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“Showing A Little Attitude”

"Showing A Little Attitude"
© David A. Ziser

I love this image of this young lady - how she's dressed, that look in her eyes as she peers directly back into the camera, and the subtle lines trailing off in the background combine to create a quite strong connection with the viewer. This image was made outside where the ambient light was quite bright. I used my "Cheatin' Flash" technique to darken the surrounds an appropriate amount so that the subject would "pop" from the scene. Illumination was provided by my off-camera flash positioned to the subject's right to give that beautiful loop lighting to her face. Camera specs; Canon 30 fitted with 70-200mm IS lens at 170mm, F7.1 @ 1/320 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on November 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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“The Final Rehearsal”

"The Final Rehearsal"
© David A. Ziser

Here is another image I made last Friday of my young Bar Mitzvah. He is rehearsing his Torah readings one last time before Saturday - the big day. I have to say, I really like how the image is presented with the fisheye lens. The way it makes the Torah so prominent in the composition speaks to its importance in the Jewish faith. The curved lines created by the Fisheye lens also effectively brings the center of interest directly to our subject. Not everybody is a fan of the fisheye effect - I happen to be a big fan when it's used appropriately. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with Sigma 8mm Fisheye, F 5.6 @ 1/30 second, ISO 800. Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on November 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Relaxed Elegance”

"Relaxed Elegance"
© David A. Ziser
This image was made at last Saturday's wedding and is just a simple, easy photograph of the bride taken on the balcony level overlooking the elegant surrounds of the beautiful Netherland Hilton hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. I didn't want any dramatic posing, the bride was not into that at all, I just wanted a simple statement of my beautiful bride in this elegant setting. Illumination was provided with my Z-Ray technique [link], creating a striking three dimensional lighting on the bride. Light flooding from above needed to be blocked by my assistant who held a small reflector panel blocking the ceiling fixture. Camera specs; Canon 5d Mark II fitted with Sigma 12-24mm lens at 22mm, F5.6 @ 1/40 second, ISO 6400. Enjoy! -David

P.S. You can click on this image for a larger view.

Written by Carlos on November 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Subtle Beauty”

"Subtle Beauty"
© David A. Ziser

This image was originally part of a series where I was exploring very shallow depth of field portrait technique. This image is a simple window light portrait with the camera focused on the bouquet. With my wide open aperture, only parts of the flowers were in focus with the bride being completely out of focus. This was not a bad thing. As I experimented with different options, I ended up with this result - lighting de-saturating all parts of the image and adding the noise to the image almost disguising it's softness, but still hinting at it gave me a result that I enjoyed very much. Camera specs; Canon 20D fitted with a 50mm F1.4 lens, F1.4 @ 1/100 second, ISO 100. Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on November 12th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Close To The Big Day”

"Close To The Big Day"
© David A. Ziser

This is an image I made on Friday at the synagogue before this young man's Bar Mitzvah the next day. This congregation practices Conservative Judaism Jewish faith which took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s. That means that when I have an event at this synagogue, no images can be made during the actual event which is during the Holy Sabbath. As a result, we schedule a photo session which captures the highlights of the service on the Friday before the Saturday service. In addition to all the photographs I make with Rabbi and the family members, I also like to get a few images of the young man or young lady within the surrounds of the temple interior in which they will conduct a substantial part of the Saturday service. I think these images convey a sense of responsibility that the young Bar Mitzvah knows he is accepting on his/her important day and add that part of the story to the final album. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 14mm, F5.6 @ 1/50 second, ISO 800. Light, of course, coming from about 8 feet from the right, my flash shooting through my standard translucent umbrella. Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on November 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Ready To Walk The Aisle”

"Ready To Walk The Aisle"
© David A. Ziser

I made this image at this past Saturday's wedding. The bride had just finished getting ready and I asked her just to peak back at me for a quick shot. I wanted more that just the simple available light image - I wanted something a bit more dramatic. I asked my assistant to bring in the Z-Ray and just illuminate her beautiful face. I had the result I wanted, the bride spot lighted with the light slowly falling off into the shadows. The window captured in the reflection of the mirror offered a nice contrast to the rest of the scene. My client loved it and so do I. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 18-200mm IS lens at 40mm, F 6.3 @ 1/100, ISO 1600.
Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on November 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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Technique Tuesday: Shooting At The Speed Of Light - Understanding High Speed Flash Sync

OK, I got it out of my system. I've told the world about the most exciting local election of all times. So, now reporting from the Center Of The Universe - on with Technique Tuesday: Shooting At The Speed Of Light - Understanding High Speed Flash Sync.

This is probably one of the least understood yet one of the most useful features in your lighting arsenal - high speed flash sync. What is it? What does it do? Folks, back in the old days when I was shooting my Hasselblad, I had the capability to sync my flash at 1/500 second with that fast leaf shutter built into those beautiful Hassey lens.

My greatest disappointment as I migrated to digital was the fact that my first digital camera, a Fuji S-1, only synced to 1/200 second. That made it really hard for me to continue to get my dramatic "darkened sky" images I loved capture. My next camera, Nikon's D1x did let me sync to 1/500 second again and I was a happy camper till switching to Canon a few years later and again had the same flash speed limitation.

I worked around it with my "Cheatin' Flash" technique, but syncing the flash at ANY shutter speed was still the dream. Well, dreams do come true and both Canon and Nikon systems offer that capability. Hit PLAY below to get the entire story on...
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Written by Carlos on November 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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"Just Hangin' "
© David A. Ziser


I thought I needed some groom coverage here - it's been a while. This is a very simple portrait of our groom just sort of hanging around. The lighting is not my regular "loop light" but this time around is a "split light" pattern. Notice only half of his face is illuminated with addition light. I always think that guys can take the more severe "split lighting" as I find it to be a bit more masculine lighting pattern. The light, in this case was simply my off-camera flash bouncing off the dining room wall and positioned to the groom's left. The most interesting aspect of this image are the four "interior framing elements" surrounding our subject. The first is the wall opening I'm shooting through; the second, the arched entrance to the dining room; the third, the actual wall opposite the dining room entrance; and the fourth, the small arced opening to the kitchen. Notice how the groom's position ties them all together creating a nice sense of depth to the scene. Camera specs: Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 22mm, F 5.6 @ 1/20 second, ISO800. Enjoy! -David

Written by Carlos on October 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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