Okay, so this damned video is finally done. Ended up being longer than in the past (just shy of 14 minutes), but I think it’s groovy. This is basically the Seattle experience, lovingly reduced in the proverbial saucepan that is Premeire Elements, and served up with a punk rock garnish, on a platter of SimplePhotoTV. Pass it along!
Also, here are my three final images from the underground shoot – Sorry they took a while to get up… been frickin busy since returning! A quick primer on this location, for those who didn’t make it to the workshop. We basically took students to a condemned section of the city that lies directly below the current city’s streets – the “Seattle Underground.” It was basically the red-light district of pre-1900 Seattle, and when they re-graded the city to try and level it out a bit, they just raised the road and sidewalk by about 10 feet. The 1st floor of the old buildings became the basement, and the 2nd story became ground level. Eventually, the underground sections were abandoned, condemned, and the scooped up by a company that’s been doing tours of it for basically 5 decades as I recall. So the background for all these shots is detritis and leftovers from 19th century Seattle. Pretty cool! And pretty dark… and a bit smelly too…
Shot #1 – just a speedlite on top of the camera, zoomed a little past the focal length of the lens, to get the groovy falloff.
Shot #2 was lit by I think 4 strobes… don’t really remember… just basically had everyone in the class with a Canon strobe switch it to slave, and used them all for a multi-point specular light
Finally, shot #3 was basically two small Sunpak video lights – one high and behind to the right, the other low and in front, also on the right. The kicker on the left and the wall was lit by a couple flood lights that were already there.
I think Chenin and John are also going to post their images soon, so check out http://boutwellstudio.com/afternoondelight/ and http://altf.com/blog/
Thanks again to all our models, and to all the attendees, who showed up every day and gave 100% (and sometimes every night, too)
There will probably be another workshop, but we don’t know when – we put a ton of work into making it the best experience we can for the students, and it quite frankly just kicks our asses. I need some time to go out and make great images… don’t ever want to be one of those people that does more workshops than weddings (you know who you are, and I’m callin you out!… even though I’m sure you don’t read my blog)
-db
Fred Egan
Video rocked Doug-I know how long it takes to edit video, thanks for doing that! And the shots turned out very cool-peace! Love #3
Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:21 pm
Jasmine*
Doug, that video was awesome! Thanks for taking out the time to edit it and showing how much fun we really had. Thanks for everything!
And your pictures are siiiick!! :)
Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
Dustin Steller
DOUG! I love it! Great job putting the vid together and thank you for the awesome trip! That really sums up the memories, man. You guys changed my life.
Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Heather Cole
Doug,
Great job on the video, it totally ROCKED!!!
The workshop literally changed my life forever and I have become a different person and photographer. Thanks for putting on such an AMAZING workshop. You really taught me how to step outside of the box.
Much love,
Heather Cole
Jun 27, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Shy
Doug… You are my hero!
That video was so fun to watch… thanks for archiving our fun fun fun! Most of all thank you for putting so much into making our experience wonderful. It isn’t easy to pull off something of this magnitude and you and the rest of the fantastic four did it flawlessly!
Thanks again!!!
Jun 27, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
Mare
Hey Doug,
Totally awesome that you guys rocked it out at the Seattle wkshp. After seeing y’all @ DWFU in San Anton (and hey, thanks for letting me test drive that bitchin’ tilt lens!) I so totally could’ve crystal balled that you guys would make this wkshp a complete treat. I loved living vicariously via your video, thanks for taking the time to post it.
Congrats on the new branch of the biz. Many many well wishes.
Mare
Jun 27, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
scott neumyer
Doug…can I just say that not only do I wish I’d been able to make it to Anti-Seattle, but I just want to applaud you for filling the video with TONS of killer Ska. Glad to see someone is still keeping it alive. Viva la Ska!
Jun 27, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
Michael Moore
Cool stuff Doug! I like the funky post processing. Those would look wicked printed on metallic paper!
Cheers,
Michael
Jun 27, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Jamie Fender
That was FANTASTIC!! I had such a good time watching it! Oh, man, it made me want to go back!! I had SUCH a good time!! Thank you!
Jamie
Jun 27, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
Sue Robbins
Your work is just amazing, any chance of coming down under (Australia) LOL.
I purchased your actions you genius, they are fantastic. Just wondering which actions did you use in the post processing of these images?
Thank you for being sooooo inspirational, I have become obsessed with your blog and congrats on your new business venture.
All the Best,
Sue.
Jun 28, 2007 @ 7:41 am
admin
Hey Sue – thanks a lot! The post production here was actually simple, but time consuming – just a contrast boost, and then a lot of dodging the highlights to accentuate them (tedious work on a tablet). Then the Magic Glasses as a last step. Most of it was in the lighting.
-db
Jun 28, 2007 @ 8:47 am
danielchin.
Man, those are sweet – a bit speechless actually, but wanted to write something. Now I’m just a big dork. =)
Jun 28, 2007 @ 9:05 am
Myong
Thanks for sharing that video. I missed an amazing event and learning experience. You guys make photography look so damn cool!
Jun 28, 2007 @ 11:11 am
jenniferL
cool… i love the video! and your shots are so wow. thanks for all the knowledge last week.
–jennifer
Jun 28, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
david baxter
holy crap, those images are insane! #2 !!
Jun 30, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
Victoria
That video was so freaking awesome–it truly summed up the entire experience in 14 minutes! Man, I wish you were all still here–Seattle will never recover. :( Thanks again for an awesome ride–I cannot begin to explain how much change we all underwent…our photography will never be the same.
Jul 01, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
Margaret Singer
love the video. rocked my world. wish i were still in seattle shooting piggies and models instead of housecleaning back in beantown. cheers!
Jul 02, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
Leah SImmers
Awesome video, I’m sure it took lots of time, it was a blast to watch and made me want to be there so bad!
Great images!
Jul 03, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
Stephanie Lairson
WOW – Doug, you have found your true calling…not that you don’t kick ass at weddings and I won’t miss you terribly – but the edginess and look of these……you just ROCK.
Jul 05, 2007 @ 1:12 am
Katie
The video is amazingly awesome. I had such a great time at the workshop- my brain is going to explode it’s so full of new ideas and inspiration.
Jul 12, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
ems chua
excellent work as always doug and chenin. i love the way the pics turned out. reminds me somewhat of dragan, excellent work. i love the lighting, it makes the groom pop out.
Jul 13, 2007 @ 6:10 am
lisa jochim
OK, So, I know you said that I get copies for being your bride/model, and you were probably just trying to be nice, but I really think I have to have them. They are so beautiful! I love the dark-twist to them all. You also inspired me to take up yoga with those poses. =) Thanks again for including me!
Lisa
Jul 17, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
david baxter
thanks doug, for giving me another reminder of how much i suck for not being there. man, i’m bummed i didn’t make it up there. if i could yell “crap!” on your blog i would so yell it.
Aug 17, 2007 @ 2:34 am