Alasdair is a friend of mine who is leaving the shores of New Zealand to spend a few years living back in his homeland of whisky, tartan skirts and roasted sheep’s guts; yip, he’s heading to Scotland. I caught up with Alasdair for a beer before he headed off and took the opportunity to take some urban portraits while we were out.

We stopped for a beer at His Lordships – a really neat little place in SOL square, which is styled as a historic English pub. SOL Square is one of the collections of lane-ways within Christchurch that has been gentrified. These areas makes for great photographs and I have blogged about similar urban portraits that I have taken here before.

EF28-70mm f/2.8 L lens at ISO800, f/2.8, 1/160. Ambient light only.

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I first came across Kevin Winzeler’s work on a Strobist post featuring a behind the scenes video from one of his photoshoots. I am always interested to see how other photographers are working their craft and get a sneak peak into how they operate.

In this article I have linked to 3 of Kevin’s behind the scenes videos and Kevin was also kind enough to answer a few question about his photography.

Kevin Winzeler is a Utah based commercial and advertising photographer. He has an impressive portfolio to his name and some high profile clients under his belt such as Real Salt Lake, Salomon Sports and Mountain Hardware.

His work focuses predominantly on creating images that promote an active lifestyle and he takes pride in finding new and interesting ways to create visually exciting and immersive images. This is what I really like about his photography – I really enjoy imagery that offers a fresh and interesting perspective.

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Recently I bought a new watch. As a photographer, I did what any crazy normal photographer would do – I took lots of photos of it.

Needless to say, after taking a bunch of product shots of my watch I was all excited and needed something else to photograph… but what next?

The only thing that came to hand was a pack of mints. But these weren’t just any mints; they were a girly and very pink tin of peppermint mints – complete with a slide away compact mirror. Don’t leave home without one.

I swear they weren’t my mints. Honest.

I bought this watch when I was in Canada. It is made by the well known Canadian brand Roots.

How to bring out the best in a product

I enjoy the challenge of product photography. It’s not as simple as it might seem. Getting an exposed and in focus image is one thing; however, bringing out the best in a product is something else all together.

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Lens Flare is your friend. Point your camera in the direction of the sun and see what happens.

Sharon and I were out on a portrait shoot this evening. When we arrived home the sun was setting at the end of our street casting long shadows and awesome bright sun streaks along the pavement and down the street. We took the opportunity to take a few portraits against the fence outside our house.

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