A human heart, which has undergone a process of preserving organs and body parts called plastination. - Photography by Dave Hochanadel

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A human heart, which has undergone a process of preserving organs and body parts called plastination.

Red Red Something or Other
Relaxing after a hard week's work with this fine glass of sparkling grape juice. Lit with two strobes — one aimed at the white board used for the background, and the second shooting up from beneath the table.

While strolling down the aisles of our local Walmart, I came across this black light and felt compelled to buy it to see how photos lit with one would turn out (some examples to come).

I also picked up a work lighting dish, with aspirations of building a poor man’s beauty dish. Whenever I’ve lit a scene, I’ve always (for good reason) used strobes — less uncomfortable for subjects and less power consumption — but I’m kind of curious what using a “hot light” is like. Seems like it might be a good way to see the effects of more finite lighting adjustments as you go.

(Background in this photo is thanks to my “Fake Mac” monitor.)

It Came from Inside My Shower

‘Our Story’
It begins with “Once upon a time at the University of Toledo, two young lovers met for the first time.” On our one-year anniversary in June, Alicia gave me a journal titled “Our Story,” with an astonishing 50 pages of handwritten documentation of just that, including the first time we met, our first date, our first Valentine’s together and of course all the other wonderful memories throughout.

Strobist info: One flash, with pink gel and at 1/128 power, slightly behind and to the left of the journal. Another, un-gelled, aimed at the ceiling at 1/64.

Green Thingamabob

A Noble Champion of Love and Cows
Let me introduce you to Hippie Cow. Our paths first crossed when, as a photographer for my college newspaper, I was walking in the rafters of the university’s basketball arena to turn off strobes after a game. Then there he was, half hanging over the edge. While his brethren from Chick-fil-A had parachuted into the bleachers to fight for their “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign, he did not jump. Perhaps he’s a chicken sympathizer, or simply a coward, I don’t know for sure.

I provided him shelter, as he resided on the tower of my work computer for many years. He later donned a green headband, perhaps a symbol of a vegetarian cause. After I graduated, HC has taken more or less permanent residence perched on the edge of my desk at home. I say more or less because he often jumps from the edge, possibly an act of self sacrifice in the name of love.

But enough of his saga. You may have read about how my last image involved using exorbitant quantities of aluminum foil to create a bokeh background. It seemed a waste not to recycle it, so I got some more mileage out of it with this portrait of a distressed bovine. HC was lit with a shoot-through umbrella and strobe at 1/128 power, and the background foil was lit with a second flash at the same power and a blue gel. Shot at f/2.8 with my “nifty fifty.”

Uh oh, he’s trying to jump again; Hippie Cow, no!!!

A human heart, which has undergone a process of preserving organs and body parts called plastination.

A human heart, which has undergone a process of preserving organs and body parts called plastination.

A human heart, which has undergone a process of preserving organs and body parts called plastination.

Nikon D300 |

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Original size: 1200x879 |

Current: 800x586 |

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