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Michael Lopez Photography
View my portfolio at M329.com
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Nike Boots - Wale
this where the haters is
this why they hate us here
this why i hate it here
though love it, I made it here
we all here, from the dealers to the kids
to the squares to the fly
one thing we are aligned with
black on black Nikes
that represent the lifeless lives
and it reflects the plight of those fighting so
if we ain’t right and always at the throats
of one another at least we got our Goadome Nikes a
metaphor, for the insecure
if you ain’t wearing no color, can’t nobody say nothing
one can never be judged when he dress like his brothers
melancholy we are though we all learn to love it
pessimistic we are
carry odds like luggage
and thru all our troubles
we still walk around walk around
(flyer than the rest of em)
flyer than the rest of em
flyer than the rest of em
and still got my Nike Boot
Agitate. This is my interpretation of the word.
Another day in my life. Basketball.
Sad Tomorrows (Flying High In The Friendly Skies)
“Flying High in the friendly sky. Without leaving the ground. Rest of the folks are tired and weary and have laid their bodies down. I go to the place where danger waits - and its bound to forsake me.” - Marvin Gaye
New Orleans.
Playing somewhere around Jackson Square.
Someones front door with a bed and beer.
This gentleman was walking his dog through the neighborhood of the Garden District.
It started raining and someone left their bike outside of the French Market.
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The Covenant Messengers. I took these photos a couple of weeks ago.
The Making of the Louie Cruz Beltran Photo for Mas Magazine
Anytime I get an assignment for a magazine I like to talk to the art director to get some input for the design. The AD wanted energy, excitement, and plenty of options to choose from to fill the cover and inside story. They also wanted me to create my own look and come with my own ideas.
So since I only had an hour with the subject and had very limited space, I was able to create a few different looks and I will show two of them to you.
So for this shot I used an Alien Bee Ring light for my main key light. I exposed for Louie’s face at f8 @ 1/125th of a second. I went ahead and changed my shutter speed to 1/200th of a second to make sure there was no ambient light that would affect my picture. I chose an aperture of f8 because I wanted the congo’s and Louie to be sharp and not out of focus. My other two lights were set to about 1.5 stop hotter at f14. This creates the hard rim light and also gives the photo the feeling of him being on stage with lights beaming down on him. The ring light fills in the rest of photo with soft even lighting with no shadows. I also shot this photo with my Kodak DCS Pro
For this photo I just made a few changes to give it a different look. I also made sure that there was enough room to add copy around the image if needed.
I shot this photo at f2.8 @ 1/60th of a second. I used an Alien Bee 800 with a 22 inch beauty dish. I shot this with a Nikon D90 with an 80 - 200mm lens.
The reason I opened up my lens was because I wanted to get a little more depth in the photo. I wanted the instrument out of focus and because of the slower shutter speed create just a little movement. Louie was great with his action. I just told him to play and let me capture him doing what he does best.
Here is the final cover shot. If you have any questions please just ask or if you want to hire me for an assignment visit my web site M329.com
