Monday, November 30, 2009

Dubfire and Apollo V @ Gryphon

     I had been looking forward to this night for a while. Dubfire's tracks and mixes have been on my playlist for a while now. Even better, my friend Apollo V got the slot for the opener. I've shot Gryphon plenty of times and continue to try different ideas and get better shots.
    My goal for this night was to get some killer shots using blue and red gelled flashes on opposite sides of the DJ. Using my pocketwizards, I could trigger them from anywhere in the club. Freezing the DJ with my flash, I then dragged the shutter to bring out the rest of the club. Those without the blue and red flash are shot with a similar concept using on camera flash directed towards the DJ.




I love Dubfire's style and he had the club moving. I had to tell myself to stand still while taking long exposure.





 I would of liked to of shot more of Dubfire with colored flash, but the DJ booth was packed and this limited my angles.

Dubfire and Apollo V



A few crowd shots from the night


 

Friday, November 27, 2009

Fundraiser for Pasquale

My friend Joey was involved in the fundraiser for Pasquale and invited me out to photograph the event at Rocky's Italian Bistro and Bar in Delray. Dayna, the organizer, put together a great event and the auction and raffle were a success.

Things got a bit emotional during Dayna's speech.




Gift certificates were auctioned off.



 Face paint was offered for the kids





Friends and family wrote their messages for Pasquale who passed away from Lou Gehrig's Disease.




Karaoke in celebration



And of course, if there is football on, the guys will watch.


Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ali's Jewelry

Ali and I have been good friends for a while now and I have previously photographed Ali's collection of clothes. She is now making earrings and necklaces with jewels and feathers. They are available locally in South Florida and you can email her if you are interested.

  For the necklaces I used a simple set of a reflective umbrella from the left and a reflector on the right.




For the earrings I used a reflective umbrella from the left, reflector on the right, and a bare SB-800 from behind the earrings on the left to get the colors of the earrings to pop.




After we finished with her jewelry, I asked Ali to take some quick photos. 


Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Dr's 50th

The Dr. is an influential person in the community and it showed. The night was a celebration of her birthday and all that she has contributed to so many people's lives. Through the night, friends and family thanked the Dr. and praised her for achievements.





The celebration included several dance performances by her daughter and company.



  

 The Dr and her children






The star kid of the night




When I first I arrived at the clubhouse I was worried about the white balance of all the lights inside. There were tungsten and fluorescent lights and everything in between. Gelling my flash was not an option. I always want to give the client the ability to choose between color and black and white, so for the majority of the night, I shot at a high ISO and relied on my fast glass. My favorite shots from the night are the over the shoulder compositions, creating the relationship of the speaker and who they are talking to. It's a composition that I picked up though my Videography class at school. Over the shoulder is a commonly seen composition in film.


Monday, November 16, 2009

DeadMau5

Deadmau5 at Mansions shot for Red Eye Productions


Deadmau5 played a sick set and the crowd was going off. The stage set up that he had with LED lights and screens brought it up a notch. Tough to photograph, but great for the club. My friends had a table at the first row of VIP tables and I got a great vantage point from standing on the couches.





Mansion was packed and there were people dancing everywhere.



For the opening DJ, the dancers rocked the mouse helmets themselves. I am not gonna lie, you could tell that the dancers had trouble breathing through the helmets as they danced.


The dancers went without the helmets for Deadmau5 and they brought it. 


 
 

Through the night I switched off from my usual 24-70mm lens and used a 10.5mm fisheye. A friend let me use the lens for the night and I took full advantage. With such a wide view, you can get so much of the club in the frame. Sometimes the fisheye can make things too distorted for my personal taste and I tried to keep people and subjects more toward the middle of the frame to reduce the circular warp.

If I took your photo during the night or you would like to see more photos from the night, you can view the full gallery at Mansion's website.