Sharing The Roijoy

The Photokore stock photography library in Asia, is using another of my images on their homepage in the revolving header graphic. The image is a 2 part comp. I set up the room shot and then went up to Twin Peaks to get the shot that you can see as the city scene in the background. The Model is Raymond Lee from San Francisco. You can see the un-cropped image below.

I had a business meeting today at a Cafe just next door to the Tiburon Ferry . While we talking we noticed a sudden rise in activity outside in what had been a sleepy little village. Suddenly there were lot's of police and other people walking around with two way radios. It all became apparent when the cameras came out and 2 showroom clean cute little fiats drove into the now closed off street. There was a Fiat commercial being filmed in Tiburon today and this was it. So what? Just another car commercial, except for a really cool piece of kit. Camera lifts off for another take. Camera hovers in front of approaching Fiat It was thoroughly entertaining  to watch this little chopper piloted skilfully into position above the street to get the shots and angles as the 2 Fiats were driven toward it. Needless to say, if you're wondering what you could ever buy me for a gift for any occasion - well, now you know:)  DSLR rig attached to remote controlled helicopter We ...

This year spring seems to have clearly brought the business community out of hibernation. The weather is also attempting to live up to it's reputation too. I went for a walk in Golden gate park last weekend and the weather was beautiful. It was also Sunday Streets in the area all the way down to the Ocean so there was an even more pronounced sense of celebrating long, lazy, sunny, weekends. So after some friends of ours drove up from south of the peninsula, we set off for an afternoon walk with their dog Moo excitedly tagging along. It was also fun to run into Rollergirl and a friend of hers as they went about their Sunday cycle ride. More about Rollergirl another time or you can contact me to find out who she is :) I've done some more studio and model shoots for various things and this is Eve who I recently worked with.     I've also completed all the processing from the Rico shoot I mentioned in my last posting and here is another of the shots I took of him. ...

At least for the next few days anyway. I've kept busy with studio work and even an outdoor in the rain shoot. Even though my camera got a little wet, happily the weather seals did exactly what they're supposed to do. I also spent more time with my always there studio assistant - Flat Eric . Star of a European Levi's ad campaign a few years ago. It was also good timing in respect of a large job that I just completed that involved shooting over a hundred products and doing some Photoshop work to accomplish exactly what was needed by my client.  I was also busy with some pure retouching jobs including retouching images for quite a renowned photographer based in the US. So you can see that even if the weather had been amazing, I would probably have not been able to get out and enjoy it. Things get busy again from the middle of this week but I'll still be able to get out and about and also get some Street Photography done and maybe get some editorial shots that can be sol...

Shutter speed: 1/2000 at f/2.8. ISO 200, 35mm - Lens is Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC The image above is not my baby, but it is a picture that was captured with my baby. Yes, it's a lens and I'm starting to really miss it now. I normally love walking about the city with a fast wide zoom and this Tamron is a real joy to use. I was doing a shoot in January when I dropped the lens from chest height onto a wooden floor. I picked it up and it looked ok except the zoom action was now a little stiff. Also at wider apertures it was obviously only focusing properly on one side. Autofocus went from intermittent to non-existent and the Vibration Control had definitely left town! Still, by putting the lens and camera into fully manual mode it was still possible to take really sharp clear pictures providing the available conditions would allow shots to be composed at the optimum f stop and shutter speed for the occasion. I was able to prove this to myself by having som...

I noticed that one of my images is one of eight that rotate on the current homepage of Photokore based in Asia. The Asian market appears quite large so I'm hoping to do well with this library too.

In a very recent post I introduced you to Leroy . Well over the weekend Leroy gave me a call and let me know that he had landed a job and was due to start today (Monday). This was such great news to hear for so many reasons but also it was the manifestation of Leroy's optimism and proactive determination to regain control of his life in this time of worldwide economic difficulty. And also proof that, as I had surmized, he is a man of action and is able to turn his words into something tangible. So this morning I was privileged to meet with Leroy and take this portrait in downtown San Francisco, as he made his commute for his first day back at work. It was taken at the same spot where I first met him and heard his story. He's promised to stay in touch and let me know how things go but as I said before, I can only see success and fulfillment for this amazing man! The rest of the day for me was driving to Emeryville to photograph an art installation at an artists residence. Th...