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Columbiana, AL
My homie's leaving for basic in exactly 20 days. Gonna miss that dude.
Canon 5D Mark II with 17-40mm L
STROBIST:
B800 through 47"octabox.
Triggered by Cactus V4's, powered by Vagabond II.
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strobist info :
AB 1600 + octabox rigt over head
1 canon 430ex with gel n snoot left camera
1 YN with gel inside the lamp
behind the scene : www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-c1EloNRg
Another teaser from our session with Jamie.
AB800 Camera right in Octabox
2 - AB800's with Barndoors at white seamless
Reflector to left of Jamie
Fired with Pocket Wizards
[Now that our visit of the ruined priory church of Colchester is over, and before I resume uploading photos from our Christmas 2024 and New Year’s 2025 trip to England, let us take a break and come briefly back to France to document the successful completion of an impressive restoration work I was happy to be part of, photographically speaking.]
The Gates of Paradise, so dubbed by Michelangelo himself, are monumental bronze doors that give access into the Saint John baptistry, which stands in front of the Santa Maria del Fiore “duomo” cathedral in Florence, Italy. Those massive doors, 5.10 meters tall by 3.20 meters wide, are a masterpiece of Renaissance art sculpted mostly by Lorenzo Ghiberti around 1442. Further to the devastating flood of River Arno in 1966, the orignal doors were taken away and stored in the safety of a nearby museum, to be replaced on-site by copies.
A Wikipedia notice in French can be found here: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porte_du_Paradis (doesn’t seem to exist in English).
In 1841, the City of Lyon, at the behest of a then-well known Lyonnais painter, Jean-Claude Bonnefond (1796–1860), ordered a casting of the portal to be made by the Museum of Fine Arts of Paris. The cast was installed in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, in the Palais Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter’s Palace), thus named because the building in which it is is what remains of the former abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains, founded in the 9th century for Benedictine nuns.
In 1936, the cast was taken down, disassembled and subsequently broken down into more than one hundred pieces as its fragile self was not-so-carefully moved from one temporary storage place to another. Acquired by the Musée des Moulages (Museum of Casts) of Lyon, the fragments were stored there for several decades. When it was decided to restore and reassemble them, the Fondation du Patrimoine, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, was called upon to provide the 50,000-euro financing, and I was asked to take photos, first of the pre-restoration fragments in their storage area in 2023, then of the Gates re-assembled, restored and put back up in the museum hall, in the only location where the ceiling is high enough to accommodate them, in March 2025.
To document this project, I will upload some “before” photos, as well as, of course, some “after” ones. You will note that, around 1910, a patina was applied onto the cast as it was meant to reproduce as faithfully as possible, not the shiny, golden aspect of the brand new bronze, but the faded one the Gates exhibited at the beginning of the 20th century. It is of course this faded aspect that the restoration sought to retrieve —quite successfully so, I must say.
Strobist and technical info: I provide this information solely for the purpose of so–called “strobist” groups on Flickr (i.e., groups practicing off-camera flash lighting), where it is mandatory. Please feel free to ignore it if you are not interested or a member of such groups.
One Godox AD600 Pro II monolight on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera right, 2 meters from subject and 2.5 meters above ground (about midway through height of subject), firing at 1/2 ¼ power through a Phottix Pro 150–cm Raja octabox with double diffuser; and another AD600 Pro II studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera left, 2 meters from subject and 2.5 meters above ground (about midway through height of subject), firing at 1/1 power through a Godox 120–cm S120W softbox with double diffuser.
Strobes set and triggered via Godox X Pro II radio controller on the camera’s hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Manfrotto 161 MK2B geared tripod with Benro GD3–WH geared head.
Nikon Z7 II camera body. Lenses: Nikkor 45mm, ƒ/2.8 D PC tilt-shift macro lens with FTZ II adapter, manual focus, for the photo of the entire Gates; Nikkor Z 100–400mm, ƒ/4.5–5.6 S lens for the closeups. Camera triggered remotely via Pixel Oppilas RW–221 radio transmitter and receiver.
