Photographing the Stars

Shooting the stars it's something I would really like to do, but so far I haven't yet had the occasion or the time to do it seriously. Especially the Milky Way is something really fascinating that... What? You thought I was talking about the other "stars", the ones from Hollywood... I see.

Well, that would not be bad either, but it's certainly more difficult than pointing the camera to the sky during clear nights. Anyway, the world premiere of Mockingjay - Part 1 and the upcoming release of the movie in theaters, brought back to my memory that I did take some shots of part of the cast, a few months ago. I had never edited those photos, so I worked a little on them and here they are. Conditions were not so good so I had to push my ISO quite a bit and that comes out in the final photos. But in the end I kind of like them. And... well, pardon me if I concentrated most of my shots on Natalie... I think you'll understand...

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@85mm f/5.0 1/125sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/50sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/100sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/100sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/125sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/250sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/160sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@84mm f/5.0 1/250sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/200sec ISO3200 + 0.67

             EOS 5D Mark III – Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM@105mm f/5.0 1/320sec ISO3200 + 0.67

Masters of Movie-Making

It's always a pleasure to meet with Richard Taylor and the folks from Weta. This group always amazes me for the great props, sets, miniatures, costumes and merchandising they do. The details and overall quality is outstanding. And the fact that the same people working on the movie are doing also the collectibles, it's certainly a winning move.

                                     24mm f/4 1/40 sec ISO 2000

But they are not only terrific in the movie industry, they are also all very nice people to talk to, and it's been great to say hi to Richard and some of the artists who worked on The Hobbit and taking that opportunity to get their new book just come out!

              47mm f/5.6 1/80 sec ISO 6400