Kevin Vandivier's blog

Fireworks over Lake Austin

Submitted by kevinv on Wed, 2010-08-25 18:47

Since I was in high school I’ve enjoyed shooting fireworks displays/celebrations. Just about every year I try to get out and shoot different fireworks displays. I always like to look for the unique versions. In my opinion, the big brand fireworks shows with big city skylines all look the same. Last year I found this show and shot if from down on the bridge.

Time Exposure Portraits

Submitted by kevinv on Fri, 2010-05-28 00:00

I have several very hard working interns and when I can I like to set up a photo shoot as a private workshop for them to say thanks for their hard work! So, recently we made arrangements with a carnival company to shoot on one of their Ferris wheels. Since my seventy something mom is the craziest actress I know, I asked her to be our model. As you can see, she came up with a great outfit and some scary make-up.

Lighting Workshop

Submitted by kevinv on Sun, 2010-04-25 18:16

In the not to distant past, I taught what is my favorite workshop to teach, "Masters Of Light". I won’t make some cheap pitch here for the workshop, but here is the url to my workshops in case your interested… www.texasphotoworkshops.com. I wanted to teach my students how to think wildly out of the box. My neighbor is Willie Nelson’s Golf Pro and he looks like he could be wild, but in fact he is gentle as they come. Well, unless you really piss him off and from what I’ve seen that is pretty hard to do.

Light Painting Workshop

Submitted by kevinv on Thu, 2010-03-25 18:37

Ever since I was in college studying photography at The University of Texas in the 70’s I loved painting with light in old cemetaries. When painting with light I feel like the flashlight is a paintbrush, light is my paint and film is the canvas. The real value-add is that no two images are ever the same. Throughout my thirty+ year career I have used light painting in countless situations and used fiber optic hoses, large strobes, neon bars, hand flashes, Q beams, flashlights, headlights, lanterns, fire, sparklers, pin lights, etc.

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