Picture Stories by Stephen Alvarez

construction

I am supposed to be moving tomorrow. New space, lots of room but as you can see from the picture I shot this afternoon it looks like things aren't quite done yet. This is what the placed looked like before.

Construction never happens as quickly as planned and I am used to that. 

But what I can't figure out is why ATT can't tell me how much a phone is. 3 calls to them, 3 different answers... Think I will be moving into a totally skype based world.

-Stephen Alvarez

Tongariki Ahu, Easter Island

I am absolutely snowed under with work this week, so how about some pictures with very little commentary? 

Tongariki Ahu on Easter Island. What a beautiful place.

-Stephen Alvarez

storm blows in on St George Island

Dramatic skies in the south this weekend. This huge storm blew in while we were at the beach. Tomorrow, back to work.

-Stephen Alvarez

vacation

We're on vacation this week so any posts will be sporadic at best. Back on it next week with a full review of the Glidecam 2000.

-Stephen Alvarez

Doorway to the Underworld, Temple 22 Copán Honduras

A reproduced doorway of temple 22. It is known as the puerto de los infermos, Doorway to the underworld. The glyphs clearly show that the Maya viewed this door as being in the cave of the temple.

I always seem to be making my lighting technique up as I go. I knew for months that I had to photograph this doorway at Copán, but instead of packing cases of lights, I headed to Honduras with my assistant and little more than a camera bag. We made arrangements with the site director to visit after hours and then headed to the hardware store. For $200 I bought enough copper wire to tap into some power lines near the doorway and we hooked up strings of regular household bulbs to light the place up.

It is always good to be able to think on your feet.

-Stephen Alvarez

Sadie, Sewanee Tennessee

A quick shot from my morning walk yesterday. Beautiful morning.

-Stephen Alvarez

more from the edge of the empty quarter

Two more photos from the edge of the Empty Quarter in Oman. It is not often that I travel with a writer. Writers and Photographers need such different things out of an assignment. We also tend to get on each other's nerves. But I spent several months in Oman with writer Greg Crouch once and we became good friends.

Smoke Break, Empty Quarter, Oman

On the edge of the Empty Quarter looking for the fabled city of Ubar, Oman.

-Stephen Alvarez

Beating a dead horse, sound for the canon 5D MK II continued

Also called Cinema Tools your new best friend.

UPDATE if you are having trouble synching sound with the canon 5d MK II and another sound source read THIS and THIS. The post below may lead you astray

jump, sewanee tennessee

Weather's bad here and we are all going a little buggy...

-Stephen Alvarez