After two month of camera repair hiatus, I can finally shoot with my D200 again. This time, I decided to do another crime scene-delinquent theme oriented shoot. The model, like last time, is Kevin Lee. This time, however, I finally get the chance to test out two strobe set up as well as the SU-800 to eliminate the onboard preflash. We shot in a garage-like location. Everything was done on the go since I wanted to be creative on the spot. All three photos has a rim light using a snooted flash (no I don't use any fancy snoot - just few thick paper and a rubber band). The other flash is used as a fill on the left hand side. Again, I used the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 (you may recall my rave about this lens back in the first crime scene shoot). You gotta love the accidental dust particles (it's...

So after weeks of nagging from David, we've finally managed to gather all the staff in Design Vetica, my interactive agency, together to do a photoshoot. Mainly, everyone just wanted to update their headshot for the team page. (above photo, from left to right, Kevin Lee, Johnathan Gee, Alex Gondek, David Kim) Or as I describe it. From left to right: Fashion designer, beach boy, russian hacker, and um, normal person? Somehow I managed the carry all my gears to our office. The plan is to shoot against a white wall so we don't have a background once we place the images on our site. Well, good luck to that plan. The shoot started off in the wrong direction (panic!). There was a open window with no blinds to cover the harsh sun light. The flare bounced off the wooden floor and cast a nasty green color in Kevin's glasses. I...