...Holly B !

...I've shot a variety of styles with Holly...the assortment for today was boutique/glamour with a focus of more clothes on, rather than off... We shot some pure studio stuff and then slid into the warehouse / storage area and bounced some flash off the galvanized ceiling...a bit of a different look but she handles it well, and a bit of diversity always looks refreshing ! ...the weapon of choice today was the Sony A6000 and the usual assortment of studio strobes or handheld Sony strobes...all in all, a fun day !!! ...we'll do it again, soonest !

...a day with the GX7 !

...a Denver salon ( a regular customer ) asked if I would shoot some staff and model photos...on site ...so off I went and the weapon of choice was the Panasonic Lumix GX7 with the Leica 25mm f1.4 lens...the setup was a low ceiling small room, a Calumet backdrop, a single manual strobe with a Gary Fong diffuser and of course the GX7...all settings were manual at 160sec/iso200/f2.8 ! ... the pix attached are straight jpeg, out-of-the -camera, and of course will tighten up nicely with a splash of PSE Unsharp Mask... ...the GX7 was released about a year ago to rave reviews...it was touted to have nearly identical picture quality to the Olympus OMD-EM5...so it really is a matter of form factor between the GX7 and the EM5...as they certainly do handle different...options are always good... ... a single Yongnuo manual strobe was set up with the diffuser and bounced off the low white ceiling...the room was so tight as to be almost un-usable, but still I was pleased with the results... Enjoy !!!

...the V2 does Leadville

...and yet another trip to Leadville...back in time we go ... I have about 10 different Nikon CX lens available to shoot with the V2, and so the 'which to shoot' always becomes a problem...oh well, lets just look at the pix...the V2 does Leadville !

...ok, so that's a V2 by Nikon ???

...yep, and yet another strange looking device from Nikon... alas, a tasty morsel of optical excellence and photographic imagination ! ...hmmm, this differs from the V1 with the addition of a 14mb sensor, refined and re-defined ergonomic shape and in general a much more dslr style feel and shape...but mostly a deep hand grip to increase your comfort zone...me like !!! ...still lightning fast AF, speeds up to 60FPS with continuous AF up to 20FPS...or something like that...I mean, could you truly have real time AF at 60FPS... ...but bottom line, stunning and very sharp 13 x 19 prints...sweet !

...the Nikon V2 in the Studio at Southlands

...when I first purchased the V2 it appeared to be an impossible task to trigger studio strobes (Elinchrom's)...seems the V2 has a proprietary Nikon flash mount and 'no one', but 'no one' is producing radio triggers to fit the mount...period ! So, I thought I would try a Nikon SB-N5 which is a dedicated small topside flash for the V2...the assumption being that the N5 would pulse as an optical trigger for the studio flashes as opposed to the standard RF trigger typically used with a studio flash. the flash was rotated vertical and set to manual at 1/32 power. ...Can you believe that combo worked...first time and every time for BOTH studio flashes. UNREAL...this never happens in real life, but it did !!! ...all pix shot with the V2/160sec/f4.5 or thereabouts and either the Nikon 1 18.5mm f1.8 (fov 50mm) or the Nikon DX 35mm f1.8 (fov 95mm)...these pix have been tweaked a tad in PSE...Enjoy !

...the V1 does BAJA, Batch 2

...well, in just a few days of touring, with nearly 900 pix to chose from, the toughest part of these posts are which of the 900 to feature ??? ...the V1 was stellar...sharp, bright, vibrant and just fun...but the best part was the FUN ! ...the shoot speed was rocket fast, particularly with the primes...just frame, shoot, frame, shoot and at 11fps it's gun slinger fast ! ...have I mentioned I really enjoy FAST shooting...and I think the results will stand up...again, all jpeg, all lenses shot wide open, no editing...just straight from the cam... ENJOY !!!

...the V1 does BAJA, Batch 1

...to sum up, the V1 is a BLAST...small, light, ultra fast everything and an assortment of primes and zooms that are quite affordable... it's your call but check out these pix from Batch 1 and YOU Decide ??? ...all jpeg all straight from the cam...No editing !