November, 2009


24
Nov 09

Tasty Tuesday #1

Reuben Krabbe is the guy to talk to about Tasty Tuesday. The link provided gives a brief explanation of what this whole thing is about. I think it’s pretty cool. And just like #nogjog09, I’m sure #TastyTuesday will become a trending topic on Twitter.

Here’s my first Tasty Tuesday.
A camping Trip that turned in to a snoozing trip. We spent most of the time in one big tent playing a game called Apples to Apples. This was the night we had a fire.


23
Nov 09

Missing Pictures: Why A Workflow is Necessary

I’m not sure why but for whatever reason the pictures that I took of the production of my 4×5 Pinhole camera didn’t go through my usual workflow. They are now missing. This is why a workflow  is 100% absolutely necessary! Personally, my workflow is typed out, printed off, and I have a bunch of copies so that every time I have a shoot, they are next to me so I don’t miss a step. I also have it posted on my wall next to my monitor.

This is going to be a fairly long post by the sounds of it.
Continue reading →


14
Nov 09

Project: 4×5 Pinhole Camera

Pinhole Camera 1st Image
Complete! Almost. I just have to finish off the varnish on it. It’s done as far as sealing it up from light, functionality of the shutter, and the tripod mount. The first shot is pictured above. Shot at 40 seconds at f/216. A little under exposed as the shutter speed was a calculated guess. According to Mr. Pinhole dot com, the ‘actual shutter speed’ should be around 48 seconds. Nothing a curves layer can’t fix.

In my next post I’ll be putting up some production pictures as well as a shot of the final image (next post because I misplaced the production pictures somewhere on my computer). I’m going to try and do some night shots with it and some portraits. I’m also trying to figure out a good way of shooting strobes with it too. I might blind my subjects before I get them exposed, but it’s probably worth it.


4
Nov 09

Pumpkin Graveyard

Pumpkin GraveyardA pumpkin graveyard that I found on the side of the road the other night. This was weird. I was driving down a side road and there were some pumpkins, probably around 10 or 15 of them on the embankment. I thought, “Cool, I should take a picture of that”. I proceeded to turn on to the highway where I found more pumpkins scattered on the rocks and in the ditch. I came back with my camera and, perhaps, next year I’ll bring my pumpkin.


4
Nov 09

Bloopers and Outtakes – Playing with Video


Purely just bloopers and outtakes. This video was completely shot with my Nikon D3. I blasted away at 8fps and then threw it together for motion. The song you hear is Epic from local band and bro’s, On Call Heroes. They’re about to go record their second album, so go check them out. I hope to do more stuff like this in the future. It’s a really cool way of shooting video in my opinion.

Thanks to my friends for being the subjects, yet again, in one of my little projects. It would’ve been really boring without people in the video. Also, thanks to the band for the music. Again, really boring without it.