Maxwell Kruger's Blog http://www.maxwellkruger.com Maxwell Kruger's personal weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:13:03 EST http://www.maxwellkruger.com/images/maxwell.jpg Maxwell http://www.maxwellkruger.com/ 100 91 http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Joe_McNally_visited_Penn_State Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:35:47 EST Joe McNally visited Penn State http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Joe_McNally_visited_Penn_State Joe McNally came and visited Penn State last Friday. Gave a great light workshop. He recognized my face from when I saw him in Vegas a few months ago at Photoshop World and asked me to help grip for him during the workshop. Got to hold some diffusers and a softbox for him, which was pretty fun. He lit a really great shot of a Penn State student modelling for him in the theater in about 15 minutes. He's so enthusiastic and he gets so into it. His mind never stops coming up with ideas. Really motivating and inspiring.


(Photo by Andy Colwell/Penn State Public Information)

Saw him again on the sidelines of the football game the next day with his wife. Great guy.

(Photo by John Beale)

Update: Joe's blog about his visit here. You can see some of the shots he took during the session. He seemed to really enjoy Penn State. ]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Wet_Football's_Fun Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:39:28 EST Wet Football's Fun http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Wet_Football's_Fun
More images post jump.


(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/1024, f/4, ISO 640)

This probably woulda been the best shot of the game but apparently, I don't know how to aim a camera.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/512, f/4, ISO 500)

Continue Reading Wet Football's Fun]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=COOKIE_MONSTER!!! Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:22:37 EST COOKIE MONSTER!!! http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=COOKIE_MONSTER!!! Ed decided to dress up as the cookie monster and hand out free cookies all night. Instead of getting a costume, we got body paint and feathers from Michael's and we built him a custom cookie monster outfit.

Shot with a 40D, a 580exII shot through an umbrella, and a naked 430ex for detail.

More pictures after the jump.


(Canon EOS 40D, 50mm, 1/128, f/8, ISO 200)


(Canon EOS 40D, 50mm, 1/128, f/7.1, ISO 200)

Continue Reading COOKIE MONSTER!!!]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Women's_Swimming_vs_Richmond_ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:53:08 EST Women's Swimming vs Richmond http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Women's_Swimming_vs_Richmond_
I spent more than half of the time trying to get a panning shot with my 135mm f/2 lens which doesn't have IS. The 70-200 2.8 IS would be great for this application and I'm so disappointed that I went cheap and bought my 70-200 without IS. Also, definitely want the 200 f/2.0. It's a beast and over $5,000 but that extra stop over the 70-200 and the extra length over the 135 would make such a difference for indoor shooting situations.


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/800, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/1000, f/2, ISO 1600)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/10, f/13, ISO 320)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/10, f/10, ISO 320)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/10, f/10, ISO 320)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/30, f/5.6, ISO 320)]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Football_Remote_Cams Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:51:35 EST Football Remote Cams http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Football_Remote_Cams Dan and I got to the stadium a few hours early yesterday to set up some wireless remote cameras to shoot during the game. We set them up with some pocketwizards and various Bogen mounting equipment.

I used an old Digital Rebel XT with a 17-40mm f/4 at 17mm to get a tighter shot of the stadium while Dan threw a fisheye on his D2Hs. We set both our cameras on aperture priority, center weighted average, because the game started at 4:30 and would transition from a day game to a night game so we couldn't lock down our exposures. Throughout the game, we switched off who had the transceiver to fire the cameras. I ended up putting it in my hot shoe and turning it on/off when I wanted to fire a picture; that way I could also take pictures on the field and with the wireless cameras at the same time, or I could fire it separate from my main camera.

Dan's is so much wider and makes me wish I had a full frame camera.


Our cameras:


We set up under the scoreboard, where the two teams film their tapes. Circled in red are our cameras.




