Fresh and Beautiful!! Tom Schmidt Senior Portraits

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UCM Basketball Regional Champs

MULES BASKETBALL

I got a press pass for the championship game.  It was a an exciting game and great to photograph in such a bright arena.  Canon 1d mark IIn, 70-200 f/2.8 and 85 f/1.8.

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Warrensburg Tigers in Color – Jerry Schmidt

His Boy Elroy

This a color show of Warrensburg Tigers Basketball 09 with photo by Jerry Schmidt.

All shot with a Canon 1d Mark IIn.  My new favorite lens for shooting basketball is the Canon 85  f/1.8.

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Animoto show with their music, ” The Quickening” by His Boy Elroy.

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Tom Schmidt Shoots High Key

Tom Schmidt Photography shoots High Key as a part of many shoots.

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Printing Using CS4 Notes from Chris Orwig Video

Photographic Education

I made some notes on a great video by Chris Orwig on setting up your printer for printing through CS4.  The interface of CS4 is different from previous Photoshop versions and I was at a loss until I viewed this video.

Printable Version Here

Printing photos video!!
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

The screengrabs are from the video!!

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Lightroom Presets – Tigers Basketball – Animoto – Legal Music

Lightroom Presets Tigers Basketball Animoto

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Canon calls it “High Speed Sync”” – Nikon calls it “Auto FP High-Speed Sync.”

High Speed Flash Diagram from Canon Flash Work

Normal flash requires a synchronizing shutter speed or below.  In a synchronizing shutter speed, the first curtain travels to a fully open position, at this point the flash is triggered and extinguishes before the second curtain follows.  When a photograph is taken with a high shutter speed with a normal flash the result will be a partial picture.

Flash is possible with extremely high shutter speed with a setting on Canon Flash that is called – High Speed sync.  High speed sync modes actually are a very fast strobo cycle that paints the exposure as the narrow slit of the focal plane shutter curtain races across the sensor.

Here is an excellent resource for Canon Flash

I just order the new Pocket Wizard

Mini TT1 and Flex TT5: TTL Radio Triggers

These radio slaves will open up a world of radio controlled High Speed TTL flash in bright ambient lighting situations where the built in optical communication between flashes would be difficult.

I am thinking about a 580 flash mounted in a softbox used in full TTL – HS flash at 1/4000 sec at f/2.8.

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Warrensburg Girls Basketball Canon 1d Mark IIn Animoto.com

Girls Basketball

I shot a few games of the Warrensburg Girls Basketball and shot them up to Animoto.

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Handheld Panorama Photograph – Canon 1d Mark II – PTGui – Jerry Schmidt

This is a hand held panorama shot with a Canon 1d Mark IIn and a 24-70 L lens.  These were shot fast with the drive set to high on the Mark II.

This pano is stitched it in PTGui.  I am pretty excited to see how good the hand held panos stitch.

A couple simple rules for shooting hand held panos.

1. Set camera to manual exposure and focus.
2. Use a white balance preset.
3. Shoot Vertical.
4. Shoot from Left to Right.
5. Overlap plenty.
6. Shoot your hand for a beginning and end marker.

Click the photo to see a larger version.

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