Photo drought

We are having a drought here in the south.  I think last I heard we were down at least 10 inches. 

The reason I am speaking of a drought is that I have been in the midst of a photo drought.  I haven't had any real creative or unique thoughts about what to photograph here lately.  I am hoping that my vacation next week will help rejuvenate me.  Also Lighting 102 starts over at strobist. 

My latest shots were for the UT's College of Business.  Here they are:

Hopefully more will come over the next week.

Flickr: Discussing Wizwow's Assignment in Strobist.com

This looks like a fun assignment.  It should really get the creative juices flowing.  I will give it a try and post my results here. 

Link to Flickr: Discussing Wizwow's Assignment in Strobist.com

 

Here is the assignment list.

1. An image of one thing, that says only one thing about it.
2. A person who represents what you wanted to be when you were 6.
3. A kid who loves you... and I gotta see the love.
4. The thing that makes your mom your mom (or dad, or sister)? Shoot it.
5. You know your favorite song? The one you always turn the radio up on? Shoot a photograph to go on the cover of that album. I don't care if I get it... do you?
6. A bridge. From one place to another. One soul to another. One child to another. A bridge.
7. Your most hated food (for me - liver and onions) but make it look so good you are even tempted. You can have people in the shot, but not more than 12.
8. Show me a sports game in a landscape. No athletes, just the game. No sports field, just the game. No balls, no hockey sticks, no buckets of ice. Just the game as a landscape.
9. Happiness.
10. Any musical instrument, with people or not. Here's the deal though, we should feel something when seeing it, not just 'see' it.
11. Cute kitten... nawww... just kidding. Make it a place that seems abandoned, or lonely... if a place can be lonely make me feel it.
12. The one photograph you would want to sum up your photographic career today. You have been invited to show at the most prestigious show in NY and you can show only one picture. Show me that picture.

 

Check out the thread to see what others are doing.

Car shoot

I have made it through the photos and have uploaded them to flickr. 

 

This photo was taken with available light and my sigma flash to add some fill light to the tire and the spokes.

 

A front shot with light added to the grill work.  You can see the hotspot from my flash on the bumper.

Classic Cars

I did a shoot for Ross Marshall of Marshall Classic Cars.  The car I photographed was a Bentley.  We were allowed to shoot in front of a local mansion.  The area was beautiful and the car was amazing.  I hopefully will have the photos processed tonight and I will put a couple up here for you to admire.

The shoot was a unique one for me.  It was the first time I have photographed a car like this.  I tried to take as many angles as I could think of.  One problem that I experienced was not knowing how to add light to the car with my strobes.  The shoot was at 9:00 AM.  The sun was starting to peek through the clouds.  Some shots had very nice highlights on them some did not.  I'll write more as I post some of the shots.