http://www.kulayphotography.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:48:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have visited my site before you've seen this shot. I've posted it a few times but I actually have a blog format I like now so it's time to get this one back on the site. This is the Golden Gate Bridge, shot from Marshall's Beach in San ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/07/03/golden-gate-bridge-from-the-beach/ A little break from the lighting posts today. I took this on a very cold morning in February 2008, I was the only person out. I think it was about -8C which actually isn't that cold. I have waited for buses, drunk, in colder weather than that! I used ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/07/02/cold-blue/ I just got home from a fun evening with Jorge & Rob. We were in a tunnel in the Marin Headlands shooting away for hours, trying new things, working things out, drinking beer....good times! Rob was our model for the night, I think he only took two or three shots ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/27/our-rob-or-ross/ Today's shot & post is by my friend Jorge Moreno, you can see more of his work on Flickr. I do have a version of this shot using the strobe rather than natural light, I will post it in the next few days so you can see the different ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/20/summertime/ Last night I was in a field in Palo Alto shooting a family a part of my time for prints project. Once we were done Jorge, Chico and I continued to shoot, using ourselves as "models". Jorge posted his shot of me in this mask on flickr this ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/15/thirteen/ As you know I'm running a time for prints project so I can learn how to light and to build a portfolio. I've shot a few people now, but I knew all of them so it was easy to just go and do it with no stress involved. ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/13/the-kindness-of-strangers/ Continuing on with attempting to learn to light I met up with some friends of mine, John and Mel. John and I have shot together before so it was a nice relaxed shoot....in the middle of the day. Shooting in the middle of the day is hard! ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/07/the-day-the-ambient-light-tried-to-kill-me/ It's been weeks since I posted anything here, in fact it's been weeks since I took ANY photographs at all. Reasons? Poison Oak, Prednisolone treatment for Posion oak making me crazy, apathy, frustration and most of all...no models! It is therefor, with great pleasure I present to ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/06/02/if-youre-not-over-here-in-fifteen-minutes-you-can-find-a-new-best-friend/ This was supposed to be a landscape post. Obviously it's not! We drove down to Pescadero so I could take some long exposure shots of Pigeon Point Lighthouse but when we got there there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Generally I won't waste my time shooting landscapes if ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/05/17/the-best-made-plans/ This is the second and final shot I'm posting of my friend Manuel from San Francisco Daily Photo. This was taken using a single Canon 580 EX II using a 1/8 Honl Speed Grid. The strobe was positioned to the camera right, about 6 feet up on a ... http://www.kulayphotography.com/2009/05/14/manu-the-grid-spot/