[ Note: I know some of you have seen a few of these photos in the snapshot thread, but I wanted to make a thread for this because why not and I'm excited! ]
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I'm pretty excited about this --
For the first time (ever), my work is hanging somewhere other than my house or my office.
Here's the backstory,
A buddy of mine and his business partners recently opened a new retail store, called GC Vapes, or Good Clean Vapes. They had their grand opening here in South Florida (in the city of Delray Beach). It's a vapor/e-cig/hookah products business.
Exciting for me because they decided to print 8 of my shots and feature them on the main wall inside the store. My photos of the store are also featured on
their website. They will print more and rotate them out over time to keep things fresh.
I went down to do a few shots of the store the day before the grand opening, so I thought I'd share the shoot here, with some comments.
These are shot with various lenses for effect and to showcase the store as well as details of some items and displays.
Camera used is Canon 6D. Here's a breakdown of the lenses I brought and their uses:
- Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L Tilt-Shift - used for full store architectural shots and some of the counters
- Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye - used for creative shots of the walls and logo
- Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake - used for all of the close-up detail type shots
Most of the TS-E and Fisheye shots were shot on a tripod, while all of the "pancake" detail shots were handheld.
1 - Large logo on wall creative shot (EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye @ 8mm, off camera flash)
This shot is a crazy 8mm fisheye shot of the GC Vapes logo on the wall. I wanted to highlight it with off camera flash (like a flood light) and used a green gel to match the store's ambiance. The flash was a 580EXII laying on the floor under the tripod, controlled by an ST-E2 transmitter mounted on the camera hotshoe.
GC Vapes Logo Extreme Fisheye by
ddk632, on Flickr
2 - The Store Shot (TS-E 17 f/4L, slight shift upwards from low angle)
So far 8 prints at 24x36 adorn the wall, this shot is with the TS-E 17, on tripod set up in the corner of the store, slightly shifted upward. You can see the beautifully designed store and counters, as well as the 8 photos on the left wall heading down the corridor.
GC Vapes Store Showcase by
ddk632, on Flickr
3 - Inverted Hookah on display (EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake)
GC Vapes Inverted Hookah Display Detail by
ddk632, on Flickr
4 - Large logo on wall (EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye @ 15mm)
GC Vapes Logo Fisheye by
ddk632, on Flickr
5 - Product detail shot (EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake)
GC Vapes Product Detail by
ddk632, on Flickr
6 - My photos on wall (EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye @ 8mm)
This shot is a fisheye detail of the wall and 4 of the photos. You can see some reflections of myself (bottom left, white shirt with Ducati logo), and store co-owner Casey and the in-house interior designer in the bottom right photo.
GC Vapes Photo Wall Fisheye by
ddk632, on Flickr