The Steve Z Photography Blog

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/320, f/5.0, 200 ISO :.

This is the final installment of photos from the Shoot With Beckstead Workshop.  We went to Red Rocks park in Morrison.  The funny part about all of these photos is that most of them don’t even have any Red Rocks in them!

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 135mm f/2.0 @ 1/8000, f/2.5, 200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14mm, 1/250, f/9.0, 800 ISO :.

Red Rocks Park is most famous for the amphitheater where one can hear concerts all summer long. The venue has rows of seats built into the natural valley between giant pillars of stone. The seats themselves make for some really cool curving patterns.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 135mm f/2.0 @ 1/2000, f/2.5, 200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 135mm f/2.0 @ 1/5000, f/2.5, 200 ISO :.

OK I know that last image is a little sad for a bridal picture! It looks like she got left behind at the alter. Oh no, don’t worry, no real brides were jilted in the making of these images.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/320, f/5.0, 200 ISO :.

After the shoot was mostly wrapped up, I noticed this cool elevator in the museum part of the building. I thought it a cool place to get one more shot of a completely different nature.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14mm, 1/20, f/2.8, 3200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 135mm f/2.0 @ 1/5000, f/2.5, 100 ISO :.

After not much ado, here are some images from the third model shoot from the Shoot With Beckstead Workshop.  Like before, we were working with composition while working in the midday sun without using any sort of additional lighting.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/400, f/5.6, 400 ISO :.

The sun was bright and beating down on us, which is the perfect opportunity to rock out the sun flare.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 36mm, 1/320, f/22, 200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38mm, 1/640, f/14, 200 ISO :.

The great thing about shooting these model shoots was lots of time to play with composition. It’s a hoot making real people into miniature toy pretend people.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm, 1/400, f/11, 200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/2500, f/2.8, 200 ISO :.

This shoot was done at Three Sisters Park up in Evergreen, Colorado. There is this awesome old barn right near the parking lot.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/1000, f/2.8, 200 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 - Nikon 45mm f/2.8 PC-E @ 1/640, f/2.8, 200 ISO :.

Last week at the Boulder Theater Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal fame hosted his Walk The Talk show at the Boulder Theater. Among various festivities, there was a fashion show. Clothes were provided by prAna and Rachel Z Art, and the extreme hair and makeup by Urban Pearl Salon.  I snapped some photos of the models before the fashion show out in the alley, when I was in a situation where i could control the light and background as I wanted. Pretty cool, huh?

.: Nikon D700 + Nikon 85mm f/1.4 + (3) Nikon SB-900 @ 1/320,f1.8,100 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 + Nikon 85mm f/1.4 + (3) Nikon SB-900 @ 1/320,f1.8,100 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 + Nikon 85mm f/1.4 + (3) Nikon SB-900 @ 1/320,f1.8,100 ISO :.

.: Nikon D700 + Nikon 85mm f/1.4 + (3) Nikon SB-900 @ 1/320,f1.8,100 ISO :.

On the technical side of things, I used my DIY Beauty Dish for this shoot.  I had it high and slightly camera right and mounted on a Nikon SB-800 Flash, with another unit illuminating the chain link fence backdrop.  I’ve gotten those RadioPoppers triggers pretty dialed in at this point, and I really like the control panel on the Nikon SB-900 Master Flash.  The Poppers allowed me to utilize high speed sync and stop down the ambient shade and still shoot at f/1.8.  These images are all straight out of the camera, only a little contrast was added