Nick Pompei Photography
Week 12 - The Collector
Week 12/52 -
*Hit "L" to make it big!*
Week 12 finally brings my best friend, Tim, into the series. Its about damn time, I know. Tim has been my best friend since the early days in high school, we have been best men in each others weddings, golf together, cars, you name it. Well ok, except one thing: SHOES.
Tim is the KING of shoe collecting. He as over 200 pairs of shoes, actually 206 to be exact! No, I am not lying. About 80% or so are Jordan's. The rest consist of Lebron's and some Barclay's scattered throughout. And these are not your normal "Foot Locker" Jordans. No, no, no. These are collector pairs. Like the Levi Strauss Edition that came with an awesome pair of Jordans, Jeans with an inside pattern to match the shoes and a shirt as well. Exactly 2,323 made - and he's got one. Tons of collector mix and match pair sets that are very rare. You name it, Tim's got it. I was never good at math, but considering they are all Nike's and collectors items, its safe to say that he owns a small fortune in shoes. Gotta love this dude!
Camera:
Canon 7d
10-22mm
1/80@F/5.6
ISO 640
Strobist:
1 - Canon 430EXII, 1/16, zoomed @24mm, inside my DIY beauty dish, camera left, 5' away and ~ 5' high.
1- Canon 430EXII, 1/32, zoomed @80mm, bare, held camera right on the flash stand
*all triggered with Meike MK-7's*
Objective: (Jeremy speak)
For this shot Tim and I had to setup nearly every single shoe box and shoes you see. It took almost 2 hours! He has his collection in a bedroom and it almost takes up the entire room! So it was very difficult for me to setup and shoot with the constraints of the room. That's where my ultra-wide angle 10-22mm lens comes in handy.
I had my DIY beauty dish used again for the harder edge it gives shooting onto Tim along with most of the shoes. The side flash helps to illuminate to right side of the shoes and to provide some seperation and alleviate some shadows. It was not an easy shoot and took a while to get this right. In fact, this was an earlier shot in the night that I liked better than the later ones we did.
And as you can see, it was nearly impossible to get every single shoe and shoe box into the shot. So this is not the best in terms of composition but its not bad considering our space constraints!
Week 12 - The Collector
Week 12/52 -
*Hit "L" to make it big!*
Week 12 finally brings my best friend, Tim, into the series. Its about damn time, I know. Tim has been my best friend since the early days in high school, we have been best men in each others weddings, golf together, cars, you name it. Well ok, except one thing: SHOES.
Tim is the KING of shoe collecting. He as over 200 pairs of shoes, actually 206 to be exact! No, I am not lying. About 80% or so are Jordan's. The rest consist of Lebron's and some Barclay's scattered throughout. And these are not your normal "Foot Locker" Jordans. No, no, no. These are collector pairs. Like the Levi Strauss Edition that came with an awesome pair of Jordans, Jeans with an inside pattern to match the shoes and a shirt as well. Exactly 2,323 made - and he's got one. Tons of collector mix and match pair sets that are very rare. You name it, Tim's got it. I was never good at math, but considering they are all Nike's and collectors items, its safe to say that he owns a small fortune in shoes. Gotta love this dude!
Camera:
Canon 7d
10-22mm
1/80@F/5.6
ISO 640
Strobist:
1 - Canon 430EXII, 1/16, zoomed @24mm, inside my DIY beauty dish, camera left, 5' away and ~ 5' high.
1- Canon 430EXII, 1/32, zoomed @80mm, bare, held camera right on the flash stand
*all triggered with Meike MK-7's*
Objective: (Jeremy speak)
For this shot Tim and I had to setup nearly every single shoe box and shoes you see. It took almost 2 hours! He has his collection in a bedroom and it almost takes up the entire room! So it was very difficult for me to setup and shoot with the constraints of the room. That's where my ultra-wide angle 10-22mm lens comes in handy.
I had my DIY beauty dish used again for the harder edge it gives shooting onto Tim along with most of the shoes. The side flash helps to illuminate to right side of the shoes and to provide some seperation and alleviate some shadows. It was not an easy shoot and took a while to get this right. In fact, this was an earlier shot in the night that I liked better than the later ones we did.
And as you can see, it was nearly impossible to get every single shoe and shoe box into the shot. So this is not the best in terms of composition but its not bad considering our space constraints!