March 2011 Archives
2011-03-28 08:18:16
Fire and Ice
Last night the Twin Cities Photography Group
Inc. organized an event with the Fire Jam Dancers. It was a
blast - but there is much to learn. The moving flame illuminates
the performer, but the light is very finicky - it ebbs and flows
and moves to unexpected places. The only hope (for me) is to shoot
it like the fireworks: manual focus using live view, then play with
exposure to get the faces lit but not blurry. For instance this has
been shot in 1/8s at f/1.4 (ISO 100). 
You could try using a second curtain sync strobe to freeze the movement at the end but the light moving in close proximity of the performer will lit her enough to generate visible blur:
Here is a selection of the photos taken by other
participants.
You could try using a second curtain sync strobe to freeze the movement at the end but the light moving in close proximity of the performer will lit her enough to generate visible blur:
Here is a selection of the photos taken by other
participants.2011-03-27 12:18:32
Dynamic Photography Meetup @ St. Paul Cathedral
Yesterday there was a photo meet-up
at St. Paul Cathedral. It was nice that we were allowed to use
tripods -- I set the ISO at 100, aperture at 11 and only adjusted
exposure using the histogram. 
By mid-afternoon, sun was peeking through and casting a
dramatic light on St. Luke's statue: 
Steve got a
really nice
shot of the same statue.
By mid-afternoon, sun was peeking through and casting a
dramatic light on St. Luke's statue:
Steve got a
really nice
shot of the same statue.2011-03-20 11:00:05
Fernandosson
Ferndando's son was full of energy at
last night's samba party hosted by Alex and Darcia.
2011-03-06 12:01:50
In the Shadows
This morning, there was a brief
glimpse of the sun, that projected an interesting shadow of the
Oncidiums: 
2011-03-05 16:32:20
A visit to the Museum
It's still cold and dreary outside
(although today there was a bit of sun breaking through the
clouds). To stretch my legs I invited a friend to visit the
Titian and the Golden Age
of Venetian Painting: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of
Scotland exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts . I was
liked the paintings, but was not particularly impressed by the
large Diana paintings. My favorite was "Venus Anadyomene" - and I
could not resist a chuckle at the docent's comment that the shell
that Venus sailed onto the shore was not 'rendered to size' or
words to that effect. The exhibition was obviously closed to
photography, but on the hallway leading to the gallery, I spotted
an old friend, the "Veiled Lady" by Raffaelo Monti: 
We ventured for a bit in the modern art section and got away with an interesting perspective on Mona Hatoum's 2008 "Cube":
We ventured for a bit in the modern art section and got away with an interesting perspective on Mona Hatoum's 2008 "Cube":