Day 237: Just Keeps On Goin'

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 200)

Been sidelined by school.  Photography has pretty much ground to a halt for the most part with the periodic blip here and there.  

Likewise (as I'm sure you've noticed) blog posts have just kept on piling.  Went downtown on what should've been a day off, to attend a TEDxRyersonU marketing team meeting.  Not too much to talk about, as it was pretty brief.  Got on the bus at the right time though, as it started pouring about ten minutes in.

Keeping this one short.  Tomorrow would be Ekklesia's last practice.  

More to come.

Day 232: Shine A Light

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

It's a TEDxRyersonU Friday!  Just some work in progress stuff in this post.  Started shooting the group portraits, for which the idea is essentially based off of what Zach Arias did for the Gulf Photo Plus group photo back in 2009.

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

The idea is simple enough:  Hover a speedlight over someone, make sure you nail focus and exposure, then bring it all together in Photoshop with some layer masking and some-such.  Shot entirely on the 35mm lens, with my camera stationary on a tripod.  Focus confirmation was done via live-view as determining via the viewfinder would've been way too difficult and the fact that I don't completely trust the lens' ability to focus on something so small.

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

Flash was an SB-900 on good ol' manual.  Triggered via the D90's pop-up flash.  Power was in the range of 1/40 to 1/32ish.  Didn't have to pump that much in given the proximity of the flash to the subject's face. 

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/5.6, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

Still working on the final product, and awaiting a few other members to have their photo taken.  Will update when the final product is complete! 

Day 218: TEDxRyersonU Fridays

(Nikon D90, 18-55 VR @ 18mm, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 200)

The second TEDx meeting.  A much larger turnout that included several new faces and also a ton of additional talent.  To say we got much done at this meeting probably wouldn't be the most accurate, but with the calibre of talent present, getting work done under pressure shouldn't be an issue.  

More to come.

Day 204: TEDxRyersonU

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 200)

A bit of a teaser, if nothing else.  Had the first meeting for a TEDx event at Ryerson, headed up by a bunch of students.  Technically I'm a part of it too, as indicated by the photo, but I'll probably end up as being more-or-less the guy that knows how to operate this black-box thingy that goes click-click-click.  We'll see.  We're tenatively planning for November, so hopefully as the date closes in towards that you'll hear more about it.