This panel is one of my favorite among the ten. It tells the whole story of Joseph in a stunningly condensed manner: Joseph thrown into the well by his brothers; then sold to the merchants and delivered to Pharaoh; the interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream and Pharaoh consequently paying homage to Joseph; Jacob sending his children to Egypt to take delivery of the wheat; and finally, Joseph recognizing his brothers, forgiving them and returning home to the house of his father.
this is brandy she helped me on the atlanta burns shoot setting up and holding light stands especially the octa one because of the mass amounts of wind we were having that day and this is like my thank you present/ getting two shoot in one kinda thing
*this gas station reminds me of an indie film called "death valley" ill be using this spot again for my models it has limitless possibilities
5d mrk ii
50mm f1.4 usm
Strobist
-ab1600 in front with beautydish socked and boomed overhead well face level
-ab800 thru octabox left face level 3/4 power
-ab800 for rim right 1/2 power about 10ft from rfar right member
-sun for some rim and back light
Special Thanks To
-brandy t. for helping with set up and holding the light stands in the wind
-atlanta burns for driving out to the spot
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Lightpainted again using my D610, Nikon 24-70 2.8 lens, Godox 120cm Octabox and an Aputure 198 LED Panel
Photos of a beautiful Wedding in Cape Breton Island.
Lighting info:
Paul Buff B1600 with a Fotodiox Pro 5ft Octabox powered by Vegabond Mini battery and triggered with Pixel King Pro Triggers.
Strobist: Octabox camera right w/ Calumet Genesis 200. 200 on backdrop with reflector. ABR on camera for fill. Triggered with Elinchrom Skyport. Metered w/ Sekonic L-308s
Edit: didn't mean to sharpen your eyes out! Definitely was not paying attention!
Here's one of the images I took for a feature on the Mandalorian Mercs, a Star Wars costume club. I'm experimenting with my post-processing techniques.
It's easy for me to simply find tutorials on how to selectively adjust, mask, clone, repeat, and clean up things, but trying to find "a look" I just pick some of my own images and build it from the heart. Takes me forever to find what I'm feeling for. Still experimenting that's for sure.
Strobist Info
Key - B1600 Boomed directly above, slightly left
Shot through large 47" Octabox @ 1/32nd power
Triggered via Cybersyncs
Powered w/ Vagabond II
Camera Info
Nikon D700
Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8
lined this shoot up back in october met up around six before the show did about an hour shoot got alot of good shots really nice guys also got live video and live shots of them
-ab1600 boomed into beauty dish
-ab800 left into octa
-ab800 bare behind
canon 5d mark 2
-17-40mm f4 usm L
4 hours of editing for both photos combined tones took an hour a piece but most likely my fave photo ive taken of a signed band
this will most likely be for their new layout
and apparently my octabox on the left side point down and high didnt fire this whole portion of the shoot lolz i soulda tested the button to get the transmitter synced to it dumb mistake
A running portrait of cross country runner Tyra Holloway from Valdosta State University.
Setup:
• AlienBee B800 shot through a gridded octabox, camera right @ 3:00
• AlienBee B800 shot through a gridded softbox, camera left @ 9:00
Triggered with Pocketwizard Plus III's
Powered via the Vagabond II
Bought a black backdrop today, this is testing it out. I'm also trying to get a little more dramatic in my editing. I think it looks better than most of my stuff. Opinions? And if anyone has any tips/pointers they can suggest, I'd love that. :D
STROBIST:
B800 through 47" Octabox camera left and high. (Triggered via sync cable)
Photo taken through Canon EOS Utility on MBP (Not ManBearPig).
Jinbei DC-1200 in a 120cm (47") Lencarta octabox high above and slightly to right of model
Canon 550 ex behind and to right of model
Canon 430 ex ii behind and to left of model
Triggered with cheapy trigger and receivers
Canon 5d
Canon 135mm f/2 L
A few weeks ago in March 2025, I spent a day in the most secure vault at the library of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) to photograph some rare books that are badly in need of a restoration. The Fondation du Patrimoine, for which I work as a pro bono photographer, is expected to finance the restoration through a fundraising campaign that will be launched later this year (2025).
These are some of the photos I took during that session.
In order to insure color accuracy and consistency, I lit the session only with flash, having been assured by the librarians that the books were in no danger from that sort of lighting, since this was a one-off thing and as long as minimal output was used. Therefore, i used very large softboxes in order to soften the light as much as possible. For those of you who may be interested, all the technical information is provided below, as this is necessary to post the photos in the so-called “strobist” groups on Flickr, i.e., groups focusing on using off-camera flash.
