Corona Light

OH MY GOSH!!!!

I'm back from the conference, what a humbling experience that was. I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.

As technical coordinator for the conference I was in charge of the projection and needed to be there as each presenter passed off to the next to make sure connections worked and such. On top of that I had to take care of last minute bootcamp schedule changes, rehearse my script for the presentations, and prepare for the workshops I was to co-host with Wayne which if any of you know Wayne isn't over till the the rooster crows the following day.

That was taking on way too much, I think I might have gotten 16 hours of sleep in 5 days. Whew, I'm relieved that's over but sad too. I would have to say that Royce Bair has got to be one of the most charismatic individuals I've ever met. I had the honor and pleasure to spend the 48 hours leading up to the conference with him comparing notes and talking shop.

I had to have been running on pure adrenaline and dopamine for five days straight.

Hanging in the lobby working with Dustin LeFavor on his new laptop, chatting with David Swindler, eating cake with Ryan Smith and purchasing some of that cool swag Phil Monson had in toe. Royce, Wayne. It was just too surreal. These guys are my hero's!! Man, I was pumped. What a great community of peoples.

 

Anyhow, I shot this one using a new technique I concocted out of desperation. Let me explain, a couple of years ago I went to a location with my bro-tog Bill McIntosh at night and forgot my intervalometer. I was trying to create light trails using a long exposure. I fiddled through the camera settings and found "Multiple Exposure Mode" Hum, maybe a could use that I thought, then further into the settings I found "Additive Mode" and the light bulb went off over my head. In photoshop, the additive terminology is used as a reference to "Lighten Only Mode" I set the camera to take 9 exposures and stacked them in-camera using only the light from the remaining eight exposures. The best thing about this technique is that I don't have to do that long exposure noise reduction technique that doubles your exposure time and you cut your ISO by 50% or better. So in essence you end up with a photo that has more detail at a lower ISO that takes half the time to shoot. Cha-Ching!!! Check out the Meta-Data, It works awesome.

I showed Royce and his eyebrows went right up to his hairline, He was really excited to try it out and confirmed that this is a great technique for stacking in-the-camera, in-the-field.

Nice to get validation from one of the best in the business!!

 

This is a shot taken during the first nights workshop and what a great group that was. Hope everybody had as much fun as I did.

 

Thanks as always, for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and reading my descriptions.

I am always grateful for your views, comments, faves, and support, they are truly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)

 

 

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