A photo that is not sports related!?
Tags: canon 30d, guys, las vegas, photo, portrait, tram
I know, I know. Its weird. But I do take photos of things that do not have a stick and ball in them.
This was an impromptu photo taken on a tram in Las Vegas at about 4 am when we were coming back from various casinos. The man in the back was pretty darn drunk but was able to hold his match long enough to get his face to glow. The guy in the front is my friend Dan.
Believe it or not, I did not use a strobe on this. It was purely all available light from the tram (hence the random colors) I had one but it killed the natural color so I decided to not use it.
The shot was taken at 1/30 of a second, aperture 2.8! and Iso 500 on my trusty Canon 30D (a great camera to carry around Las Vegas so you dont get your expensive ones stolen)
The reflection on the window of the guy was placed there in photoshop.
20 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jeff
Seriously no lights? How, you must teach me! LOL
Jul 7th, 2008
Danny
Lots of photoshop, Jeff
Sep 2nd, 2008
Dan
This is HDR right? Did you use a tripod? Killer images!
Sep 2nd, 2008
Dustin
No HDR on this one. I dont even know how to do HDR.
Honestly, there wasn’t an incredible amount of photoshop done to the photo. Just a some brightening of the face and color adjustment. I will try to digg up the original and post it for ya.
Thanks for looking!
Sep 2nd, 2008
Peter
A great photo comes from great light……….or the photographer seeing the right light and knowing how to use it, artificial or natural. Not only is Dustin a great shooter, he is also a great lighting technician.
Using the interior light above the guy like you have here Dustin is shear brilliance.
Great blog,
All the best
Sep 2nd, 2008
Dan McNair
Thats a lot of DOF for f/2.8, it is a composite?
Sep 2nd, 2008
Jay
Dustin, again a great image! You said all available light, but a lot of photoshop. I would love to have a glimpse of how this pictures turned out right out of camera, and see how you changed it by your processing. All of your pics have that surreal processing look to them!
Sep 2nd, 2008
Vincent
I just found your blog and i am amazed! love that surreal look.
May I ask how you do that?
Cheers
Vincent
Sep 2nd, 2008
Ryan
Wow! Superb control of lighting. Not that you actually did. But the way you saw the ambient lights as they are is pretty damn amazing.
Please do post the original photo if you find the time. It would really be a nice learning tool.
Sep 2nd, 2008
Jeremy
You should have fibbed. I could have been convinced you had three strobes going off, with different gels on each.
Nice PS, btw. Totally worth it.
Sep 2nd, 2008
RUDY RENDER
What lens was this? Very sharp. I have a Canon 30D and never get photos like this. One of the noisiest camera’s I’ve used.
Sep 2nd, 2008
ShoShoots
What Type of Lenses did you Use…
Sep 2nd, 2008
Dustin
RUDY and SHOSHOOTS- I used a 16-35 2.8 L lens (canon) for this shot.
Sep 2nd, 2008
Luis
dude i luv u and i hate u (of course the hate part is purely envy) amazing shot and no flash? ill try something like this, maybe it was the ISO i dunno but this is great portrait love it
Sep 3rd, 2008
Alvin
My mind is blown. I can’t wait to see the original.
Sep 4th, 2008
romanticpurple
wow i can believe it came that setting, completely amazing. I love your retouch, and its so sharp. Make the tutorial please
Sep 22nd, 2008
Jesse
Amazing shot, I love your work. Would love to see the original if you still have it floating around.
Oct 4th, 2008
Dennis
that is sick, looks like a slick studio portrait for some sort of advertising campaign. I guess that’s the trick. make slick studio ad campaigns look like available light street snapshots and make available light street snap look like a slick studio set up
Dec 31st, 2008
TikTsin
16-35mm f2.8 thats a bomb of a lens. this is proper awesome considering there’s no strobe involved.
Jan 3rd, 2009
virginia wedding
great work… been a fan for a while… thanks for sharing!
Feb 18th, 2009
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