Comic Con Tampa 2015

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Michael

I had a wonderful time again this year at Comic Con, despite the miserable rain. Thank you everyone for being so pleasant and agreeing to having your image taken. You may remember my weird Flash set up. It is made by my friend Scott Krebs at SaberStrip here in St Petersburg and helps produce great light and pictures. Sean Neumayer was also beside me taking photos and we are members of Tampa Modeling photography association  (meetup) and also the Tampa Bay Strobist & Photoshop Collective Meetup where I am an Assistant Organizer. If you want to model for us or improve your photography or modeling skills, you can contact us through the website links provided. They are large, welcoming and friendly groups.
Here are a few of my first images


The link to all my current images is at www.MichaelSheehanPhotos.com/ComicCon15. I plan to update with time. Please let me know if you saw your photo, or if there is a problem with it. If you click on an image, a larger higher resolution image will open up which you can download and print for non commercial purposes only. On top of this Hi res Photo, there is a “Next” button that you can flick through all the pictures, rather than just the thumbnails. I hope you enjoy the images, (though some are a little disturbing).

Please leave a comment on the blog. If you have any questions or special requests please don’t hesitate to email me. I can provide you even higher resolution files if you want big images printed. Further enhancements to the photos can also be done on request. If your image does not appear on the site yet, please let me know.
If you use them, I would appreciate a small donation toward my time and equipment, through the Donate button on the front page of my website. Thank you especially to the young woman who unsolicited, silently gave me 2 coins and a ring after I took her picture at the Con. Your kindness is much appreciated.

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Panoramic image of Florida Polytechnic University

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Michael

Florida Polytechnic University.

Florida Polytechnic University.


Had to capture another image of this very cool building, as the sun went down, when I passed by near sunset 6 weeks ago. Had to try some new gear, a new carbon fiber travelling tripod, and finally got around to processing the image in the new Lightroom 6, just released today, merging 8 images to make 2 panoramics which were then merged in onOne Photosuite into the image you see here. Enjoy!

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Hillsborough River by Canoe

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Michael

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Sunday last, I took my nephew Mikey on a 4 hour canoe trip down the Hillsborough River. We put in at Sargeant park, and detoured up Flint creek to find some alligators.

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Having found some fat ones of up to about 12 feet long, we used our light weight bent back paddles to pass the calm tree-lined shores, and found a relaxing spot to enjoy our packed lunch, before finally beaching our trusty craft at Trout Creek Park.

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Kept my camera gear (Nikon D600, N 28-70 2.8, N 70-200,2.8 and Tamron 10-24mm) in a Pelican Case to avoid mishap though I have not fallen out of my canoe in very many years.

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A spectacular day, comfortably warm, with easy paddling on great water made for a very enjoyable time.

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Found objects

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Michael

I was in Tallahassee last weekend at my daughter Aisling’s volleyball tournament (finished 2nd place overall) but took the time between games to explore the neighborhood with my GPS and camera.  I have been seeking and finding Geocaches for many years and often find interesting places and people as a result. With 2.5 million geocaches hidden worldwide, there is always a geocache near you! You can use your smartphone and Geocaching.com to track locally hidden caches like this: http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4B4XG_rr2?guid=9047d62e-1e2e-422a-aabd-d088531602cb.

We were playing Volleyball the first day in Florida A+M, and I found a great little geocache in Railroad Square Art Park. What a great little place with numerous facilities for artists and things to do! I got some interesting photos especially of the skull (on a shop wall) and various textures from buildings and sculptures. I created a composite from 3 images, the deer skull,  the texture of a cut palm and a rust covered sculpture. (animal, vegetable and mineral). The layered composite was assembled with OnOne perfect Suite. Check out your world. You never know what you will find!

Railroad Square art park composite

Railroad Square art park composite

 

 

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Gallopsville Cars, Model Shoot

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Michael

I completed another model shoot with the Tampa Bay Modeling Meetup Group last Sunday and had the opportunity to shoot some cool images with some great models, both automotive and human! Shot with one Alien B 800 in a softbox, edited in Lightroom and also with OnOne Perfect PhotoSuite 9. Brittiny brought her A-Game and made it easy. Enjoy. MFS_9971MFS_9984

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Florida Polytechnic University

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Michael

I have passed this amazing building just past Lakeland on 1-4 many times and had been fascinated by its construction. This IST (Innovation, Science and Technology) Building, designed by renowned Spanish architect Dr. Santiago Calatrava, is an oval 160,000-square-foot white domed structure. It has a distinctive louvered roof system and is surrounded by a ring of curved metal pergolas that shade its outer terrace and walkways. The two-story building was completed in 2014, and is surrounded by a group of 7 terraced lakes. I finally had the opportunity to wander around it around sunset, and was even given a guided tour by a very friendly security staff member, when I got to see their IBM supercomputer, the 3-D printing labs, and also labs for nanotechnology, and cybersecurity. There were only 3 students inside studying on this Sunday evening, and Carlos from Argentina was gracious enough to be photographed studying off the main hall. Do go and visit this beautiful building.MFS_9534MFS_9471 MFS_9462MFS_9297 MFS_9489 MFS_9520  MFS_9555 MFS_9562MFS_9631 MFS_9588 MFS_9597

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Aisling: Tampa Bay Volleyball player of the Year

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Michael

MFS_7340-2 MFS_7377-2My daughter Aisling has just been named Tampa Bay Times, Volleyball Player of the year. As their Outside hitter, she captained her Carrollwood Day School High School team to the Finals of the State Championship a few weeks back. She had the highest number of Kills per game during this last High School season, of any other High School volleyball player in Florida. We are very proud of her and her team achievement. Pasco County Player of the year Sarah Sprague will be playing with Aisling and the rest of Tampa Elite team during the club season, starting this week.

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Equine Rescue and models

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Michael

Had a great time with my models and photo buddies from the Tampa Modeling Photography Association last week at the Equine rescue in Carrolwood in Tampa.MFS_9784 MFS_9786 MFS_9885 MFS_9358 MFS_9615-2 MFS_9674

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Motor Bike Model Shoot

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Michael
Brandi on her Harley

Brandi on her Harley

MFS_5095 MFS_5110Had a wonderful time Sunday evening with my meetup buddies trying to capture some Biking photos for Girl Riders a local women’s bike club. Took the opportunity to try out my AlienBee 800s and softbox outside for the first time. Luckily a large storm came in around twilight which allowed for some dramatic images. postprocessed with lightroom and OnOne Perfect Photosuite 8.

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Carrollwood High School Graduation Cap Throw

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Michael
The Last Hurrah! High School Graduation completed!

The Last Hurrah! Carrollwood High School Graduation completed!

My second son Hugo graduated from this excellent high school Sunday thanks to his teachers and advisors there. He is accepted to the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida to study Computer science this fall. He is 6’4″ at the back on the right with glasses. To make this photo, I stood beside the official photographer who was on the top of a ladder. I stood on the ground, switched on live view and raised my D600 as high as I could and composed the photograph from the screen on the back of the Nikon. I set it on Continuous High Speed to ensure that at least 1 photo would have him on screen. Luckily one of the eight photos did! The problem was that the left side of the group threw their caps up before the right side, so with the later images there were more caps on the right. It was easy to add back the missing caps from the right hand side using masking in layers. D600, 1/200, f13, ISO 125, 28mm with 28-70 Nikon 2.8 lens.

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