New gear New Shots !

Well, my new gear came in along with my new Scott Kelby book. I know there's so much info on the internet but I seem to learn faster by reading books ? But anyhow, I went out today and did a lil' session with Angela. It was a very good shoot, I was hitting my exposures dead on. So we had fun just shooting away and working on poses and directional lighting. Above are the 4 shots I've edited so far. One is a new edit for me, it's a high contrast/high key edit. With the new gear and techniques I'm able to pull off many edit's without a problem...and in less time haha.

Next will be diffused lighting (Directional) in another enviroment. Practice makes perfect !

Web Versions

Well, figured I would jump on here and post something. I've been busy fixing up some web versions for the host of the Paradise Show-N-Go..BB brown, very cool fella. I finally sent his 50+ web versions to him haha. But with any post ...here's a few of the shots (the special edits too). Oh...I'm currently waiting for UPS to pull up with more "Portrait" gear I ordered. I'm thinking about getting serious about it. We'll see where it takes me. So far I upgraded my gear with a Battery grip,flash diffuser's,flash gels/holder,42" 5 in 1 reflector,white reflector board, and knocked the dust off my tri-pod haha.

Show-N-Go Plans...

Well, I'm editing and processing print orders from the July 3rd show ! Been a lil' busy, but thats a good thing haha. I'm planning on setting up a small booth at the next Show-N-Go (Oct 2010) displaying 8x10,11x14,& maybe 20x30 prints.I'll print out some Lustre,Metallics,and B&W's. Just so people can get a good visual of my Photography and print quality...which I have great pride in I might add haha.

The plans are to print 4x6 proofs of recent S&G's and make albums so people can flip through and make orders on the spot. I'll also have some flyers with info about my website so others can order from home if they like. Note: Thats the main reason for the booth...I've noticed/talked to many people that are unaware of my "order" site.
Which the direct link is www.ColePhotography.zenfolio.com .

So if your reading and you're a Show-N-Go'er , make sure to check out my booth (Hopefully the next Show..Oct) and let me know what you think.

P.s As always...random pic /\

Under Construction

Well, My Portfolio at www.ColePhoto.info is being updated,not in the way I want though haha. I noticed some of my very sharp images I uploaded for display are soft...almost a blur ! Thats one of the many issues with using flash based sites I guess. But it's always good to have a "push" ever so often, I believe I'll just make the best of it and re-do all my galleries. I have plenty of newer images,just haven't found the time to prep them for web display. So let the editing begin !!!
P.s Most of the pic's will remain ,but I'll include many newer ones.
(How about a random pic /\ too)

Updated site & shot at Brainerd once again !

Updated my ColePhotography site this week. Made some small changes here and there. I put a small "featured" list of print sizes on the main display page when viewing a certain shot. Also introduced two new print sizes...12x18 & 10x20. The 12x18 is a perfect balance between my 11x14 & 20x30, size & price wise. And all of a sudden my pan shots from Brainerd have been selling good (compared to Paradise)so I added a 10x20 that makes a very nice crop for the pan/speed shots.

Figured I'd post a few shots that I've sold from this weekend

Mustang GT shoot

Well, it's been a lil' while since I posted something here haha. Been somewhat busy, I shot a few "Landscape" images today of Paradise Dragstrip during the racing to hand over to a fella up in Michigan for a racing program/software he is making. It would be pretty cool to see Paradise in a dragstrip simulator game !
But anyhow...here's a few pic's from a recent shoot I did the other day (Cloudy to open skies I might add) Jamie's Mustang GT.