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Today was relaxing Sunday afternoon, so I decided to play with some flash photography using different combinations of flash gels. One flash was set behind a shoot through reflector giving the background color with another flash shooting from below to add color to the label.
This blue bottle of Bombay Sapphire with a blue background is what started the idea.
Of course I had to photograph a Verboten growler.
It was with the Redemption where I started experimenting with color. I found it fascinating how much the background light impacted the light color on the label. I’m really not sure which one I prefer.
Years ago I got a cheap Phoenix 650-1300mm telephoto lens. (Thanks mom!) It doesn’t have great optics, but it is fun to experiment with, so I decided to photograph some geese.
The colors were not great and there was some chromatic aberration, so I decided the images looked best black and white.
To give an idea of the power of the telephoto, here are some behind the scene shots. The first shows the ridiculous lens. The second shows the distance to the waterline. The third shows the full zoom and is a shot of the Loveland heart lock sculpture that is at the southeast parking lot of Lake Loveland. The final photo gives you an idea of the distance.
Most of the time attention is focused on the beautiful mountains in Colorado. However, the early mornings can also be just as wonderful. Not everyday, but as my my friend and awesome-sunrise-early-warning-system, Gunar, says:
“I guess it is their random inconvenience that makes them special.”
Whenever Gunar sees there is a clear horizon and clouds from his perch up in the mountains he sends me a quick message to be on the look out. Typically I rush out with my phone to take a photo (as shown in the photo above), but recently I was prepared and took the action camera out to the end of the dock for a time-lapse. After just over 30 minutes and 3,776 images, I was able to put together the 50 second time-lapse below.
Last week when I was photographing Giselle's senior portraits I got a few of Olivia as well. Of course, she is beautiful and fun to photograph. (i.e. not shy when a camera is pointed at her)
As I was processing the photos I figure why not document the three stages of straight out of camera, processing with Lightroom, to final image after sending it through the Nik Collection. Below are the same photo at all three stages.
You may not like the final image, and on a different day the processing may have not gone in that direction at all. But today this is what I like.
See a few more images in the Olivia in FoCo gallery