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Experimental High Pass Photo Shoot

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Gary and I have been friends for 17 years.  He is a good friend and assistant.  Often when I struggle to find a subject for a quick test he quickly volunteers.  This time our goal was to find a new lighting scheme for an assignment shooting 35 NFL rookies.
This shot was done in the studio using four Prophoto monolights.  We used a couple octabanks moving them around the subject to mold the light onto the subject while using a couple strip lights to create a higher contrast on the edges.  After adjusting the contrast the image was ran through the hi pass filter for the end result.  Our goal to create a high impact, eye catching image that could be used for a portrait or stock for our client was a success.

More of my work can be seen at:  www.zwink.com

location shoot, photography, San Diego

Getting high on the Vibe

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I was hired by Tim Young from GMR Works to go to a General Motors car distribution plant in San Leandro in the Bay Area. The goal was to get elevated on a lift and photograph the new Vibe cars arranged into the shape of the Vibe logo, drop it into a logoed template and get 100 prints by 6 p.m for a car dealers meeting. Making maters more complicated that day was extremely windy conditions and we had to go almost 60 feet in the air to get the proper perspective on the “logo”. After getting used to the sway of the platform/cage I finally made a good series of images. I proceded to do the postproduction on the image under a tent and then went and emailed the image to Chrome in San Diego where they proceed to do a rush print job for us. My assistant Gary Flanagan then picked up the prints and jumped on a flight to SF where we met him. He handed the box off to Tim and Gary and I made the next flight back to San Diego. All in a day’s work.

More of my work can be seen at:  www.zwink.com

babies, career, daughters, family, location shoot, photography

Pink Dress

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Payton's Pink DressI am a procrastinator…… there, I admitted it, finally. Obviously I am if I’m just now jumping on the blogging bandwagon. I’m not sure what it is, whether it’s to show a little more insight into who I am, drive traffic to my great website www.zwink.com, talk about my life or maybe just explain a little bit about a gorgeous little girl who has totally messed up my life.

I was born May 5th, 1955. I’ve had a great life growing up in a nurturing small Kansas farm town and eventually moved to San Diego. I like to say I was a kid in Kansas and became an adult in San Diego. I’m now a commercial photographer based in San Diego with a great wife and three grown kids. Even as they grew up, I was consumed with photography. I always wanted to be where the action was to shoot and document it all. And I did what I could. The Super Bowl twice, World Series, All Star games, Rose Bowl, Holiday Bowl and the America’s Cup just to name a few of the biggies. So then it happened……

Payton Jo Rohrer was born July 3rd, 2007 to my daughter Tiffany and her hubby Chris, aka “Dough”. I was asked to be in the labor room with them until the doctor came in and kicked me out. I was overwhelmed when I saw her for the first time. Even though she was my grand daughter I didn’t realize you could be attached emotionally to someone else’s child like I was with her. Wow….. almost like when her mom was born. While I was staying with them in Arizona for the next few days I started questioning whether I’d been around enough for my daughter and her sibs as they grew up. Tiffany so tactfully said that “I was there when she needed me”. I still wonder. So I now strive to find that balance. I don’t want to miss more of my family growing up, any of them.

I really am trying to find that balance. I’ve started to market more for architectural work. Maybe if I go and look for the work instead of waiting for it I can spend less wasted time at the office. Don’t get me wrong. If anything I feel more passionate about my work and feel after all these years that I finally know what my “style and vision” is. More on that later.

So, enough for a first entry. I hope to use this blog to share a little of my life, travels, my photography and family including the dogs and cats. I’ve never kept a journal before so this adventure could get rocky. I hope you enjoy it.

My other work can be viewed at: www.zwink.com

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