The black, non-reflective cloth I used as background is Musou Kiwami.
Strobist and technical info: one Godox AD600 Pro II monolight on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.5 meters above it, firing at 1/64 power through a Phottix Pro 150–cm Raja octabox with double diffuser; and another AD600 Pro II studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in a symmetrical position to camera left, firing at 1/64 power through a Godox 120–cm S120W softbox with double diffuser.
Strobes set and triggered via Godox X Pro II radio controller on the camera’s hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo Systematic Series 3 GT3543XLS tripod with Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head.
Nikon Z7 II camera body. Lenses: Nikon Z7 II camera body. Lenses: Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S; Z 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S; Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S; Z MC 105mm, ƒ/2.8 macro; and Z 135mm, ƒ/1.8 S Plena. Camera triggered remotely via Pixel Oppilas RW–221 radio transmitter and receiver.
One of the delightfully decorated pages of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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location 3, was a lil coffee shop in lakeland gracious enough to let us use its insides. edited this half asleep not sure if i like it all to well,tone is ok just wish i woulda had more light on orion.
Strobist
-ab1600 beauty dish center right in front
-ab800 octabox left parallel to group
5d mrk ii
35mm f1.4 usm L
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ALL IMAGES ©OPYWRITTEN BY Evan Dell Photography NONE ARE TO BE USED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION
[Now that our visit of the ruined priory church of Colchester is over, and before I resume uploading photos from our Christmas 2024 and New Year’s 2025 trip to England, let us take a break and come briefly back to France to document the successful completion of an impressive restoration work I was happy to be part of, photographically speaking.]
The Gates of Paradise, so dubbed by Michelangelo himself, are monumental bronze doors that give access into the Saint John baptistry, which stands in front of the Santa Maria del Fiore “duomo” cathedral in Florence, Italy. Those massive doors, 5.10 meters tall by 3.20 meters wide, are a masterpiece of Renaissance art sculpted mostly by Lorenzo Ghiberti around 1442. Further to the devastating flood of River Arno in 1966, the orignal doors were taken away and stored in the safety of a nearby museum, to be replaced on-site by copies.
A Wikipedia notice in French can be found here: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porte_du_Paradis (doesn’t seem to exist in English).
In 1841, the City of Lyon, at the behest of a then-well known Lyonnais painter, Jean-Claude Bonnefond (1796–1860), ordered a casting of the portal to be made by the Museum of Fine Arts of Paris. The cast was installed in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, in the Palais Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter’s Palace), thus named because the building in which it is is what remains of the former abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains, founded in the 9th century for Benedictine nuns.
In 1936, the cast was taken down, disassembled and subsequently broken down into more than one hundred pieces as its fragile self was not-so-carefully moved from one temporary storage place to another. Acquired by the Musée des Moulages (Museum of Casts) of Lyon, the fragments were stored there for several decades. When it was decided to restore and reassemble them, the Fondation du Patrimoine, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, was called upon to provide the 50,000-euro financing, and I was asked to take photos, first of the pre-restoration fragments in their storage area in 2023, then of the Gates re-assembled, restored and put back up in the museum hall, in the only location where the ceiling is high enough to accommodate them, in March 2025.
To document this project, I will upload some “before” photos, as well as, of course, some “after” ones. You will note that, around 1910, a patina was applied onto the cast as it was meant to reproduce as faithfully as possible, not the shiny, golden aspect of the brand new bronze, but the faded one the Gates exhibited at the beginning of the 20th century. It is of course this faded aspect that the restoration sought to retrieve —quite successfully so, I must say.
Strobist and technical info: I provide this information solely for the purpose of so–called “strobist” groups on Flickr (i.e., groups practicing off-camera flash lighting), where it is mandatory. Please feel free to ignore it if you are not interested or a member of such groups.
One Godox AD600 Pro II monolight on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera right, 2 meters from subject and 2.5 meters above ground (about midway through height of subject), firing at 1/2 ¼ power through a Phottix Pro 150–cm Raja octabox with double diffuser; and another AD600 Pro II studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral position to camera left, 2 meters from subject and 2.5 meters above ground (about midway through height of subject), firing at 1/1 power through a Godox 120–cm S120W softbox with double diffuser.
Strobes set and triggered via Godox X Pro II radio controller on the camera’s hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Manfrotto 161 MK2B geared tripod with Benro GD3–WH geared head.
