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Katrina Lewis. A multi talent model

I met Katrina during one of the FTV Diamond  Model Awards nights a few weeks ago and took a few photo of her.

Straight away, I saw in Katrina the potentials of a model. The way she talks, the way she poses and the way she acts like a model, naturally.

Katrina Lewis. Photo by Thierry

It is then no surprise that we plan a shoot together and I can confirm that more than being a model very fun and easy to work with, she has other talents. Katrina is an athlete swimmer (Katrina won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing), ballroom dancer, make up artist, lecturer and is a very fun model. Yeah, I already said that but it’s worth to mention again 🙂

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Soph-Ea, a flying blue dream

Al most two months after the shoot, I finally found .. euh.. took some time to edit the behind the scene shoot with Soph-Ea.

Thank you for your patient Soph. You’re an awesome model to shoot.

You may have seen some images posted back to the time of the shoot, here come a few new ones with different edit techniques and effects.

The Behind the scene video is a must see.

Soph-Ea by Thierry. Nomad Photography 2009

Check out more after the jump.

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Canon 7D and Nikon D700 Confrontation

Updated the confrontation between the Canon 7D and the Nikon D700.

The test is mainly focused on the AF system of these two cameras in Ai Servo, for Canon, and Continuous AF for Nikon.

Video of the scene in HD:

A quick test of the new Canon AF system on the 7D in Ai Servo mode at 8 fps.

Cameras used: Canon 7D and Nikon D700

Lenses used: Canon 70-200 f2,8 IS L USM and Nikon 70-200 f2,8 AF-S VR G

Cameras settings:

Tv/T: 1/8000 sec

Av/A: f:2.8

ISO: 800

Ai Servo @ 8fps for the Canon 7D

Continuous AF @ 5fps for the Nikon D700

Center AF point used.

Both cameras have been placed on a tripod with their IS and VR turned OFF.

The speed of the subject is towards the camera at a stabilized speed of 60 km/h

The Canon 7D is set of AF priority and we only have 67 frames out of the theoretical 80 frames for the 10 seconds squeeze of the trigger.

The Nikon D700 gave a consistent 42 frames for 8.3 seconds squeeze of the trigger.

Details of this test and 100% crop galleries on www.photoerrant.com

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