The LA County Fair

Took the family to the LA County Fair this past weekend. We hadn't gone the last 2 years, and since we've been gone, they added quite a few new exhibits, and expanded the rides sections. The dinosaur exhibit is awesome!

The kids had a blast! Here are some of the images from our day at the fair. And yes, we won a fish...



All images shot with the Canon 5D MK II and the Canon 24-105 f/4L

Lighting on location... or not

Had our first shoot last night in my "Lighting on Location" class, and our very own Tri-Community student Tiffany was our model. We busted out the Westcott Apollo 28" softbox and the wireless triggers in a parking lot and shot away. Our first set up was against an aluminum door:

After this set, we moved Tiffany to include some more ambient light and environment. While the students were using the flash set up, I was shooting available at ISO 6400, f/4, at 1/40 sec. Her face was lit with a torchlight mounted on a stand that the students were using to lock focus.

Just a couple of slight adjustments in Lightroom 3, essentially a light sharpening, a medium contrast curve, and a saturation/color adjustment brush on the face and hair. I like the way these came out.