I recently invented a simple and low cost do-it-yourself (DIY) snoot made from a 3 x 24″ mailing tube, tennis ball can caps/lids and black matte spray paint. Before this I had been experimenting with a soda/beer can koozie (pictured below) and realized that the mailing tubes I was using for another project fit perfectly...
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Tags: 580exII, 5D, beer koozie snoot, canon, Chris Keeney Photography, colored-gels, create, diffuser, DIY, do-it-yourself, experiment, explore, flash, green, Homemade, hot shoe flash, inexpensive, invention, red, snoot, strobe, strobes
The great thing about being a portrait and event photographer is that you get to meet a lot of really nice people. The moment I met Allison and her boyfriend Garret, I knew that they were those kind of people. People that value photography and know that everyone needs to work together in order to...
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Tags: 2009, birthday party, California, celebrate, chriskeeneyphoto.com, cielo club, Event, mocktails, party, rancho santa fe, San Diego, teens
Recently I went on a really nice walk with my daughter. At the time her school was having half dats and her brother was busy with a friend, so that left just the two of us. I suggested we get out of the house and go do something. I mentioned a few things and...
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Tags: 5D, 85mm, Add new tag, California, EOS, f/1.2, freckles, i love you, my daughter, nikki, Portrait, San Diego, smile
On February 21 I had the privilege of being hired to photograph Jeff and Frank’s 20th wedding anniversary party at the beautiful Hotel Solamar in the San Diego Gaslamp. I started the night by meeting Jeff and Frank in the hotel lobby to create some formal portraits before we headed up to the pool deck....
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Tags: 2009, Andreas Wolkerstorfer, California, celebrate, dancing, Event, gaslamp, gay-couple, hotel solamar, jeff-and-frank's-20th, outside, party, pool-deck, San Diego, wedding-anniversary
“A lot has changed in communication technologies since I made my first pinhole camera thirty years ago. Oddly enough all these new high tech toys have made taking photographs with my various pinhole cameras even more rewarding. I’m not the only one who feels this way. One can see by the numerous pinhole websites (including...
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Tags: 2009, artist, canadian, ck-monthly-pinhole-photographer-feature, ck-pinhole-feature, dianne bos, feature, france, inspire, italy, lensless, march, no-lens, paris, Photographer, Photography, photos, Pinhole, pinhole camera book, pinhole photographer, pinhole-workshops, teacher, workshops, www.diannebos.com