Quick little update, did another shoot with The Boys of Summer on Monday during my visit to Ohio. Shot in the Temple Court area of Mansfield, one of the neatest areas to shoot I’ve come across over the years. When it comes to finding locations, the best ones are where you can get different looks in the same area. Free is always good, too.

both of these were lit with a single softbox and edited in both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. I’ve been trending into simplicity with my work lately. I like the clean, simple look and that’s what I got with these. The first shot was shot with my Canon 50mm f1.4 lens and the second with the Canon 85mm f1.8. The 50 1.4 tends to have some issues on the left side when shot wide open, large amounts of  blue chromatic aberration in particular. When I can afford it, the 50L is definitely next on my list.

The Boys of Summer

The Boys of Summer

I needed a first post on this page. I decided I’d post a shot from a trip I made earlier this year, albeit after I ramble a little.

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A month or two ago, I made a trip up to New England to do a few photo shoots. I did one in New Hampshire with a good group of guys in a band called Armor For The Broken, then I had to make the trek down to southern Massachusetts to shoot a band called The Miles Between. That trek involved me driving through Boston in the morning. I was doing what I often do when traveling, which is putting my 5D on aperture priority with my 24mm f2.8 lens and holding it at arms length while shooting some random shots. I came up upon the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge bridge and somehow was able to miraculously get two really good shots of it. I then managed to put a sneaky good lightroom edit on it that I liked, and I usually don’t like these weird edits, but I think it turned out good. If interested in buying this as a print or licensing usage, please get in touch with me. Anyway, here is that photo:

the Zakum Bridge in Boston