Photography by Randy Hanna » Studio Works

Photo of the Week

Randy Hanna — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:21:34 +0000

: The Hand of Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti

Nikon D70, 70-200mm VR, f6.3 at 1/250, ISO 200

November 25, 2004, Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq

Studio Six19 – Coogan & Melissa (part IV – Coogan)

Randy Hanna — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:04:17 +0000

Here it is, the very last of the studio shoots of Coogan. While these are more of the classic portrait shots, they are shots every serious photographer needs to know how to do. They include managing your shadows, fill light, and striking a balance with ambient light. Enjoy

Meet Alexis from Texas

Randy Hanna — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:38:51 +0000

You have seen a great deal of my youngest daughter, Coogan, lately. To keep the playing field even, I thought I had better toss in a photo of my oldest daughter, Alexis. I am blessed by having two wonderful and beautiful daughters. I am even more blessed by having them as my best friends. Life simply does not get much better than that!

Studio Six19 – Coogan & Melissa (part III – Coogan)

Randy Hanna — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:05:54 +0000

Continuing with the next to last installment in this series are several images of Coogan. All images demonstrate the wonderful abilities of the Nikon Creative Lighting System which is available in their pro-sumer and professional model cameras. SB900 and SB800 flashes were used along with diffusers and reflectors.

Studio Six19 – Coogan & Melissa (part II)

Randy Hanna — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:46:13 +0000

Here I am up late again continuing to do some processing from last weekend’s shoot of Coogan and Melissa. In most of these shots below, I was using a softbox and or a shoot-thru diffusion panel with a pair of SB900’s. In all cases, exposure was controlled using the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) system from the back of the camera. Camera was a Nikon D300 with a 70-200 or a 17-55 lens. I’ll be shooting at Studio 619 again on the 8th and 9th of Aug demonstrating the Nikon CLS. Here are some of my favorites of the two of them doing their thing.

Studio Six19 – Coogan & Melissa

Randy Hanna — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:14:16 +0000

Coogan by the Window

Nikon D300, 70-200VR, SB900 + SB800 shooting thru Lastolite panel

I had a great surprise this weekend. Coogan flew up from LA to surprise Alexis, Kevin and Mr. Cole (the grandson). Alexis and crew flew in from Fort Hood Texas to celebrate Kevin’s safe return from Afghanistan. So while everyone was out doing their thing with the Kevin’s family, Coogan and I hit the road for Studio Six19 in Seattle for some indoor studio work. Coogan is always a pleasure to work with and is a real sport when it comes to helping Dad try out new photo gear. The shot above was a challenge in balancing full sun screaming in from the window (4th floor next to Alaskan Way) with sufficient flash power from the left to create a full wrap.

Coogan & Melissa

Nikon D300, 70-200VR, SB900 with a Lastolite EzHotshoe Soft Box

I had previously scheduled Melissa for the studio for a ‘play on lights day’, so it was a special treat to have Coogan join in. Not surprising, Coogan and Melissa made a great team and we had a blast shooting it up.

Coogan & Melissa being a Pair of Hams

Nikon D300, 17-55mm at 48, SB900 +3EV at flash with Lastolite EzHotshoe Soft Box

There comes a time in every session, when the models just need a break. In this case, they were having a grand time making fun of me and my camera funnies. As I recall, I was talking to my camera. In this shot, I positioned the softbox higher than normal camera left. With a little more distance than normal, I increased the output of the strobe to compensate for the additional light throw while maintaining a balance with the background lighting pouring thru the window. When using the the softbox, as good rule of thumb to use is one drop in f-stop per foot of light travel. You can see the presentable out-takes from the shoot on the blog in a couple of days – so stay tuned.

Cheers and happy photoing