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Kalenna and Shan’s “Bow Portraits”

The Grand Architect of this Website — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:36:34 +0000

Kalenna is a friend of mine from chiropractic school and she’s been after me for a while to take photos of her and her bow. You see, Kalenna is a competitive bow shooter by trade and shoots for Hoyt. Her brother is sponsored by Hoyt and is also a competitive bow shooter. Kalenna’s husband Shan, is also a competitive shooter but shoots with a Matthews bow instead of a Hoyt. My good friend Alan Yoder and I took Kaleena and Shan out to the bow range at the Shawnee Mission Park for some photos. We started with some traditional “couples” pics with the exception of carrying bows. As the sun went down, we pulled out the strobist equipment and went to work. We wanted to create some “EDGY” bow pics that would show the competitive nature of the couple. We actually shot a few of them with the bows in full draw with a broad-tipped arrow on board. I would not have tried this photo with any one else as it could have been extremely dangerous. I used the “live view ” mode on the 5D Mark II so that I would not have to put my self in the general vicinity of the arrow. Alan did a great job helping me light the shots but I wanted him to have a little fun as well. After 10 minutes of “EDGY” shooting I gave him my camera and told him to have some fun. He took no more than 7 or 8 photos and came up with a spectacular shot. His is the last photo in the sequence. I have some new DSLR video gear arriving today so I will do my best to put a little something together this weekend. I’ve always been intrigued by the magical look of “film” video, so I’m gravitating towards shooting more with my 5D Mark II and less with my video camera. The difference is unbelievable! On a different note, I performed my first outpatient physical yesterday which constitutes me as an official outpatient intern! This has been a long time coming, but it’s been well worth the effort. I hope you all have a safe weekend and enjoy the weather. Get out side and do something! -Barnezy-

Ali got a haircut

The Grand Architect of this Website — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:49:52 +0000

Well it’s finally happened…. Ali has traded her beautiful, long flowing hair for a more practical summer hair cut. She has had long hair since we met so it’s been a bit of an adjustment for me if I’m being completely honest. When I see her jogging through the neighborhood or while she’s looking away I’m still not quite sure that it’s her. Since this was such an unusual occurrence, I figured I would take a few photos. And well since my good friend Alan Yoder was present when we observed the metamorphosis of Ali’s hair, I figured I’d snap a pic of him as well. Ali and I have been spring cleaning this week and have thrown away no less than 20 full-sized trash bags of crap. We’ve also given away no less than 10 bags of clothes. I can actually walk through our apartment without tripping on stuff. The next project involves selling our rarely used futon and replacing it with a monstrous multi-shelved rack to put all of my camera stuff on. I’m also starting to buy into the whole “Day after Tomorrow” theory as it was 70 degrees yesterday and then it snowed all night and we’re sitting in the high 20′s here in a snow-covered Kansas City. On a different note, I recently purchased a Lowel video light kit for lighting movies, interviews, etc… Stay tuned for a sample video of these lights in action. They should prove very handy with making wedding videos and videos for my office, etc… I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break…. if you got one! -Barnezy-

Dr. Peterson Portraits for www.michaelpetersondc.com

The Grand Architect of this Website — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:56:02 +0000

This weekend I traveled to Tulsa with my wife and Alan Yoder, best friend from Cleveland Chiropractic College. Dr. Kirk Iodice, my chiropractor from Olathe, KS, traveled down for the weekend for a little workshop Alan and I put together. The goal was for Dr. Iodice to learn some advanced Active Release Technique modifications to help him with some of his tougher chiropractic patients. Dr. Iodice then showed Dr. Peterson some functional screens and a few therapeutic techniques to help him be more effective and efficient in the office. As part of this meeting, I was wanting to get a new photo of Dr. Peterson for the new website I’ll be building this spring. Dr. Peterson is unique for many reasons, one being that he uses Active Release Technique (the gold standard in soft-tissue mobilization) in the True Stretch, a stretching device created by Gary Gray, the world’s authority on tri-planar rehabilitation. Because of his unique approach in implementing these two tools, I thought it appropriate to photograph him in the True Stretch device. Whilst getting the lighting setup for the shoot, I used Alan as a temporary model. He is one of my favorite subjects to shoot (you can probably tell why from the photos) and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to capture his “awesomeness” on film. The following photos are just a few that we shot for the website. Dr. Peterson and I will be attending a Gary Gray seminar in Rhode Island soon and look forward to seeing how they implement the True Stretch there. I recently purchased a True Stretch out of Oklahoma City after seeing the results Dr. Peterson was getting with it. My in-laws were kind enough to house it for me until I start using it on patients in about a year. I hope everyone is enjoying this temporary warm up in the weather. Enjoy the pics! -Chris-

Cleveland Chiropractic Winter Formal 2010

The Grand Architect of this Website — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:17:22 +0000

We had the annual Cleveland Chiropractic Winter Formal dance this past weekend and I once again shot the event. We danced the night away at the Crown Center Hyatt hotel in downtown KC. Dinner was good, the desert was great, and the dancing…. well some of it was just plain ugly!!! Even with all of that, we had an incredible time. At times I actually forgot I was working. We set up a makeshift portrait studio with a wall and a few black table cloths. Prints are for sale by clicking on the MENU button that says “Photos” and then by selecting “Buy Prints.” I implemented some strobes via pocketwizards with Canon 580ex II’s and then hit the dance floor. Here are a few pics from the night. Enjoy! -barnezy-

Strobist 101

The Grand Architect of this Website — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:02 +0000

So my good friend Alan Yoder and I did a Strobist DVD Seminar over Christmas break in order to learn how to use our little speedlights more effectively. Last night we had an opportunity to use our new found skills to create passport-type photos for our national board applications. We got a little carried away messing with umbrellas, softboxes, snoots, gobos, grids etc… Here are a few pics I created in about a 5 minute period. This was my first experience with strobist techniques and definitely my first real portrait I’ve ever done so I’m pretty optimistic about how much more I’ll be able to do by the end of 2010. Enjoy!