Ako @ WAS

Ako @ WAS
Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo

Akonwara [sometimes aka Nathalie] is a really cool and hip dancer and model. In this photo, she was dressed in the clothing style of Japanese street fashion called Fruits. Here is a blog entry that provides a great description of this fashion trend. You can also see other Ako's images here, and my earlier blog posting here. Oh right, and here is a bunch more photos of her.

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Space shuttle Endeavor
Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo

I went on a family trip to Orlando and we visited the Kennedy Space Center. The space shuttle Endeavor was on the launch pad awaiting a targeted launch of March 11, 2008. This viewing tower was about a mile away. This is a stitched image from 11 images.

Boston Skyline @ Night

Boston Skyline Nightime
Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo

Over in East Boston is LoPresti Park where this photo was taken on a cold evening. This is stitched together from seven images. This panoramic photo is among several images hanging in MA state senator Steven Panagiotakos'
office.

Winner, Best of Show, Commercial Industrial Photographer's of New England

Hey fans, my panoramic portrait of Stephen Finn's interview for the Larry Stark documentary won best of show in the Commercial Industrial Photographer's of New England print competition. It's displayed on their website and I grabbed a screen capture to show you.

Lily at Western Avenue

Lily at Western Avenue
Originally uploaded by carltonsoohoo

I had the pleasure of working with Lily, who is a very talented model. She's creative with her posing and very professional, and all around fun girl to hang with. You can see her Model Mayhem portfolio here.

This photo was taken using one SB-800 flash, on 1/4 power, to light up most of the area around Lily. You can see that it was at camera left by the shadow on the wall. Another SB-800, 1/8 power, had a color temperature orange gel and snoot, to direct light into the face and chest area. Camera was set to tungsten white balance about 2500K. ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/125 sec.

I also found a cool link tutorial about mapping text onto irregular surfaces so I used it to write Lily's name on the wall.