Beer Time!
This was a lighting exercise to see if my background (gel'd white diffuser paper) and surface (5% window tint) would work well for lit product shots. I know its lacking content, I plan on doing this again with more items.
April 22, 2009
April 15, 2009
More lighting playtime
Good friend of mine is selling this really clean well done car, took some quick snaps of it to be used in the For Sale ads. The new big lights really change the way I normally approach lighting, a definite change for the better.
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April 10, 2009
The Alien Bees Have Landed!
My new lights arrived today, got a little tome to take them out and give them a shake down. All I have to say is wow, these are so much more powerful than the speed lights I have been using for years. I plan on using these a lot in the near future for everything from cars, to product, to portraits. This is the beginning of my re-evolution in photography.
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March 29, 2009
Gettin all MacGyver
What do you get when you take a steel mixing bowl, some extra steel, adhesive felt, and some automotive door trim? Finally got around to making a ring light adapter for a small strobe. The real deal ring flashes run between $400 all the way up to $3,000! Though this isn't as powerful it still creates a very cool effect when doing portrait shots.
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Here you can see the type of lighting it produces
Self portrait, you can really see the halos it creates in the eyes.
March 25, 2009
Goes Live: 2010 Toyota Prius
After the long embargo the driving impressions of the new 2010 Prius are able to be released through all media outlets. As a current generation Prius disliketarian, I find this new model to have much better styling and interior. I really enjoyed talking to the Japanese engineers that spent thousands of hours developing this completey new generation. Very interesting to hear about a car from someone that helped literally make it a fuctional unit.
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Check out the "First Drive" impressions: 2010 Toyota Prius
March 16, 2009
Goes Live: Ronn Motor Company Scorpion
Got the opportunity to cover this prototype vehicle in Sacramento CA at the Capitol building, where the Governator himself gave a speech on the benefits of how this sports car is green while being fast. The company is expecting to be in production by fall, but I think it will be a little longer judging how early in development this first prototype was.
Read the Autoblog story and view the full gallery: Driven: Ronn Motor Company Scorpion, the worlds first 'green' supercar
March 01, 2009
Livin it up - green style
I got to stay at this amazing hotel that is "undoubtedly the greenest luxury hotel in America" while in Napa for the 2010 Toyota Prius Press Event. Beautiful modern design that incorporates advanced environmental technologies and materials.
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To find out more about this place check out www.bardessono.com.
February 20, 2009
Old cars, really old
Finally took a trip to the Blackhawk Auto Museum, some beautiful old cars there. My favorite was the Porsche 959, only remaining of the 3 prototypes made.
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January 10, 2009
Down Time
No gigs, but new toys. Canon 50mm 1.4 is a great lens on full frame, I will definitely be using this thing a lot.
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December 18, 2008
MacBook Pro
With the release of the new uni-body Mac's it was hard to resist, bought myself a 15 inch MacBook Pro. Have to say I really like the os and how every thing seems more simple. Im now also using Lightroom 2 which has increased my RAW work flow speed drastically.
December 12, 2008
25 Hours
At Thunderhill in Willows, CA. Second time covering this race and it is long, cold, and plenty of time to get many different angles/locations of the cars. Here are a few from the race that specifically focus on a Daytona Prototype. Big thanks to the Cytomax/Muscle Milk team for letting me stay warm in their beautiful pit.
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October 07, 2008
Weekend Fun
Engagement photos, shooting guns, and horses pretty much sums up the first weekend of October. Had a lot of fun hangin' with friends and the girlfriend, managed to get some nice photos in the midst.
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September 23, 2008
Vegas Baby!
My good friend Casey is getting married so that meant bachelor party in Vegas. Stayed at the Venetian in a really nice suite and had a great time. Rented the Canon 15mm Fisheye from the great people at borrowlenses.com and it pretty much stayed on the 5d all weekend.
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September 13, 2008
new car
Went from a e30 318is to a e36 318is. Everything just fell together for it to happen, never thought I'd sell my e30....
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September 10, 2008
Goes Live: Evo X MR
After a long dry spell of no automotive gigs, I got thrown to the wolves with a extremely tight time constraint to shoot an Evo X MR for Autoblog. Equipment errors and complete brain disfunctionality resulted in a shoot that, for the most part, went strait to the trash. Tracked down another Evo X MR at Concord Mitsubishi and they allowed me to photograph the car but without leaving the premisis. Luckily, they had a open corner on their roof lot. See the story and gallery: In the Autoblog grage: 2008 Mutsubishi Evolution X MR
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August 10, 2008
Tee Time
Covered this annual charity golf tournament benefiting the American Diabetes Association. They raised nearly $18k!
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July 28, 2008
Hard Drive = Dead
Here it is, a back up hard drive. This drive contains every photo Ive taken over the last 3 years. Turned it on to do some editing and all I hear is a click... click... click... uh oh. I sent it in to the people at ESS Data Recovery and they found head to platter contact on multiple platters and where unable to recover any data.
So what did we all learn from this lesson? Back up your back ups and then have a back up of those.
June 28, 2008
e30 fun
Went to a good size e30 meet in Millbrae, about 25-30 cars made it out and I did a little shoot afterwards with a few friends.
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June 20, 2008
Published: Sport Compact Car
Shot this Vishnu Evo X back in February, was really dissapinted with the shoot untill now. Shots came out great in the mag, even got a cover spot and the contents page. This is a kick in the butt to keep working hard and practice, practice, practice.
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June 17, 2008
Turbohoses Track Day - Thunderhill
Tubohoses R&D threw its first track day for its customers and friends, mostly Nobles, a few HOT Lotus', and some other fast cars. Covered the event and even got a little track time in the ol'e30.
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