Dave Hill Photo

Thailand pics

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:38:20 PDT

Demaree and I recently had the change to go to Thailand for a job. The week following the shoot was spent editing the project and shooting some film during our spare time. Here's the Flickr link.... THAILAND SET

Nikonos V - Fuji Neopan 400

Ok Go

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:35:13 PDT

Leica M6 - Fuji Acros 100

New Flickr page for personal work

Fri, 14 May 2010 23:12:32 PDT

I just created a Flickr.com page for showing some of my personal BW film work that doesn't make it to my main website. I'll update as much as possible. I started by uploading 3 new shoots of some up-and-coming actors. Enjoy!

www.flickr.com/davehillphoto

Demaree's Music Video

Thu, 06 May 2010 22:22:26 PDT

Caleb Kuhl and I decided to play around with our friend's Canon 7D last month. We did two music vids in 2 back-to-back days. This first one is of my wife Demaree. She wrote the song and my brother Brad produced the track. (def a family colaboration!) It was shot with just the 24-70, a collapsable reflector, and Caleb and I as the crew. haha. The second video, of our friend Libby, will be done soon, and I'll post that as well. Hope you enjoy!

New Photos and Behind the Scenes Vids Added!

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:52:23 PDT

I just finished my website update. Girl on an Adventure Part II is finally done! Check out the behind the scenes video for some fun (and some not-so-fun) times! Hopefully the lens flares won't be too "JJ Abrahms" for you. :-)

Many thanks to my wife for putting up with sooooooo many unpaid hours of computer laboring!

Also new is the 2010 MGM Wet Republic ad and the Verizon Ad. In the Music section, check out Three 6 Mafia and Jeffree Star.

I wish I had more to add to my personal BW section, but alas, only a few music updates.

Also, I've started a Twitter account (twitter.com/davehillphoto) , and it looks like someone started a Facebook fan page for me too, pretty cool! Please excuse their broken English :) (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dave-Hill-Photography/46409023765).

Anyway, I'm hoping for more cool things to come from 2010. Stay tuned!

Digital SLR magazine article

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:20:21 PST

I just got some copies of an article that Digital SLR magazine just did on the Adventure Series (March, 2010 issue). It looks great! It's a UK-based magazine, but should be available in bigger bookstores here in the states. They ran all 6 photos, along with an interview, composite breakdowns, and for the last shot in the series, about 8 of the raw files used in making it. Enjoy!

ps- I'm sorry I didn't make my December 09 release day for Part II of the series. Hopefully they will be done in March!

Twitter

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:21:12 PST

I can't believe i'm doing this.....

www.twitter.com/davehillphoto

Dr. Ralph H. Didier - 1927-2010

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:45:56 PST

My grandfather Ralph just passed away about an hour ago. He was a pastor almost his entire life (besides some time in the army). He spent 25 years as the founder and head of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Orange, CA. I was very lucky to have 30 years with him. From shooting guns and riding motorcycles in the desert as a kid, to trips to Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and Hawaii in later years, we had a lot of great times together. Some of my favorite memories were just sitting at the breakfast table with he and my grandma, discussing theology or the latest newspaper headlines. Ralph was such a unique mix of a rugged world traveler and of a tender, compassionate man, who loved his wife, family, and Jesus up to his last breath. He was truly an inspiration to me, and will be missed dearly. I love you Grandpa!

2009 - Leica M6 - Fuji Neopan 1600

Chad Brannon - 11.13.09

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:40:20 PST

Leica M6 - Fuji Acros 100
(i used lights on this one, I cheated. sorry.)

Key West, FL - 2am - 10.30.09

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:44:45 PST

Mamiya 7 - Fuji Acros 100

Tahoe Road Trip - 10.23.09

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:15 PST

Some friends and I drove to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. I documented....

Leica M6 - Fuji Acros 100 + 400

Petru, Ghian, Kris - Mojave Mineshaft

Petru, Ghian, Kris - Mojave Mineshaft Entrance

Food on the 395

Petru awake

Petru 15 minutes later

Taylor Creek Salmon viewing

Ghian and Ringo

Cliche trees

Tehachapi, CA - My 30th Birthday

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:20:51 PST

Demaree surprised me with an intro flying lesson for my 30th birthday at the Santa Monica Airport! Afterwards, we drove to Tehachapi, had some lunch, and drove around. Fun day!
30 sucks though.

Mamiya 7 - Fuji Acros 100

Girl on an Adventure - Part II "The Depths"

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:07:53 PDT

Arriving December 2009

Saddleback Butte and the San Grabriels - 10.4.09

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:19:27 PDT

Bronica SQ-Ai - 6x6 - Fuji Acros 100 and 400 - red filter on some

Bad Call 2

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:02:48 PDT

So I decided it would be cool to super-clamp my 5D2 to my motorcycle with a 15mm fisheye. It lasted the entire day with no problems (except that I probably need some sort of dampened camera mount to control the nasty jitter). Unfortunately while we were driving home on the freeway, I hit a decent size bump and "woosh!", the entire front element of the fisheye flew off behind us. What a waste.

Bye Bye Fisheye from Dave Hill on Vimeo.

Kris and Petru, Alejandro's, Carlsbad

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:28:12 PDT

Norco Rodeo

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:27:35 PDT

Dad

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:10:02 PDT

Airplane window

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:03:56 PDT

Why is it that I still get excited looking out the window in airplanes? If it's clear out, I spend most of every flight with my face mashed against the window. This past month, I flew to Orlando for a WWE shoot and then to Nashville, for my brother Brad's wedding. Both flights had some incredible views and I happened to have a pile of cameras in my lap (seriously, the people sitting next to me thought I was a little boy.) Here is a mixture of 35mm and 6x7 from the window of my Southwest airlines flights.

Click HERE for the gallery.

3D!

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:28:22 PDT

Some of you may have noticed the dual-camera setup in the Adventure series behind-the-scenes video. I bought a second 28mm lens and borrowed a friend's Canon 5D and shot the girl and her motorcycle with stereo cameras.

I was watching Spy Kids 3D a few months back, and thought to myself... that could easily be done with still photography! I went online to see that lots of people are already doing this, and there are some point and shoot cams that take stereo 3D images. But mostly the images are of still-life objects, so I decided to experiment with people for a few weeks until I got the distances down. After I felt somewhat confident, I busted out the rig for 1 of the 6 Adventure shots. I wish I had shot them all that way now!

So far, this is the only setup I've shot in 3D, and I haven't done the composite that way, just the original shot. (still trying to figure out how on earth to do a composite in 3D, even cloning out a pole in both shots looks awful in 3d)

Anyway, click HERE to see the image large! (you will need a pair of red/blue stereo glasses, or some colored gels)