Fun with Flash

Stacey and I had fun at Christmas playing with remote flash, colored gels. soft boxes, and snoots.  The "mad woodworker" would be me, illuminated by three snooted flashes with red and blue gels.  Good to be using my safety goggles while cutting a 2x6 with my miter saw, but the picture clearly illustrates why I should also have been wearing a dust mask!!  The neighbors must have been questioning our sanity as we composed the picture in the driveway in total darkness.

These pics of Chris and Claire were illuminated with a 2x3 foot soft box (at about 90 degrees camera left), complemented by remaining natural daylight on a very overcast day.   The brick wall was lit with a second flash that was gelled with an orange filter.

Day 11

My laptop died on the last day of our trip and I was very concerned that all my pictures were lost, but thanks to the Apple Geniuses, all is well. Here is a traditional pic of Seattle as well as some of my favs from the trip.

Day 10 Part 2

A couple final pics from Oregon and then we crossed into Washington state.  Stace struck a few yoga poses on the rocks while I balanced the remaining rays of twilight with an orange gelled flash.

Day 10

We headed north today along the coast of Oregon and stopped in a small fishing / logging village to take a few pics.  Met a nice mother / son couple who were spending their last weekend  fishing for Dungeness crab together before he moved off to Wyoming to work in the oil fields.  They were glad to explain the process, which we documented with pictures.  She was thrilled to hear we'd send the pics to her as a keepsake.

Get some bait.  In this case a big hunk of throw-away cod (cost $2.50).

Tie the bait into the net and toss the net into the water, letting it sink to the bottom.

Wait 15 or 20 minutes and pull up the net.
The crabs are feeding on the bait, but in this case, they are too small to keep.
Close but not quite big enough to be legal, so he goes back in the ocean.
Michael and his mom, Tinsia.

Day 9

Our first morning on the coast.  We're staying in Cape Kiwanda.  We were up again before dawn and simply walked across the street to catch all of these pictures.  The first one is the view from our room.  The sandstone cliffs are beautiful in the morning light and at low tide the pools at the base of the cliffs display amazing shapes and colors.

Sandstone alligator?

 

Day 8

We were up at 5:15am and hiked in the dark to get to the top of Eagle's Cave, a very slippery and steep climb that enables a full 360 degree view of the Columbia River Gorge.  Then on to Multnomah Falls and finally the coast of Oregon at Whalen Island.  Too many photo opportunities to mention.  Here are a few.

See that rock in the background?  That's what we climbed to get the views below.