Click here for Dan's shot
]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Football_vs_Michigan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:41:49 EST Football vs Michigan http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Football_vs_Michigan
Daryll Clark fumbles on the second drive.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 400)

Evan Royster breaks through the pack to score

(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 400)


(Canon 40D, 200mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Click the link below to see more pictures.

Continue Reading Football vs Michigan]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Homecoming_Pep_Rally Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:28:51 EST Homecoming Pep Rally http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Homecoming_Pep_Rally

(Canon 40D, 50mm, 1/3, f/2, ISO 1250)


(Canon 40D, 50mm, 1/3, f/2, ISO 1250)


(Canon 40D, 50mm, 1/3, f/2, ISO 1250)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/1000, f/2, ISO 800)

Derrick Williams plays his harmonica at the Pep Rally.
(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/320, f/2, ISO 1600)]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Canon_1D Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:15:02 EST New Canon 1D http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Canon_1D

(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/640, f/5.6, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 420mm, 1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 200)]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Soccer_Remote_Cameras Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:59:30 EST Soccer Remote Cameras http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Soccer_Remote_Cameras Magic Arms, super clamps, and various other Bogen camera mounts. After probably 5 Women's Soccer games, I finally got some moderately cool shots. I've been shooting a ton of sports lately; expect more football shots to come soon.

Remote setup for Women's Soccer vs. Northwestern:




(Canon Digital Rebel XT, 50mm, 1/200, f/4, ISO 800)


(Canon Digital Rebel XT, 50mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 800)

Not a remote shot but nonetheless, very cool.
(Canon 40D, 300mm, 1/320, f/4, ISO 3200)]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Panoramas_are_fun! Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:24:08 EST Panoramas are fun! http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Panoramas_are_fun! Dan shooting pictures of The Thumb if you look close enough. Check it out.



(It requires Adobe Shockwave which can be downloaded for free here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/)]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Back_from_Europe Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:59:27 EST Back from Europe http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Back_from_Europe http://picasaweb.google.com/maxwellk/EuropeanDelivery.

We started in Munich, went east to Freiburg, to visit Chris and Berni at the university there, then went down through eastern Switzerland and also hit up Austria and Italy. Then we got news that we could visit Chateau Miraval, the Chateau that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are renting out and going to buy for $70M, if we could make it down to the south of France by the next morning. We drove through the night, got a few hours of sleep, and visited the next day. Did wine tasting and also got a tour of the studio there that such albums as Pink Floyd's The Wall and Rammstein's Mutter were recorded. Got to listen to the albums in the same space they were originally recorded! Then we headed down to Cannes and Nice and spend two days there, each. On the last day, we took 3 hours before we had to turn the car in and drove the Col de Turini. Amazing road, wish that we had spent more time on it!

I carried a small GPS receiver with me which recorded the route. I've downloaded the trip files and wrote a little web app to see the route that we took. Check it out here - http://www.maxwellkruger.com/europeandelivery/. If you turn on high detail, you can actually zoom in and see to the foot exactly where we were at most stages of the trip. If it's running too slow for you, try to turn down the detail. Also, this means that most of the photos are geotagged so if you open them up in PicasaWeb, they will show a little map in the bottom right hand corner. You can also open them all up in Google Earth.






Continue Reading Back from Europe]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Off_to_Europe Sat, 24 May 2008 12:16:39 EST Off to Europe http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Off_to_Europe

Click on the photo to enlarge.
]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Photo_Portfolio Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:27:01 EST New Photo Portfolio http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Photo_Portfolio
www.photomaxwell.com

]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Photography_Portfolio Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:33:56 EST Photography Portfolio http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=Photography_Portfolio http://www.maxwellkruger.com/photo.

I created this about 3 weeks ago and am already working on a new version using a custom flash viewer that I'm writing.

]]> http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Panorama_Site Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:12:07 EST New Panorama Site http://www.maxwellkruger.com/index.cfm?Page=blog/entry&e=New_Panorama_Site www.maxwellkruger.com/panoramas.

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