Nathan Smith • Fine Art Photographer / Weddings / Portraits / Life

Monday

01Feb2010

Lost and Found (Part 5)

Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7:49PM

Strobist Style Shooting

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be posting some photos from 2009 that fell through the cracks. These images can be anything from family vacation photos to photos in the backyard or extras from a wedding. They will be the ones that just didn't make it out the door for whatever reason but need to be displayed for everyone to see.

For a couple years now I have been learning from and following a website called strobist.com. What exactly is a strobist? A loose definition is a photographer that uses small flash units off camera to light a scene or a object/person. Photography depends on light to even be created but a strobist has a bit more of a DIY attitude and tries to stretch as much light out of a small flash unit as they can as well as work with natural light. In the photos below I used anywhere from 1 to 2 flash units to produce these photos.

The Boomers! // Local Salem Band

Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 8:53PM

Today I helped a fellow photog light and shoot a local band. The band's name is the "The Boomers" and they are fun bunch of guys to work with. Since I was there mostly to help setup the lighting and make sure it all worked I was only behind the camera a few times but I got a handful of great shots non the less. Today was a blast and I look forward to shooting more photos of these guys and hearing their music.

Finn Stovin - Guitars/Vocals

Tom Suing - Drums/Vocals

Frank McAuley - Guitars/Keyboards/Vocals

Mark Jones - Bass/Vocals

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Sunday

31Jan2010

Lost and Found (Part 4)

Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 10:02AM

The Pets and Animals of 2009

Throughout 2009 I photographed a variety of different things, some of which were animals. Below is a complied collection of images of those animals. Come get your fill of big round eyes!

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Saturday

30Jan2010

Lost and Found (Part 3)

Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8:22PM

For this lost and found I ended up going even farther back then 2009 and hitting the end of 2008. We had a snow storm in Salem which then froze over and created a frozen playground. The ice was so thick that it coated everything like a thick chocolate coating on an ice cream cone... except it was clear and didn't taste like chocolate.

Lost and Found (Part 2)

Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:07PM

This second set of photos comes from a family camping trip to Fort Stevens on the northwest tip of Oregon. Getting to walk the halls and explore the rooms of this fort was quite an experience. The textures and lighting of many of these locations really stood out. The following photos really emphasize my point.