Peirao Group - April 2010

This past weekend was the first Peirao event of the summer. The group spent the day in downtown Peoria musing ourselves in the industrial area. We had a good turn out, 8 photographers, 3 models.

The Peirao Group is a local Peoria Illinois collective of photographers. We range from hobbyists to professionals and come together to share techniques and to just simply have a great time taking pictures. Often times, photographers can get hung up with making a profit and forget entirely why they first picked up a camera. We don't do that.






In Christ,
David Price
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Peirao Group - A Community of Photographers

Coming up in a couple of weeks in the first Peirao photographers events this Spring. We're going to be visiting the industrial areas of downtown Peoria Illinois. If you're an aspiring photographer or professional looking for a relaxed environment to share techniques and improve your portfolio our group is great for you!

The Peirao Group is personally project of mine, created in January 2009 to get me out and experimenting with new locations and new people. Below is video from one of the events last year...



In Christ,
David Price
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Wandering Around Peoria, IL

So for some reason I forgot post this... I went out with a friend, wandering the streets of the industrial locations of Peoria. For a small city, we really have a lot of interesting locations for great photos. Here's cross-section of approximately 5 blocks.




In Christ,
David Price
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THEMES: Fight Club

This past weekend we had our first "THEMES" Peirao event for the year. Our subject... a sequence of photos from a fight club event. While we had more photos we intended to shoots, we ran out of time and had to cut back on a rather ambitious schedule.

Here are the resulting images... hope you enjoy!



In Christ,
David Price
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Create Lighting Diagrams on your iPhone/iPod Touch

I just downloaded this sucker and I can already see it's potential. Actually I could see it's potential before I even downloaded it. What a great way to quickly show you assistants how to arrange the lights for a particular shoot. With the ability to create & save diagrams you can even doodle when you're board and come up with new ideas to test out in the future. It then allows you to save and send via email to anybody you'd like. Thanks to the guys over at Strobox, this app is fantastic!

Check it out! app.strobox.com

In Christ,
David Price
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Mission: Acquire - Behind the Scenes

I received a lot of support from everyone on my latest video "mission: acquire". If you're not familiar with this video you can check it out in an earlier post. I had a incredible time directing this film from concept to final submission. The guys I worked with made the whole experience fun from beginning to end. Couldn't have asked for a better crew. I've thrown together a short (but longer than the actual film) behind the scenes video for those interested, to see what went into to making this flick.



Also, for those photographer people wanting to know how the last photo was taken you can see all the photos that were taken to make that final composite. Click on the link below to check it out!

Gallery

In Christ,
David Price
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Nikon Festival Video

Go to the site and leave a comment! Thanks

In Christ,
David Price
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Nikon Festival

So I just wrapped up a project that has been submitted to the 2009 Nikon Festival. Once the video is available I'll be posting it on here. With a crew of 15 and a cast of 7 we produced a pretty incredible piece in a 2 week period. The video is currently in the "approval" period and I'm waiting to hear back with the results.

Our character list for the video included...

Boss
Jock
Geek
Soviet Boss
Soviet Thug
Agent
Girlfriend

I'm also currently working a behind the scenes video which I'll also post here when it's finished. Keep an eye out!

In Christ,
David Price
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Peirao Group - September

Many thanks to everyone who came out this past month. I had a blast hangin' out and shooting around with you all. Anyway. here's the video from the adventure. Hope you guys enjoy it!



In Christ,
David Price
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August...

Here's the video from the August Experimental Shoot. I tell you, it's great when you have friends willing to open up their property for a group of strangers to come out and take some photos. Thanks to the Plattner's for letting us come out, we truly had a blast! Hope you enjoy the video.



In Christ,
D.Price
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September

Just completed the September shoot this past weekend. Check out the album on facebook... September Gallery. In hindsight, a theme that I saw come out was turning day into night. All of the photos are shot during the day (10a-2p). Anyway I'd love for you to leave a comment on how well you think I accomplished my digital transformation of each shot. If you're on facebook, become a fan and leave a comment. Thanks!






In Christ,
David Price
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Peirao Group

Peirao Group is been going steady for a while now and a lot of exciting things have been happening. The biggest of which was the our new name. "Peirao Group" - while visually peirao group looks cooler than "monthly experimental shoot" there were a few problems... one being pronunciation. So... to solve all problems I've created a video that should clear up all issues connected with that.

Enjoy!



I then also created a video for our July trip up to Chicago... Stay posted! August's video is coming soon.



For those living under a bush, The Peirao group is a collection of photographers that I organize a monthly experimental shoot for. The word Peirao is greek for "Try" or "Test" and that's exactly what we do at our shoots. Looks us up on facebook

In Christ,
D.Price
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Peirao Group Shoot

This installment of the Peirao Group Shoot is from our May excursion to the windy city of Bloomington Illinois. We have access to probably the most models we've had as well an old loft apartment currently in the process of being renovated. This deadly combination opened the doors for a great shoot with a lot of incredible results.



If you're interested in joining us for our next shoot look up the Peirao Group on facebook and become a fan to stay in the loop. If you haven't heard... The Peirao Group is the new face for the Monthly Experimental Shoots started in January by yours truly in collaboration with other great photographers.

In Christ,
David Price

Peirao Group

Peirao - [greek] (pi-rah'-o) - def: "to test", "to attempt", assay.


Formally the Monthly Experimental Shoot, I decided our group of photographers needed something a little cooler to be called. Thus was born the Peirao Group... Our mission is the same, only the name has changed.

Mission:
The Peirao Group was created to bring photographers of all skill levels together. To try, test and share techniques.

What we do:
We don't sell anything... we are a group of enthusiastic photographers coming from every walk of life, bring our own unique perspectives to share with others. It's truly a great experience.

In Christ,
David Price