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High Speed Sports Photography

Denis Baldwin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:53:42 +0000

Shooting high speed action requires a fast lens and a fast eye. This is especially true of dusty environments (like autocross) and ball-based games like jai alai. In water sport events, such as Dragonboat Races, reflects from the water and splashing high speed movements are a challenge that pays off when I’m able to capture that perfect shot. Here’s some photos from sports events I’ve photographed.

Photography: Pride Fest Wedding Photos

Denis Baldwin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:19:55 +0000

Who needs a legal binding union to have an excuse for beautiful wedding photos? I recently was asked to photograph same-sex (and a few traditional) couples for the July Creative Loafing Gay Wedding issue. I shot over 70 portraits (along with over 600 shots of the event). I used a Gary Fong dome with my light levels adjusted to give that warm halo glow that all wedding parties want. No stark flash and everyone looked so beautiful.

Photography: Low light fire photography at L’Olivier

Denis Baldwin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:13:32 +0000

Recently, I was asked by L’Olivier Cabaret to come and shoot a night photoset of their fire dancing performance. This presents a special challenge to a photographer being that I was shooting in a low light environment with rapidly moving light sources (the fire) with a very fast action sequence. Using a 50mm 1.8/f prime Canon lens, flash off and set to action mode, I was able to capture the intensity of the fire and the dancers in motion. Slight blur effects happen naturally with these subjects. No editing was made to these photos.

Photography: Insect Closeups

Denis Baldwin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:01:32 +0000

Nature has always fascinated me. My right arm is covered in a tattoo of ants marching from M. C. Escher’s Mobius Strip. I often try to get close up photos of different creatures and the smallest of them are the most interesting to capture.

These photos were mostly taken with a 70-300mm canon F/4.

Photography: The Muse

Denis Baldwin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:16:52 +0000

A muse is someone or something that brings incredibly inspiration. Often this inspiration is at the cost of catering to the muse, but sometimes, as in the case of my beautiful wife Kara, any cost pays dividends in inspiration that can not compare.

Here’s a few shots of Kara, many taken in natural light and as ISO200 equivalent, giving her the warm glow that I see when looking at her.

Photography: Food Photos

Denis Baldwin — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:47:34 +0000

One of the things I love about running MyTampaLife is the amount of great local restaurants I get to frequent. The great food comes at the price of lugging a full SLR setup with me and all the strange looks I get from other patrons, but it gives me a chance to photograph some of the most enticing food in the Tampa Bay Area. Several of the restaurants I’ve photographed in have solicited me later to come back and shoot photos for their menus or for promotions.

Here’s a sample of some of the food photos I’ve taken recently. I go for macro-level detail and optimal light to give food a warm appeal. These are all unedited, uncropped and exactly as I took them.

Photography: Capturing the curiosity of dogs

Denis Baldwin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:57:43 +0000

I’m a dog lover, through and through. My wife and I have taken to rescuing chihuahuas and other small dogs that have been abused, neglected and mistreated. We currently have three in our care that have warmed my heart, and inspired me to take better photos.

Here’s some photos I took of the curious nature of dogs. Some, like our white applehead Belle, are intimidated by the camera but eventually warm up to it.

Others, like Hershey, are so excited by the camera that you can’t get him to stand still long enough to get shots from other angles. He’s always looking forward, ears up, happy to see someone paying attention to him.

Still others, like Brutus, are untrusting and always on alert. You can see by the concerned look on his face that he’s always ready to run. He’s an incredible character, and I love shooting his photos in low light with an F/1.8 USM 50mm.