You have to treat shoots like these as news coverage, we’re hitting 20 some events including prime time draft in 3 days so my shooting bag has only the essentials in it, I have a larger bag with backups that will sit in the car and with an assistant thursday for just in case.  

In my bag:
Canon 5D2
50 1.8
16-35 2.8
24-85 3.5-4.5
580ex2
Batteries & cards & cables
Zoom H4n

All in a lowepro topload zoom 75. Yikes. 

580ex light from behind and 430 with softbox on left-high in this image.

Shooting some food for Tengda in Stamford, formerly Republic Grill, two sample shots for you.  I lit these with small speedlites, most food I don’t bring out the large strobes because we typically only spend an hour or so at a location, and with the smaller subject matter have a little more versatility to move light quickly.

The sushi chefs get to flex their creative muscle making these plates look unique and inviting

Part of dining room in Heirloom, same light setup as the closeup shot, just a different camera position.

Went up to New Haven today to shoot interiors for The Study, a relatively new hotel and Heirloom, the restaurant inside.  The hotel is full of bookshelves filled with interesting and unique books, and as the name implies, every room has the trademarked bookshelves and ample desk space for businessmen and students alike.  These are unretouched right now, in the process we’ll be removing power outlets, cords, anything that takes away from the essentials of the images.

Notice my 580 on a flex arm hook to the overxposed plate, this will be retouched out for print.

Shot interiors and food at Lolita’s in Greenwich, tequila bar and excellent food, got to use the Overxposed plate I talked about in my last post, as a light stand for both my big Profotos and small strobes, as a camera stand, and a tray for food even!

To get this food closer to wall we used the plate attached to a tripod.

Profoto w/ Mola Beauty Dish & Camera mounted on the OverXposed plate.

Overxposed OX Pro platform with riser and lighting pin holding a Profoto

Got a late Christmas present in the mail today from family, an OX Pro Platform from Overxposed.  The plate is designed to be a floor stand for remote camera setups, used as a background light stand, or any play you need some mounting solution.  I also received with the plate a lighting pin and a riser that raises a mounting point a few inches off the platform.  Event though I already have a small background stand from Bogen, the plate is definitely more solid and give me more options for camera mounting.  Winter time is usually my grip/random mounting equipment buying time so now all I have to do is find a shoot in which to put the plate to use.  Check there site for all the ways other people are using the platform.

Shot for Kerin Boutique in New Haven, currently airing on Comcast in the New Haven DMA.  Used the Canon 5D II and an assortment of lenses to shoot, in addition to a GlideCam stabiliser for the outdoor shots.  Trying to up the quality and production value of local commercials one client at a time.

Client: Kerin Boutique

Model: Natasha Portier

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