VerveCast

Last month we held the first “Z2 Photo Challenge” where people were challenged to shoot a specific subject, which just happened to be this old red chair that was in the photo studio.

Now, keep in mind, not everyone at Z2 is a photographer. The challenge was not about technical abilities, but about how you look at things… how you see things. If people needed technical help, they got it, so no one had an unfair advantage.

We ended up have having a nice little critique of the photos when we were all done. (No one got to see all of the photos until the critique, and everyone got to explain and discuss their work.)

Since it’s near the end of March, we really need to get the next challenge figured out. It’s a great way to take a break and do something different, and see how others you work with view things.

The photos are below… Enjoy!

Photo by Cory.

Photo by Deb.

Photo by Kerry.

Photo by Pete.

Photo by Troye.

Photo by Justin.

Photo by Mario.

Photo by Tony.

Photo by Dana. *

* While this wasn’t really a competition, and there was no “winner”, Cory did have a favorite shot, and it was Dana’s. (Congrats Dana!)

We had a 2009 Cadillac CTS in the studio last week for a shoot, and here’s our favorite shot.

Here’s a few shots of us doing the setup. We wanted to shoot on black, with minimal lighting, just enough to highlight the car dramatically. I think we did pretty well…

We’ve only been in the new studio about 6 months now, but the fact that we can drive cars and trucks right into it is a great feature we plan to take full advantage of.

Z2 Photo is proud to be sponsoring the very first PhotoCampMilwaukee, which will be held Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Bucketworks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I know that right now you’re asking… What is PhotoCampMilwaukee?

PhotoCampMilwaukee is a BarCamp-like event fully focused on photography. It’s an ad-hoc “un-conference” where people who love photography can get together and teach what they know, and learn what they don’t. It’s about sharing in an open environment. Everyone has experience to share, and getting everyone together in one place, for a full day, seems like a great way to do it.

Take a look at the web site at PhotoCampMilwaukee.org for all the info. Pete will be there (he’s helping organize this thing) and Cory will also be there, hoping to share his insights on how photographers should look at things from different perspectives. Join us…. We hope to see you there.

They call it “Big Foot” and yes, it’s one big truck… but we had no problem getting it into our photo studio.

The Z2 Photo studio actually has a drive in garage door, as well as a loading dock, which comes in handy when we need to get big things in here.