Greenhouse color Strobist style

Had a chance to spend a little time at a local greenhouse shooting photos for an advertisement. Greenhouses are

great to get an early jump on spring photos. I played with off camera lighting some using my SB800 with a Stofen omnibounce triggered by a Pocket Wizard Plus II to fill in the shadows. Flash was on full power. Shot with a Nikon D200 and 12-24 f/4 lens.

Here are a couple more.

Presidential Visit

Wow! What a week. Little did I know when I came to work Tuesday morning that I would be covering former President Bill Clinton's visit to my tiny (and I do mean tiny) hometown. It was a whirlwind as he dropped into town that afternoon on an impromptu visit between campaign stops in Kentucky while stumping for his wife. Here are a couple of photos from the exciting 20 minute visit.

For those of you interested in my setup for covering this event, the details are as follows.

I arrived early to check my lighting (even though I've been in the place a hundred times) and knew it would be crowded so I used my wide angle Nikon 12-24 f/4 lens. I had my file size set to RAW so that I could get the most out of this one time event and recover in case of a bobble on my part. Settings were ISO 400, 1/200, f/5.6, SB800 flash set at 1/8 power and tilted at a 45 degree angle with a stofen flash diffuser.

It was definitely an adrenalin rush and a fast 20 minutes. I had more excitement the evening prior when I covered the premier of George Clooney's newest movie Leatherheads in a nearby town. Check back for those pics later. Whewwww! I can rest now.

Gettin' some air

Had a bit of warm weather so I headed to the local skate park to see what I could find.
I've shot several skate photos in the past but decided this time to enlist the help of my pocket wizards. Nikon's CLS mode just didn't cut it with the bright sun. This is the photo I ended up with for my efforts. Strobist: SB800, 1/4 or 1/8 power hand held slightly to camera right at arms length above my head. Triggered of course with my pocket wizards. Drop a comment and let me know what you think.