LeggNet's Digital Capture

I’m off for a week of playing in the sun of Las Vegas.  That is if you define “Playing in the Sun” as sitting in dark hotel conference rooms for several days.  Yes, it’s time for the annual trek to Photoshop World.  It’ll be great to meet up with some friends while improving my Photoshop chops.  Updates to the blog will probably be sporadic this week, but rest assured I’ll be keeping busy 🙂

Canon Powershop G11 – 1/160 second, f/8, ISO 80

Here’s a quick sample from the “Driver’s Education” stock photo shoot I did last week.  Keep an eye on my portfolio for the image series to appear soon.

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/125 second, f/5, ISO 200

In preparation for a certain upcoming holiday that involves costumes and candy, I had a couple nice folks in the studio for a face-painting stock photo shoot. It was really cool to watch the artist work through the process of creating the mask on the young model’s face.  Watch for this series to show up in my stock image collection soon.

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/125 second, f/7.1, ISO 100

My friend Scott Bourne did a nice write-up yesterday on the Photofocus blog about me and being a stock photographer.  Thanks for the kind words, Scott!

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Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/125 second, f/8, ISO 100

Saturday August 21st, 2010 has been declared Mugshot Madness day at the RICH.LEGG.PHOTOGRAPHER studio in Draper.  I’m looking for faces to add to the collection of mugshots in my iStockphoto portfolio.  There will be a selection of costumes and a make-up artist & hair stylist on hand to help the participants get into character.

I want faces of any kind, since I will be photographing mugshots ranging from a ‘plain everyday look’ to heavily made-up characters.  In addition, if a participant has a profession that they’d be willing to portray, then by all means let’s do it!

Here are the details:

• Who:  Anyone who wants to participate
• What:  Mugshots taken for Stock Photos
• When:  Saturday August 21, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Where:  RICH.LEGG.PHOTOGRAPHER studio, 584 E 12300 South, Draper UT

Everyone who participates will need to sign a model release (or if under 18 have a parent/guardian sign) to allow the images to be used for sale on iStockphoto.  Each person will receive a copy of their mugshot(s) to use (non-commercially).  Take it from me, mugshots make a great profile pic on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. 🙂

If you’re interested in participating, please drop me an email at rich@leggnet.com.

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 70-200 f/4L lens – 1/80 second, f/5, ISO 400

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 70-200 f/4L lens – 1/160 second, f/5.6, ISO 100

The details for the September 18, 2010 Photowalking Utah event have been finalized and it’s going to be a great one.  Not only will participants have the chance to capture some really cool sunset pictures from a unique vantage point, they will also get the opportunity to try out some camera equipment and share some pointers in a tips & tricks session beforehand.

The outing will begin with the tips/tricks discussion on Nighttime Photography at the Draper Pictureline store. From the store the group will make their way up Traverse Ridge to a location overlooking the Salt Lake Valley.  Once at the overlook, we will spend an hour or so watching the sun go down and the city lights below come to life.  This will be a great chance to capture some wonderful evening cityscape images.

As an added bonus, our friends at the Draper Pictureline store in conjunction with Olympus have arranged for us to have 10 Olympus E-PL1 “Live Drive” camera kits on hand to demo on the photowalk.  These cameras feature the the Micro Four Thirds sensor which allow for the performance of a full-sized SLR camera in a body the size of a point-and-shoot.  (Note:  Since there will undoubtedly be more photographers than cameras available, we will ask those wanting to try one of the Olympus demo cameras to buddy up.  Oh, and bring your own SD card to use.)

Here are the details:

Date:  Saturday, September 18, 2010
Time:  6:00 pm – 8:30 (ish) pm
Meeting Location:  Pictureline Draper, 177 W 12300 South, Draper UT

As always, this events is open to photographers of any skill level and is free of charge.  For those planning on attending, please head on over to the Flickr discussion group (LINK) and let us know you are coming.

I can’t wait to see everyone on September 18th and to try out one of the cool little Olympus cameras.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed for nice weather 🙂