BTW, I moved

My family and I decided to move back to Kirkland, WA, where it feels like home. I made some great friends in Oregon and had some great photo jobs, but I feel like I'm home again. My email is still ken@kengillstudios.com and the website is kengill studios.

Still Life Rake

I shot this photo for a school project. I like it so much that I ended up printing it and hanging it in my house. It's really not often that a piece of my own work becomes a favorite, but this is one of them.
This was for a still life project of some sort. I don't remember the requirements. I think it was "simple background, single item still life".
If you are interested in the lighting, there is one white lightening with a grid spot pointing down and forward from behind the rake and one other with a large strip box to camera right. This one was flagged so it didn't affect the circle of light or shadow of the rake. I just wanted a little rim light on the tool.
Not that I'm sponsored by Craftsman, but I had a finishing rake like this one - a gift for housewarming. I was moving 3 yards of river rocks with the old rake, when the head popped right off toward the end of the job. I swore a few times and took the old rake back to Sears. I didn't have a receipt, but it was Craftsman, so they took the old busted and gave me the new hotness. I finished the job with my foot or a shovel, so the rake was barely used for this shot.

Holy Smoke

Wow, March was the last time I posted. I'm so embarrassed that it's been that long. Here's the skinny: We are moving back to Kirkland, WA after over three years in the Portland area, and are very excited about it. We will miss the friends and contacts we have made down here, but can't wait to get back to the Seattle area. It's where it feels like home.

What is a strobist?

Strobists are basically geeks, er people who like to light things with off camera flashes (strobes). The name comes from the site at strobist.com, where a community of like minded individuals can converge to learn new techniques and find out about what other photographers are doing. There is a small group here in the Portland area that meets up about once a month with a group of models at various locations for some hang time. The models and make up artists come do their magic with the condition that every photographer that works with a model provides an image for that model's portfolio. We geek out about equipment, argue about pocket wizard and skyport channels, and have a good time. Here are a couple of images from the last meetup at the Treehouse in the Beaverton area. It was a sweet location.

new website, blog, etc, etc

I'm changing the company over to a new life. kengillstudios.com and new blog at kengillstudios.blogspot.com come over and check it out. I wanted to make the work a little more personal with my name.

New blog features from blogspot

This is a test of the email feature of blogspot.com. It’s in beta form now, so I figured I’d give it a try. No picture for this post, but expect more pictures soon. In the meantime, check out my new site at http://kengillstudios.com.

New website is live

It is alive! I finished building my new site today and got it uploaded. I still have a little javascript issue to figure out, but I'm happy with the look of the site. I hope you enjoy it.
kengill studios check it out