This apparently is the masked villain that has been spotted down around Northcliffe in the South West of Western Australia.

Eye witnesses say that although quite scarey, they could not help but to laugh quite uncontrollably. They believed at first that he was a super hero as, yes indeed, he was wearing RED undies on the outside of his attire.

It is said that he stalked a pretty young photographic model during a photoshoot that was happening down there a few weeks ago. He then apparently grabbed her and ran into the forrest. She somehow did return unscaved, but has yet to speek of her ordeal apart from muttering that yes "he was faster then a speeding bullet". She was only missing for a few minutes.

There is a rumor that one enterprising young (el) photographo managed to capture the events, but alas nothing as yet... ;-)

Anyhow, How lucky was I to have him accidentally stumble into an area of which I had set up my camera (on timer) and three flashes.

Smart Flash 99c (Wireless Triggered) Monster left 45deg bounced of foamboard (can be seen in his sunnies).
Sunpac 4000f (eos) slave trigger 1/16th power monster right small DIY Softbox.
Small ebay Slave flash directly behind facing up.

Anyhow, first photographic evidence of the much feared (yet strangely familiar) villain.

To Be Continued


(Diablo?)

Originally conceptualized for the Digital Photographer Philippines Readers Gallery Challenge "Fire". I wanted to portray the power and speed usually associated with "fire".

Had to experiment a lot on handling and capturing the flames just the way I wanted it to be and yes, those flames are real. Final mix I needed 1.6 seconds only to capture the flames full spread. Have I mentioned this is a "Self Portrait" which made it doubly harder to shoot. So here goes the lone warrior of the road, the "Midnight Rider".

Strobist Info: One Canon 430EX left side, height- 7ft high, no diffusion, on manual 3/4 power, pointing down to rider. Second strobe, Sunpak 383 set at 1/2 power, with red gel, on right side, height-6 1/2 ft. Manual metered ambient light, flash triggered wireless by cactus.

Flames by second assistant with an improvised flame thrower. (kids dont try this at home) Lights, flame on, action, shoot...

Logistics: two assistants, two strobes, one can flame thrower, one camera, one rider, one bike, one photograph...