Merry Christmas | Borrowlenses

I'm sure you've already seen the video but just wanted to get it up on the blog. What started as an attempt to a bullet time photo experiment turned into an idea to make an insane Christmas tree for all the Borrowlenses fans and customers. It grew and grew. Literally.

Top is a pair of LitePanels MicroPro LED lights with CTO filters.
Second layer are a trio of GorillaPods and Canon D10, G12' and G10's.
Third layer down are 8 Nikon D3/D3s/D3x each with a Nikon 24-70 and Pocket Wizard Plus II mounted up top.
Fourth layer down is a combination of 8 Canon 5D Mark II and 7D's mounted with Canon 70-200 IS2's and 300L f/2.8s and 580EXII flashes up top.
Bottom layer are a pair of Canon 600L f/4's and Nikon 200-400VR's.
Gary Fong Lightspheres with gels as ornaments.
Canon and Nikon supertelephotos as gifts.
All mounted on every last tripod and tripohead we could find.

And everything else is just a random grab of gear. There's an LED light panel in the middle of the tree pointing upwards and two LED lights on the sides. And the Borrowlenses crew somewhere in there. Hope you guys like it!

Most Expensive Christmas Tree Ever from The Seventh Movement on Vimeo.

Here's a photo of the final product.

Ooo and a sidenote, my photo (well the unedited and horrible white balanced version) and Borrowlenses' moon experiment got posted up on Gizmodo.com. Yay!

http://gizmodo.com/5716810/how-do-you-reach-the-moon-with-your-slr-strap-on-five-huge-lens-extenders

Gymkhana Grid | Motorsports

Out of energy, out of ideas, out of inspiration, out of momentum, just running on empty.

Ken Block Gymkhana Grid Invitation at Toyota Speedway Irwindale.

Shot with :
Nikon D300
Nikon D700
Nikon 14-24
Nikon 24-70
Nikon 70-200 VRII
Nikon 200-400 VRII
Nikon TC-17EII
Nikon SB600

Tessa & Mike | Wedding

Been a pretty busy/crazy/epic/tiring/exhausting/crazy again couple of months. Shot this wedding back in...um...September? Fun weekend. Work at Borrowlenses in the morning, then rush out to shoot this wedding, then rush to Fluid San Francisco to shoot the party and Formula Drift early the next morning. Don't stop get it get it.

Anywho.
This wedding was a last minute addition from Mr. Kong Iv photos. Started out at the bride and groom's newly remodeled town house in San Jose. Nope I didn't have a cupcake but they look effin good don't they. Quick photos of Mike getting ready and follow the bride out to Alfaro Vineyards in the Santa Cruz mountains. Awesome awesome small wedding with less than twenty attending, including me and Kong. Hung out with the bride in the back of the vineyard waiting for the rest of the bridal party to get ready.

I'm completely blank right now. Enjoy the photos! Questions, comments, cupcakes, send them my way!

Shot with :

Nikon D300
Nikon D300
Nikon 17-55
Nikon 70-200 VR2
Nikon 10.5 Fish
sigNikon 30 f1.4
Nikon SB600
Nikon SB24
PCB CyberSync

Oh! and ridiculous good food at the end of the night. Not a big dinner but ton of small plates prepared by their chef, a mojito, and a warm summer night on the patio. *high five*

The Moon | Borrowlenses

A KRSOne Kurt and Wong collabo.

Shot with :
Nikon D300
Nikon 600 f/4 VRII
Nikon TC-20EII
Kurt's ridiculous carbon fiber monster tripod that could probably take over a small country if necessary.

San Francisco Giants Dominate The World Series

Not much to say about this one other than HELL YEAH WORLD SERIES.
The guys at work decided to join the madness at Civic Center and watch what would be the final game of the 2010 World Series. Absolutely manic. Civic Center was packed from City Hall all the way down to the Asian Art Museum and was a sea of orange and black. Still somewhat recovering from this, photogs remember : pack light; carrying a bunch of gear sucks!

Check out Matt and Jason's photos at :

www.methodikalgee.com
www.onetimephotos.com

Shot with :

Nikon D300
Nikon 17-55 f/2.8
Nikon 10.5 FishEye

Bunch of these photos were shot with my camera mounted on a monopod and shoved 15 feet straight up in the air trigger by Pocket Wizards. Wanted to go for a different view and angle, let me know what you think.