Hobos Landing

I took a walk around the neighborhood (Esplanade Ave) while I was waiting for my friends to arrive and I found some neat things to take some shots of. A cemetery, statues, some neat shadows, a park and a particularly entertaining pelican.  Have a

Esplanade

Light and Shadow

Characteristically Sunny

Padre

Eruption

Pelican

Zoning In

Perfect Timing

Cruisin'

Who's Next

So I’m trying my had at strobist.  For those who don’t know strobist is using speed light flashes as off camera lighting.  I bought myself a little Vivitar DF383, a lightstand and an umbrella, along with some very cheap cowboy wireless triggers.  This is the results of about 15 minutes of playing shooting a little cheapy statue from Mexico.

Strobist Test

Strobist Test

Strobist Test

By the way, I can’t recommend these little cowboy triggers enough. Laugh all you want because they only cost $20 for a pair, but compare that to industry standard Pocket Wizards at $428 (on amazon) but I can go through 21 Cowboys for the cost of 1 pair of pocket wizards. They seem to work just as good and I haven’t had any problems with them.