Photo Of The Week: Josh McElwee

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“I shot this at the end of April 2014 in Cocoa, Florida. This was taken just after 10 A.M. so the sun was slightly less difficult to deal with, much to my relief. The setup was pretty simple, two lights were used. The key light is an Einstein 640 with a 45 degree reflector at camera left and is slightly hidden by the left edge of the tree. I had it on a stand probably eight feet high and aimed up a reasonable amount in order to concentrate the light on the upper portion of the wall where James is hitting. The backlight is another Einstein with the same reflector about ten feet out of the frame at camera right. In order to avoid the dreaded double-shadow on the wall caused by using multiple lights, I placed the light in a doorway and feathered it slightly away from the wall. This gets the light slightly more off-axis and still gives a good highlight on James.

Tech info: Canon 5D MKII with 50mm f/1.8. 1/200 @ f/10, ISO 100.” – Josh McElwee

Three Day Metro Pass Photo Gallery by Fred Murray

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Chances are last week you saw AK, Bruno Hoffmann, and Greg Layden killing spots all over the largest city in the czech republic with guest appearances by Fred Murray and his fisheye lens. Click here to see a gallery of what exactly he was capturing.

Desktop Wallpaper: Charlie Crumlish by Gutstains

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There’s no shortage of ditch spots in Texas and when Chuck told us he was taking us to MegaDitch™, I figured it could make for a good photo and Guts was on board to shoot this wallpaper.

We met up rather late and rode the spot for a minute before starting to setup for the shot as the light was quickly fading. The dark sky made the photo super dramatic and I love the contrast between that and the gum tire.

Wallpapers here:
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Guts is a lowkey technophile who knows how to get the most out of the least equipment. He knows all the tips and tricks to squeeze every stop of light out of a Sunpak 555 flash and he knows how they work inside and out. To spread coverage across this huge (huuuuuge) ditch spot, he tripled up the 555’s (thus creating a 1665) and pointed each in a different general direction. It’s nothing short of amazing that he got light from corner to corner in the frame.

Here’s how it all went down-

Photo of the Week: PJ Turns

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Matti called me saying he’d found a carpark for us to try and shoot some pictures, so that evening we went and checked it out with the usual thought of we’d get a couple of pics before security asked us to leave. Just as I was setting up my flashes a security woman walks onto the level, she walks over and asks what we were doing, we explained, instead of asking us to leave she said “oh cool” and watched for a while. As the carpark was empty and dark, I wanted to try capture this and also emphasize how flatlanders are elusive mysterious creatures. My set up for this shot was really simple as I could use the markings on the floor to know when Matti was rolling into the right spot, 2x Canon 430EXII on 1/4 power @ 50mm set either side but slightly infront of Matti as to not light his front up too much, I used my 24-105 lens @ 105mm on my Canon 6D. As I remember we only took a couple of shots of this trick before we got this one which was a result.”

Photo of the Week: Adam Lievesley

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Tom Hibbitt, Nottinghamshire, England.

Nikon D7000
exposure – 1/200th
f-stop – f/5
ISO – 650
focal length – -50mm
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sandwiched the rider with left slightly in front and left slightly behind.
right flash 1/1
left flash 1/2

Nick Bullen by Greg Moliterno

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Nick Bullen ice – Traverse City, Michigan

Derrick Riggs and Brian Grant by Greg Moliterno

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Derrick Riggs smith Mesa, Arizona
Brian Grant air Guadeloupe, Arizona

Dimitri James by Greg Moliterno

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Dimitri James Nose Press Mesa, Arizona

If you missed Greg’s photographer spotlight make sure to check it out here and give him a follow on Instagram to see more work.

Drew Hosselton by Greg Moliterno

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Drew Hosselton curved fence ride Phoenix, Arizona

Josh Betley by Greg Moliterno

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Josh Betley over ice over Phoenix, Arizona