Schell Creative Studios

11/26/2023

More studio light practice last night. Loop light setup with one softbox camera right at about 20° to me and one light with a 7" reflector lighting the background. Split light setting with two softboxes directly out of frame either side of me and the same 7"reflector on the background.

08/12/2023

May I never grow tired of watching the rockets launch. I try to catch each one I can, and if I am able to swing it, I love heading out toward the beach with my camera in hand.
I ventured out last night to capture a photo of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch streaking over one of my favorite buildings in Brevard County, the Exploration Tower. I have attempted rocket photography several times to mixed results, some of which have been posted here on my page; however, I had yet to create a long exposure photo that made me feel like I really knew what I was doing.
To that end, I planned this photo with a combination of the Photo Pills app to visualize my camera’s field of view and where to position myself and Flightclub.io to study the trajectory of the rocket launch and make sure it lined up over the building properly. Honestly, I can’t be much more pleased with the result and I'm looking forward to getting this printed and up on my wall somewhere.
This is a 3-minute exposure, at F/11 with 6 stops of ND. I chose F/11 to minimize any diffraction issues from stopping down. It came out great minus one little issue, the 12mm lens was wide enough to see the frame of my ND filter holder (thankfully it’s mostly lost in the crop) which caused some funkiness on the edges of the photo.

08/07/2023

Distant thunderstorm over the Atlantic last night provided an excellent light show before and after the rocket launch.

08/07/2023

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching a new batch of starlink satellites last night, seen over cocoa beach pier. The rocket's path brought it south, which kept it from arcing as steeply as i thought it would, but I feel like I'm getting closer to making passable photos each time.

06/02/2023

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05/29/2023

Made a small scene to practice some techniques this afternoon. Smoke was provided by an incense cone, and lens flares are courtesy of a sheet of jewel stickers from the scrapbook section of Hobby Lobby (with a couple removed here and there to break it up some).

04/22/2023

Quick proof of concept shot. I found this lamp several months ago and have had "almost" this shot in my mind since. I think the corner of my bedroom was too tight of a space to get what I really want, but it felt good to set this up nonetheless.

04/21/2023

Beautiful view yesterday; Canova Beach. Shot on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 through my polarized sunglasses.

04/18/2023

Kyle Click

Is your name Kyle? Do you know anyone named Kyle? If so, get ready to gather ’round in Kyle, Texas to try to break a world record.

04/16/2023

I had planned on going back out to the air show after church, but I realized I forgot my wallet this morning and I would have needed to stop for gas on the way out there. I did however go out the wetlands first thing this morning (it's kinda become part of my Sunday tradition), and I captured some good shots of some birds enjoying the break in the rain.

04/16/2023

I felt like David Attenborough, or Steve Irwin, witnessing this marvelous sight of nature. A majestic Hercy Bird in its birdbath.
This C-130 is part of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick SFB, and can regularly be seen patrolling its territory.

04/16/2023

While I wasn't at the Cocoa Beach Airshow proper, I did stop by Patrick SFB to catch a C-130 coming back for a landing, and watch the takeoff. It's always a treat to watch such insanely skilled pilots do their thing.