Model Jenn from the Colorado Strobist beginners workshop held at the North Denver Photographers Studio

jenn-9-web, originally uploaded by Dizzle @ 2*3 Photos.

I attended my first gathering with the Colorado Strobist group from Flickr. It was a beginners workshop put on by Curtis Bullock at the North Denver Photographers studio. I had a blast!

While I have been playing with flash photography for the club stuff I have been doing I haven’t really done much more than slap a flash on top my Canon 40D and go off to shooting.

Curtis showed me, in about 15 minutes an amazing world I have been missing and one that I plan to fully embrace. We played with wireless triggers, shoot-through umbrellas and soft boxes. Playing with how things as simple as changing your shooting angle can change the effects of the light.

The model for the night, Jennifer, was amazing and really fun to work with. This was also my first time shooting in studio with a Model Mayhem model and I have to say it was a great experience. I do hope to be able to work with more models like Jennifer.

As I say all the time, I am always learning and growing as a photographer and I think this 3-hour workshop has gone a long ways toward enhancing my work.

Lea on bike, originally uploaded by Dizzle @ 2*3 Photos.

Lea posing on “Kokane” after her runway show at The Purple Martini August 30, 2008.

It’s funny how things work out sometimes. I organized and shot a charity fashion show a couple of weeks ago and learned quite a bit.

Like if you are the organizer you should not think that you will be focused enough to be the photographer as well. I at least thought that one out ahead of the show and had two other photogs come out to help me out.

As I figured, my attention was spread so thin among different things my images of the actual show came out horrible. Well, more not to MY liking…

But through out the night I took several candid shots of folks in and outside the club and this one of one of the models posing on a bike has become one of the favorites of the evening.

Pay attention to what you are doing and know when it’s time to delegate to others to get the job done correctly.

Both Erik and Sheba’s images of the show came out great…which is really what matters in the end.

red-rocks-1, originally uploaded by Dizzle @ 2*3 Photos.

Once again, I spent some time outside…in nature.

I took this photo at Red Rocks Park in Morrision, Colorado just west of Denver. It’s a popular spot for climbers, hikers and bikers…and with the amazing amphitheater there are concerts a plenty to find there.

This was the early part of an equipment test outing. With the exception of a “blue sky” preset in Adobe Lightroom 2, this shot is straight out of the camera. I only sharpened and added the frame on it in Photoshop.

Nature and landscape is really not my thing, but every once in a while a shot stands out that works.