Archive for October, 2009

11
Oct

Another beautiful model…

   Posted by: fmeehan   in Photography, familly & Friends

And that model is me :-)

I love to do self-portraits, it is an exercise that is not always easy to perform, requires imagination and a good technique.

For example, for the picture below, I spent a good 45 minutes to shoot it, all alone. You should have seen the face of people walking by…

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/20
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 160
Focal Length : 50mm (Lensbaby Composer)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Nik SilverEfx .
Flash SB-900 with diffusor

It was not straight forward to climb into that wire mesh structure, lots of metal pieces threatening to shred my pants. Since I was working in full manual mode, to achieve proper focus, I had to improvise a technique. I placed a piece of plastic where my face was meant to be. Then I slid in that metal tunnel, got my mark, took a few shots using a remote control, come out of that thing, verify results, went back in the tube to redo the sequence, over and over.

There was a lot to be learned.

Different story for the following one, all it took was 5 minutes, shooting from the hip, a cool trick to master.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/30
Aperture : f/9.5
ISO: 1000
Focal length : 50mm (75 DX)
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Nik SilverEfx

For those who likes to see self-portraits, don’t miss ChernobylBob on flickr.

François Meehan

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8
Oct

A selection of my pictures on Topaz labs Gallery…

   Posted by: fmeehan   in Photography, misc

I am really proud, a selection of my pictures is appearing on Topaz Labs Gallery, among work from great photographers.

Here is the link: Topaz Labs Gallery

Wine tonight!

François Meehan

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4
Oct

The light post

   Posted by: fmeehan   in Photography, misc

During Val’s last soccer game of the year, as the team was losing 9-0, I started to look around for photo opportunities…

Then I saw this charming light post…

Producing a usable photo out of such object represents a challenge. You have to work the angles, tame the light, think about the composition, cool!

Not the picture of the year, a satisfying one nonetheless.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/1000
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 200
Focale length: 300 mm (450 en DX)
Aperture, DFT light, Topaz Denoise 3 and detail

François Meehan

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4
Oct

Arctic fox at the Ecomuseum…

   Posted by: fmeehan   in Animals, Photography

During our last visit at the Ecomuseum, trying to tame my new lensbaby composer lens, I took the opportunity to take this picture of an arctic fox.

Nikon D90
Exposure : 1/60
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO: 200
Focale length: 50 mm (75 en DX), Lensbaby composer
Aperture, Topaz Denoise 3 and Detail.

It still had its summer coat, soon it will become all white.

Really like the lensbaby effect…

François Meehan

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1
Oct

Test of light with a beautiful model

   Posted by: fmeehan   in Photography, familly & Friends

I did tests with 3 flashs and a beautiful model.

Here is one of my favorite portrait of my daugther Valérie.

Nikon D90
Exposition : 1/60
Ouverture : f/2.8
ISO: 160
Longueur focale : 50 mm (75 en DX)
Aperture, DFT light, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik SilverEfx.
3 flashs, Main: SB-900 avec Speed grids de Honl, SB-600 pour le “Hair light” et built-in avec le Puffer de Gary Fong

It is so easy to shoot with Val, in each of our sessions, we start with serious work, then, it goes crazy… I like it that way.

Nikon D90
Exposition : 1/60
Ouverture : f/2.8
ISO: 160
Longueur focale : 50 mm (75 en DX)
Aperture, DFT light, Topaz Denoise 3, Nik SilverEfx.
3 flashs, Main: SB-900 avec Speed grids de Honl, SB-600 pour le “Hair light” et built-in avec le Puffer de Gary Fong

François Meehan

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