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First Artistic Shoot with my Nikon D80!

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:54:01 +0000

This morning I had a shoot with the extremely beautiful Kari. It was our first shoot together and the first artistic shoot I’ve done with my new Nikon D80. Both Kari and camera were wonderful to work with… although I thought that Kari was the more beautiful of the two!

We started of the shoot at the summit of a mountain near Honolulu. It’s one of my favorite places on Oahu. Not just to shoot there but also one of those places to just sit back and take in the beautiful view of the entire southern shore of Oahu. I jump at the chance to have that view as a background in my images.

After about 30-40 minutes we followed an old road that led to the second summit. We did a few shots of dance poses on the road and then moved into the bamboo forest. It was a great shoot and such a beautiful way to start the day!

The new camera performed very well. There were only a few instances where I got tripped up when the camera refused to fire the shutter because of the center of my composed image was out of focus. This is something that I’ll have to find a way to turn off or find a better way around. Other than that I felt very comfortable with the camera. I was also able to take some shots at higher ISO settings and found that the noise above ISO 640 is fairly bad but that’s to be expected when you start cranking up the ISO like that. Most of the shots I took at ISO 200 and the noise is virtually non-existent. And most of the shots turned out very well. It’s a comfortable camera to work with and I never felt that it lacked anything.

All in all, the camera gave me great results and so did Kari! Here are a few images from today’s shoot… Enjoy!

Kari - Sunrise on the Mountain - Jan. 18, 2009

Kari - Old Road - Jan. 18, 2009

Kari - Brick Wall - Jan. 18, 2009

An interesting find

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:11:01 +0000

In between shoots, I usually look back through old shoots to see what I missed or looking for lessons to learn from my mistakes. Today I went looking through a shoot I did with the model who I now refer to as “Goddess”. She has asked that I keep her name anonymous.

An Intersting Find

When I first saw this shot I thought that it was no good because of the light refracting in the lens. Today when I saw it my heart just skipped a beat and I couldn’t believe that I didn’t publish it before. I wonder what would happen if in a year or two from now. Would I edit the images differently? Would I pick different images to showcase? I can’t wait to find out…

A cool shot

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:53:48 +0000

As I started to go through the shots form the other day, I came across the photo below. Sometimes the shoot goes by so fast that you just can’t remember every shot that you took. So the photo below was one of those shots that I had forgotten about taking and it made my heart skip a beat when I saw it.

Enjoy!
Jason Tag

Today’s Shoot 6/14/08

admin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:06:06 +0000

This morning I woke up at somewhere around 4:30am to get ready for a sunrise shoot with an amazing model. The light was just gorgeous. The sun was just coming up and really added to the beauty of the shots. We started off by playing with some tide pools and moved on to the sand. We ended up finding an amazing tree branch just short of the lagoon’s edge. as you may recall I really love tree branches. especially those weathered by the ocean. they seem to have a similar tone to skin and they allow for some very interesting shapes.

As the shoot winded down we walked over to the bridge. I wasn’t sure If she would be up for shooting on it. And truth be told I was going to walk past it and shoot in some tall grass but she wanted to shoot it so we did. The road was roughly 50 feet away and there she was totally nude. I love working with her because of her adventurous spirit. We got some cool shots on the bridge and headed back to the parking lot.

Overall, I’m glad I booked another shoot with her and we had a lot of fun. I think I’m going to have to do a few more shoots with her…

Aloha,
Jason Tag

P.S. Here’s a few shots from the shoot…Enjoy!