Nikon Z7 II camera body. Lenses: Nikkor 45mm, ƒ/2.8 D PC tilt-shift macro lens with FTZ II adapter, manual focus, for the photo of the entire Gates; Nikkor Z 100–400mm, ƒ/4.5–5.6 S lens for the closeups. Camera triggered remotely via Pixel Oppilas RW–221 radio transmitter and receiver.
This is a side-by-side comparison of the panel of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba illustrates very well the quality of the restoration that’s been taking place.
Body Paint by Fatima Carrión.
Modelo : Alba Sanchez.
Strobist Info :
1 - 430 EX II with octabox on the left. 1/1 Power - zoom 24mm
2 - 430 EX II to the wall with a red gel. 1/4 Power.
So I'm shooting for this magazine (Amfi Magasinet) about one time a month, and this time was pretty much the first time I've taken a shot I was satisfied with.
This will be the cover, and then two more full pagers inside, along with two pages of product shots which I also shot.
Nikon D700 with 50 f/1.4
Strobist
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AB1600 in large octabox boomed out a little to the right
AB1600 in gigantic softbox back left
AB1600 in 7" reflector back right
Triggered with Cyber Syncs
Orlando, FL
Shot with Teal again today before heading back to Birmingham. I definitely wanted to get some daylight shots done. I'm really, really digging these.
Canon 5D Mark II with 50mm f/1.4
STROBIST:
B800 through 47" octabox. Boomed. Powered by Vagabond II, triggered by Cactus V4's.
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Nikon D700 + 24-70mm f/2.8 + SB-900 (commander)
Main = SB-900 Via Lastolite Hot Rod Octabox
Fill = SB-600 Via Lastolite Joe McNally Easybox Hotshoe
Background = SB-600 Via Honl 1/4 Grid + Blue Gel
Jinbei DC-1200 in a 120cm octabox above model and slightly to her right
Reflector on floor at model's feet below the octabox providing slight fill to shadows
Setup Strobist: Godox 180 octabox, flash godox 1/8, 1/16, radio godox, edición en photoshop.
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Strobist info:
1 yn-460II with octabox left at the camera.
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Photos of a beautiful Wedding in Cape Breton Island. The photos were taken at the Inverary Resort in a small fishing town called Baddeck.
Lighting info:
Paul Buff B1600 with a Fotodiox Pro 5ft Octabox powered by Vegabond Mini battery and triggered with Pixel King Pro Triggers.
Z8 + FW 3.0 (beta)
Z 105mm MC (Micro)
Westcott Solix + Apollo (Octabox)
Pixel Shift with Nikon NX Studio
Focus stacking with Helicon
I was asked by Nikon to test shoot the 3.0 FW with a special interest in the new ability to use Pixel Shift and Focus Shift at the same time.
Pixel Shift is an option where the camera moves the sensor during a series of captures. This series is then merged in the Nikon NX Studio software. In this case, the pixel shift option was set to the maximum capture option of 32 images. The camera exposed an image then moved the sensor… about half the width of a single pixel… and exposed the next one. For 32 images. Those 32 NEF (RAW) files were merged into one massive NEFX raw file that now has a resolution of about 180,000,000 pixels.
Focus Shift Shooting is an option where the camera makes an exposure then shifts focus to a different plane and makes another exposure. The cool part is that the camera is automatically setting the shift movement so that a series of images can be stacked on post in such a way to increase the depth of the PLANE of focus. This results in a subject the can have a nearly unlimited amount of the subject focus. Not just more depth of field, but depth of actual in focus.
The Z8 FW 3.0 is the first time anyone has offered both at the same time on a full frame professional camera.
Lighting Info:
AB1600 in Octabox Camera Left
AB1600 with Reflector Behind Subject
Nikon D300
Nikkor 35mm 1.8G
Cybersyncs
I had a last-minute shoot with my boy Young Gonzalez....an emcee that hails from Seattle, WA and is now living in So. Cal. He came to chill at the studio and we decided to pack up some lights and head outdoors for some promo shots for his soon to be release album. It's gonna be dropping soon, so make sure to check it out and pick it up! He is on a war path and on a mission to put his music out for the world to see. We both really liked this shot, albeit he in color and me in B&W. However, you look at it, I think it came out great. Catch you all on the flip side....Peace
Enjoy,
Hector