Bacon Lettuce Photo

by Damian

The shots were taken near the end of PhotoCampMilwaukee, while most people were out on an evening photo walk. I was in the Chromatarium at Bucketworks, where we had put up colorful backdrops, and decided that since I missed the strobist session earlier in the day, I would do my own. Of course, that meant having to be the photographer and the model. I set up my flash on a stand, and my camera on a tripod, and used a remote to take the shots. Since I got sick of running around behind the camera to see the screen after each shot, I actually took a mirror and leaned it against a chair to see the camera screen so I could position myself for the next shot. I took a lot of shots, but I think a few of them turned out pretty nice. (And the iLovePhotos shirt just adds an extra bit of coolness to it!) Sadly a few hours later my flash died, so I guess that puts my strobist career on hold until I can replace it. PhotoCampMilwaukee was a ton of fun though, and I learned a lot.

When I processed the photos I ended up really pumping up the color in the wall, so I had to bring the saturation down on the skin tones, which gave me the idea to do the selective coloring version.

PhotoCampMilwaukee was held on Saturday May 2, 2009 at Milwaukee, WI. He was the organizer behind this great event.  PhotoCampMilwaukee was a one-day event fully focused on photography, for people who love photography. They had professionals as well as hobbyists, and had a full schedule planned including photoshoots, photowalks, demos of software, discussions of techniques, digital workflows, cameras, accessories, and related equipment, and just plain old fun and useful things to do with photos, photography, cameras, etc. iLovePhotos had the pleasure of sponsoring this event.

You can check out more of Pete’s photos and uploaded photos from participants of PhotoCampMilwaukee.