Brent Halstead

Bokeh...

Brent — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:47:59 +0000

f/1.4

f/2.0

f/4.0

f/5.6

f/8.0

f/11

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f/22

C-it Pre Patty's Day Party

Brent — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:31:43 +0000

I got to join in on some Irish fun at Sully’s Saloon and help Creative image technology celebrate the 2010 KYSTE Conference Kickoff, and welcomed a partner shooter Chuck Conder.    Other than my snipe shooting, the bulk of the (not shown) photos were lit by a pair of speedlite shooting into reflective silver umbrellas. The guests had a blast bumping these very top-heave contraptions, but the night ended for me completely loss-less. I'm pretty sure the party continued after i left, I'm anxious to hearing some stories.

Using the BlackBerry on our Macs

Brent — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:31:25 +0000

This is the Sprint BlackBerry:

Mom and Dad's 40th anniversary video

Brent — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:59 +0000

A little video for Mom and Dad on their 40th anniversary.

My Two Wives

Brent — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:54:27 +0000

My "alter ego" experiment. I had a lot of fun with this shoot because I could finally include my wife and kids into my photo world.

I'll be doing more and more of these shots soon.

I saw the light

Brent — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:10:11 +0000

Here is a quick shot done in my basement. I used Pocket Wizards to trigger 2 flashes, the one in my hand as key light and another one behind me for back light.

Some cropping was done in post.

Papa John's waterfall

Brent — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:15:22 +0000

While out exploring with my son, looking for waterfalls we happened upon this gem located at Papa John's International HQ. They have a nice walking path there that seems to be open to everyone (that knows about it).

My settings were: Camera: Canon EOS 40D Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10) Aperture: f/20.0 Focal Length: 51 mm ISO Speed: 100

HDR time!

Brent — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:31:38 +0000

Time for some HDR shots. It's my humble opinion that, like special effects in movies, HDR is best (in general) when use subtly. The dreamy, ghosty pics that are posted quite often cheapen the intent of HDR, and that is to capture more details than a single shot can and come closer to the human eye's capacity. So these pics would probably not even be recognizable as HDR by current standards but I believe that I'm using HDR as it was intended. 

These were all made using 3 exposures bracketed at +/- 2 stops. Then combined using the Photomatix Pro plugin for Aperture .

July 4th Fireworks

Brent — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000

My shots from July 4th fireworks show. Mostly had a 30 second exposure for each shot, and varied my aperture from f/11-f/22.

Now I can't wait for a good lightning storm...

July 4th Fireworks

Brent — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000

My shots from July 4th fireworks show. Mostly had a 30 second exposure for each shot, and varied my aperture from f/11-f/22.

Now I can't wait for a good lightning storm...