Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Sea Level Bears Enchilada
I figured out pretty quickly to not sign up to shoot shows featuring bands I actually wanted to see, because I just can’t pay any attention to, much less enjoy, the music while I’m shooting. There’s just too much to be thinking about, too many variables to keep track of. But I didn’t intend for [...]
Photoblog Relaunch
“Failed to Find a Place for the Imported File”
I just got this error in Lightroom today for the first time, and I panicked a bit, thinking it was a failing hard drive, something wrong with the USB port in my camera, or something wrong with my SD card. Other people posted the problem online, and it seemed to be solved by using a [...]
Me too! Me too!
I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing my own “take a picture every day for a year” project, a project that every camera owner on the planet (or at least on Flickr) seems to be tackling lately. I always talk myself out of it. I mean, I ran Moonplantation (my old photoblog) for just [...]
BlackBerry Diptych
You wouldn’t believe how often I try — and completely fail — to produce usable results on my BlackBerry’s shitty camera. I like this, though, after slathering on a thick blanket of Photoshop.
More Reverse Macro Crap
I found a fly in our apartment this morning (which is weird considering it’s almost January), so I caught him in a mason jar and threw him in the freezer while I set up my camera gear. After about 15 minutes, I took him out of the freezer and dumped him onto a sheet of [...]
My First Photo Contest
I completely forgot to mention anything about this, so I figured I would for posterity. There’s a local non-profit that holds photo contests to raise funds/awareness of other local non-profits. First place in their contests is a D90 (the new version of my current camera), so I had been watching them for a while, entertaining [...]
Playing with Product Shots
It’s been nearly a year since Nina bought me my first speedlight, and one of the first things I tried to shoot with it was a bottle of beer. I decided now that I have a couple lights and some modifiers I’d try it again, since I’m a little better at controlling light. You [...]
Portfolio Design
A month or two ago I decided it was about time to get a portfolio site together. I had a basic idea of what I wanted, and just let Shawn design something for me. I liked it, but it seemed a little heavy compared to what I originally had in mind. It was also very [...]
Obama Photos Redux
I haven’t shot anything new for a while — though I hope to change that soon — but I was in the photo mood tonight, so I decided to go back through some old photos and see if there was anything I could re-envision with some different post processing. I came across my Obama photos [...]
