Scott Roeder Productions » alameda http://www.scottroeder.com/blog Photography and Videography by Scott Roeder Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:16:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 first car photoshoot, restricted areas, and tricky lighting http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/2009/09/car-photoshoot-in-the-dark-restricted-area-before-getting-kicked-out/ http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/2009/09/car-photoshoot-in-the-dark-restricted-area-before-getting-kicked-out/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:39:09 +0000 scaughty http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/?p=2294
I am now driving a different car. A Honda Civic Hatchback. I was bored the other night and decided to go out to the unactive naval base in Alameda and take some shots. Usually the parking lots with fences are closed but for some reason one of the gates was open when I was over there. Nobody was around and knew it was the best location to shoot at that night.

I couldn’t use my white lightnings because I don’t own a power pack, so I ended up using my Sunkpak 555′s. How many lights did I use? Where did I put them? I only used one light. I did this by using a long exposure and flashing the car from multiple angles to create the effect that there were multiple lights. I also got the inside of the car to glow red by gelling one of my flashes and firing it multiple times inside the car.

I was there for about 20-30 minutes until I was done. When I had finally packed everything up and was getting into my car a security patrol car came blazing through the gates and was headed straight towards me. I was immediately kick out for being in a “restricted area”, luckily after I was all finished.

Hopefully I’ll be doing some more car shoots in the future. I’m also looking into building a rig if I can afford it.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 18mm, 200iso, f/24, 30 sec


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 24mm, 200iso, f/18, 29 sec


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 18mm, 200iso, f/18, 30 sec


]]> http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/2009/09/car-photoshoot-in-the-dark-restricted-area-before-getting-kicked-out/feed/ 0 getting back into shooting skateboarding http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/2009/08/getting-back-into-shooting-skateboarding/ http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/2009/08/getting-back-into-shooting-skateboarding/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:46:16 +0000 scaughty http://www.scottroeder.com/blog/?p=2268
I went skating with my friend Pablo today and we came across a pretty unique spot. Its been a while since the last time I shot skating but I knew I wanted to get a shot. Plus it was another chance to take out and test my new camera. I quickly surveyed the area and then ran back to my car to get my camera. I came back with my 14-24mm and a 50mm. I really wanted to test out the 14-24mm some more and needless the say, the 50mm never made it on the camera…

Below, Pablo climbs up onto the halfpipe shaped platform, which happens to only be several inches wider than his board.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 24mm, Manual, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/2000th

After pumping and gaining enough speed to almost reach the top Pablo lets out a yell as begins to roll fakie back down the ramp.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 24mm, Manual, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/2000th

Pablo takes a break to explain what adjustments he needs to make in order to do a rock to fakie.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, Manual, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/2000th

Originally I was shooting this without a flash. The only thing was that it was casting a pretty bad shadow on this face. I ran back to the car a took out my PW’s and and a Sunpack 555. Below, Pablo stalls at the top of the ramp.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, Manual, 100iso, f/8, 1/250th

Before calling it quits I threw a red gel on the flash. It was pretty harsh but after some PS, I was able to get the coloring on his face to look more natural and make him stand out a little more.


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, Manual, 100iso, f/8, 1/250th


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