Business Man Superhero

I recently shot some engagement photos for some friends. After the "lovey-dovey" shots were in the bag, the light-spirited groom-to-be burst into his SUPERHERO! pose:

Business man superhero

For the photographers out there, the key light was a 3/4 CTO-gelled strobe bounced on a black/silver umbrella about 7 foot high. The fill was a 1/4 CTO-gelled strobe shot through a shoot-through umbrella about 5 foot high, parallel to the floor, on the left. The background light was a very hot, literally, continuous tungsten light. It's actually on old GE movie light that I rarely use.

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MIRA Homepage Gallery Selections

Several of my stock photography images are included in galleries highlighted on MIRA's homepage. I thought including those images here would be a good excuse for a blog.

I still find it pretty amazing to have my images seen next to true greats like Ron Niebrugge, Galen Rowell, David Fleetham, and so many others. As I was assembling these images below, it also struck me that the oldest of them, the shot of the yellow rose at the bottom, is a shot that is over 10 years old. Hopefully it will remain a timeless image. I don't know that I'm a great photographer, but I'm certainly on a irreversible path on becoming an old one. :)

Seascape

Commercial fishing scene along the waterfront of Portland, Maine.

Conceptual

Dart in a dart board

Americana

Statue of Elvis Presley inside the Tennessee State Welcome Center on Riverside Drive in Memphis

Evening shot of the North Portico of The White House in Washington, D.C.

Spirit

Lit prayer candles inside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France.

Catholic priest walking into a confessional inside St. Peter's Basilica. Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Details

Yellow Rose

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Vernazza on the Cinque Terre, Italy

Vernazza is one of the most magical places in Italy. It's one of five sea-side (cliff-side more like it) villages that make-up the Cinque Terre. It's main economy is tourists these days, but the local fishermen still go out each good-weathered morning to keep up Vernazza's sea-faring heritage.

Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy

Fishing dog resting on a boat in the harbor of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Pastel-colored buildings of the village of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Sunsets are unbelievable in Vernazza. This kitty has the best viewing spot already staked out.

Kitty on a rooftop int he village of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Village of Vernazza and its protected harbor on the Cinque Terre in Italy beautifully lit by the evening light from the sunset.

No, it's not digital manipulation. The sunset really was this wonderful:

Sunset off the coast of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Sometimes you just get lucky and a fisherman has perfect timing to setup your composition:

Boater at sunset in front of the village of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Woman watching the sunset from the village harbor of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Vernazza at dusk on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

The Ligurian Sea off the coast of Vernazza at dusk on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Vernazza at dusk on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

Vernazza at night on the Cinque Terre in Italy.

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