Author: Claire

The Boneyard

Canon 10D 17mm, f4, 1/1000, ISO 100

On the last day of the anti-workshop we got to do one thing that I was really really hoping we’d get to do. This is a place called the Boneyard (or the Neon Graveyard) and it’s where all the old neon signs from Las Vegas go to retire. It’s actually a lot smaller than I thought it would be but everywhere you look it’s just crammed with cool images. We got to photograph a bride and groom in here too and I’ll post some of those images tomorrow.

Canon 10D 17mm, f9.5, 1/125, ISO 100

Canon 10D 17mm, f4, 1/1000, ISO 100

Canon 10D 17mm, f11, 1/350, ISO 100

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Post author By Claire
Post date March 27, 2008
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I’m finally back in Ireland, I’m feeling a bit punchy with jet lag and a cold (courtesy of the wonderful recycled air on the airplanes) but I’m glad to be home with no worries about flights or layovers hanging over my head. I had a brilliant trip, I took so many notes just so I could have a hope of retaining all the information I’ve had poured into me, and I plan to review it all over the weekend. I apologise again for not being a better blogger while I was away, I just didn’t realise how busy I was going to be. I’ve learned a lot, not just about photography and photoshop, but also about business and marketing and (for me the best part) art.

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#30: Nate

Post author By Claire
Post date March 24, 2008
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Canon 10D 35mm, f6.7, 1/60, ISO 100

Nate was another of the fishmongers at the market yesterday. These guys really really wanted to sell people fish so it was quite easy to get them to pose for a photo.

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#29: Mike

Post author By Claire
Post date March 23, 2008
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Canon 10D 35mm, f6.7, 1/60, ISO 100

I’m in Seattle right now visiting some friends I’ve not seen in about 13 years. They were the people I lived with when I was a missionary in Mexico and we have been laughing and talking and reminiscing for two days now. It’s been the perfect ending to an amazing trip for me. Plus Seattle is the perfect detox after the glitz and noise of Las Vegas. Yesterday we went downtown to the Pike Place Market to buy some fish for dinner. I loved the atmosphere down there, just so colourful and bustling and full of character, I think if I was to live in America again Seattle is somewhere I would seriously consider. There are loads of different fish markets and the people selling the fish are like car salesmen competing to persuade you to buy from them. My portrait of the day is of Mike, one of the fish sellers.

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Anti Workshop Day 2: Scavenger Hunt

Post author By Claire
Post date March 19, 2008
11 Comments on Anti Workshop Day 2: Scavenger Hunt

Canon 10D, 17mm, f4, 1/180, ISO 800

I had all these ideas that I was going to be blogging my trip daily and keeping up to date with everything but that kind of went out the window! I’ve been in Vegas for just over a week now and I’m exhausted. The workshop finished on Saturday and pretty much straight away I was into the WPPI. Everyday has been full of workshops and shooting events and a giant tradeshow from 8am to 11pm, and tonight is the first night I haven’t fallen into my bed in a near coma. So, I’m going to start to try and catch up a little:

Canon 10D, 17mm, f13, 1/180, ISO 100

The second day of the workshop (was that really less than a week ago?) we were split into groups of three and four and given actual real people to photograph. My team was really lucky because we got Rhiannon and Derek (I hope I spelled your names right!) and they’re not only photographers themselves, but are also clients of altF…and if you know anything about John Michael Cooper’s style of shooting you’ll understand that that means they were pretty much up for anything we could think of.

Canon 10D, 17mm, f13, 1/125, ISO 100