Mark Tantrum Photography

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Mark Tantrum Photography website. San Jose, Bay Area Northern California professional photographer specializing in weddings, potraits, lifestyle and editorial.

Next generation of photographers came to visit my studio 2012-05-12

Last week, I had a group of students from my old school, Wellesley College come to visit my studio. It was organized by the boys art teach Eve Owen. Eve taught me art when I was at Wellesley. It was such a positive experience that it helped shaped my career path towards being a full [...] (more...)

Clean, green “Cargo Bikes” in Wellington, May 2012… 2012-05-08

Wellington has surprised me again for thinking out of the box, using tried and true technologies like pedal power to get goods around town. Positively Wellington Venues has set up two bikes that are capable of carrying 100KG in a weather sealed cargo space. The bikes are designed and built in Europe. According to the comments on [...] (more...)

DIY Light Panels to craft the light in my portraits 2012-05-08

I did a shoot recently where I needed to light full body portraits. I found that regular umbrellas and softboxes fall short in getting the entire body illuminated consistently. After reading about National Geographic Photographer Joe McNally’stechniques of shooting with lighting panels, I have researched getting some for myself. The purpose of these panels is to [...] (more...)

Wellington City Council’s draft long term plan 2012-22 cover 2012-05-08

I noticed the cover of the draft long term plan that is circulating around at the moment gathering feedback from ratepayers is sporting one of my Summer City photos from last year. These two kids had just had their temporary tattoos done and I remember asking me for them to show them to me for a photo. It [...] (more...)

Porirua installs the first earthquake safety valves in New Zealand 2012-05-08

This is a new type of protection for the cities water supply spurned on by the Christchurch earthquakes. Like a ball joint in a 4WD car, these joints allow for movement between the reservoir and the water pipeline, both of which remain inflexible.       (more...)

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