been shooting a lot with film cameras and I was planning on saving the photos I was taking for a photo book I wanted to create. It was going to be a series of street photography photos done in black and white film. I even got a Leica to see what the big deal was. The Leica turned out to be a big disappointment and the use of film eventually lost its appeal. I can't believe I was at one point thinking about going completely analog, that would have been dumb.

So, I'm back to digital and it's awesome, but I don't think I will be completing my photo book project anymore. I guess those photos will have to be hidden and kept up my sleeve for another time. I think one of the reasons I liked film was because of how small the cameras and lenses were. Because of that I decided to get a cheap 50mm and 35mm lens for my digital camera that are both small and light. This photo was taken with the cheap 50mm, which is a lens I used to own two years ago but has found new life now that I use a full frame camera.

They changed how blogger lets you edit posts and it's really bothering me right now. I was used to how things were before, now it's all funky.