Photos of the Eclipse that ocurred Febraury 20, 2008

At 9:43 PM Atlantic time of the 20th of febraury 2008 a total eclipse occured.
The partial eclipse begins as the Moon's eastern edge slowly moves into the Earth's umbral shadow. During the partial phases, it takes just over an hour for the Moon's orbital motion to carry it entirely within the Earth's dark umbra. The color and brightness of the totally eclipsed Moon can vary considerably from one eclipse to another. Dark eclipses are caused by volcanic gas and dust which filters and blocks much of the Sun's light from reaching the Moon. But since no major volcanic eruptions have taken place recently, the Moon will probably take on a vivid red or orange color during the total phase. After the total phase ends, it is once again followed by a partial eclipse as the Moon gradually leaves the umbral shadow.

The total phase of a lunar eclipse is called totality. At this time, the Moon is completely immersed within the Earth's dark umbral shadow. During the February 20 eclipse totality will last just under 50 minutes.

Say Good Bye to the Moon

A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.

This is a great opportunity to record this event using photography... Let's do it!

Read more at NASA website...

Model Shooting Video

Check this episode of taking photos with flashes outside...

Joe McNally The Moment It Clicks Video

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The video above was done as an introduction Joe McNally’s upcoming book, “The Moment it Clicks,” well wroth buying the book if you didn’t get it for xmas.

How to pack your Photo Equipment

Today I was surfing the web and I found this interesting Video. I use to pack my equipment as the explain. Good reference for photographers.

Some Macro Images

Today, the first day of 2008 I spend some time in the house of my parents, celebrating with them the new year. As always, i had my camera and because of that, I was able to cacht this bee flying around. This image was done with a Nikor 60MM lens and a D200 camera.

Photo Studio Work

During last week I was working in some project related to photography lighting in my studio. Here you can see some example of what I did. This work was done using soft panels to avoid hard shadows, several source of light ( strobe flashes, two of them ) and my Nikon D200 camera.
With the equipment addition we did during christmas time to our home studio, now we are able to do high quality commercial photography, fashion, portrait and creative still images.

Enjoy the work!