Here are a few images I shot at last weekend’s CPS/Blackwatch Studio open shoot.  It was a lot of fun.  Shooting helps get my mind off things for a little while so it’s like a mini vacation when I’m making photographs.  This was also true when I was doing my flight training.  It didn’t matter how bad a day I had when I got into that plane and fired up the engine nothing else mattered.  There was one task: operate the machine to the best of my abilities.  Sure photography doesn’t involve a very sudden stop from thousands of feet if I mess something up but in order to produce the kinds of images that I want requires focus.  But check out the images and let me know what you think.

40D, 17-40@17mm, 1/60s, f/4, ISO 400

Yesterday group of photographers from the Cleveland Photographic Society got together to do some studio shooting. This was a great way to get some shooting in with our winter weather we’ve had. We had a great group of models and make-up artists. This kind of shooting is different from what I’m use to but it gave me some ideas for some other projects that I’d like to try. Well enough of my rambling check let’s check out some shots.

Before the shoot started we got a brief over view of the equipment and how to shoot and pose the models. One thing that we were told was not to use a wide angle lens. I promptly ignored that rule and put my 17-40 on my camera. My favorite shots were taken with that lens. This shot of Naomi was taken @17mm laying on the floor.

Check out some of the other images from the shoot below:

As I find out about some of the other photographer’s shots I’ll post them:

One of Varina’s shots over at her blog http://photographybyvarina.blogspot.com/2009/01/studio-shoot.html

You can also see more shots from other members on the CPS Flickr Group