Photo Walk.

Recently I joined a local Facebook group called VISION|HEIRS on a photo walk in Downtown Sioux Falls, SD. It was Bitter cold, windy, and the most fun i have had in a while. We didn't stay outside too long as the feeling in my toes was lost rather quickly. 

The adventure moved indoors to a local bar called Lucky's. They used to be known as the pool hall and now there are only a few tables left over. After a beer, some bar food, and a major amount of photo geeking i managed to snag a few photos. This was one of my favorites of the night.

Awesome night, new friends, and more knowledge. We need to do this again soon. 

Jon

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Lucky's Bar in downtown Sioux Falls, SD. 

dad went too far.

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Come on Dad... Hurry up and take the picture...

Playing with some toys, with my son. That is how this started. About 10 mins into playing I go this idea. With a very sour look on my son's face, the shot was set up.  

so this was created using my 70-200 F2.8 and two speedlites. One on the ground behind and to the right of the ring, with a plastic bounce diffuser. The second on a tripod, with a 43" shoot through umbrella in front and to the right, pointing down at about a 45 degree angle. . Both speedlites were set to 1/64th power and 35mm zoom. Shutter speed was 1/100th at 70mm F8.0. Hand held as close to the floor as i could get. 

My son has since lost all interest in letting me play with his toys... 

Jon

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For this week, I used my fisheye lens for a self portrait. I found these earbud speakers the other day, and instantly thought of this shot. I have the "earbuds" plugged into my iPad.

For the shot, I used 2 off camera speedlites. One behind a 45" white umbrella above the camera pointing down. The other was shooting into a reflective 36" umbrella, bouncing the light from below and to the cameras left. The lower flash was used as a full light for my legs, and chest.

Post processing was done in adobe Lightroom 3 and photoshop cs5. Minor tweaks to the white balance and adding some contrast. Then cropping and adding my logo.

If you have any ideas for next weeks photo, please comment below!!! Any, and all ideas are considered.

Jon