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Whatever Enters My Head
July 29, 2009
The Explorer: The little things are so curious…
The Explorer:

The little things are so curious…

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July 28, 2009
Handchair: I can has ride? kthxbai.View On Black
Handchair:

I can has ride? kthxbai.

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July 27, 2009
Let Me Go!: We have 12 kittens right now, all perfectly adorable with their tails sticking straight up in the air as they dash about getting into trouble. As long as you don’t feel above such things, they make perfect photograph subjects.View On Black
Let Me Go!:

We have 12 kittens right now, all perfectly adorable with their tails sticking straight up in the air as they dash about getting into trouble. As long as you don’t feel above such things, they make perfect photograph subjects.

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July 26, 2009
Topsy-Turvy: Hope you are having a good weekend. We are resting, enjoying my brother’s birthday, and trying to catch up on our sleep schedule.View On Black
Topsy-Turvy:

Hope you are having a good weekend. We are resting, enjoying my brother’s birthday, and trying to catch up on our sleep schedule.

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July 25, 2009
Feeling Blue: I wish I had shot this lighting scenario a little more, because it was more effective than I anticipated. The main problem is that I didn’t clean up the background with DOF or by hand. Some objects around the car distracted from the subject. Strobist: One SB-900 on camera right, zoomed to 200, and gelled full cut blue. It took a minute to really get pointed just into the “cockpit,” but it was pretty cool once it was done.View On Black
Feeling Blue:

I wish I had shot this lighting scenario a little more, because it was more effective than I anticipated. The main problem is that I didn’t clean up the background with DOF or by hand. Some objects around the car distracted from the subject.

Strobist: One SB-900 on camera right, zoomed to 200, and gelled full cut blue. It took a minute to really get pointed just into the “cockpit,” but it was pretty cool once it was done.

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July 24, 2009
Stalking: I’m getting to that place again where I need to start shooting a bit. I took this on a recent visit to Florida.
Stalking:

I’m getting to that place again where I need to start shooting a bit. I took this on a recent visit to Florida.

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July 23, 2009
Bubbling Up…: This was taken by intentionally defocusing on some fireworks. I think it’s pretty interesting graphically. Reminds me of some vector effect or something. No post pro other than levels.View On Black
Bubbling Up…:

This was taken by intentionally defocusing on some fireworks. I think it’s pretty interesting graphically. Reminds me of some vector effect or something. No post pro other than levels.

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July 22, 2009
Wistful: This was a candid, just whirled around and shot. Sometimes you win with those.View On Black
Wistful:

This was a candid, just whirled around and shot. Sometimes you win with those.

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July 21, 2009
Mugshot: This is a huge panorama, about 3 high and 7-8 wide. This lends a great DOF to the image, as well as pulverizing image noise to tiny tiny bits. It also enabled me to shoot at a wide angle with a 70mm f/4 if I remember correctly. I have barely modified this image, it pretty much looked like this after I pulled it out of photoshop’s photostitching app. I was very happy. Please view large, it’s gorgeous.View On Black
Mugshot:

This is a huge panorama, about 3 high and 7-8 wide. This lends a great DOF to the image, as well as pulverizing image noise to tiny tiny bits. It also enabled me to shoot at a wide angle with a 70mm f/4 if I remember correctly.

I have barely modified this image, it pretty much looked like this after I pulled it out of photoshop’s photostitching app. I was very happy. Please view large, it’s gorgeous.

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July 20, 2009
Classic Corvette: This was taken late in the day, everyone else had packed up and I had another shot at the car that had captured everyone’s imaginations for the whole shoot. I decided to do the hot/cold light look, rather than the warm look all my other shots of this car had. Thanks to the magic of strobism, I set up, took the shot, and had this within 5 takes. Strobist: One SB-900 pointed at the wood wall on the left, just out of frame with a full cut of CTO on it. The light from the right is window light, set to blue by the white balance on the camera.View On Black
Classic Corvette:

This was taken late in the day, everyone else had packed up and I had another shot at the car that had captured everyone’s imaginations for the whole shoot. I decided to do the hot/cold light look, rather than the warm look all my other shots of this car had. Thanks to the magic of strobism, I set up, took the shot, and had this within 5 takes.

Strobist: One SB-900 pointed at the wood wall on the left, just out of frame with a full cut of CTO on it. The light from the right is window light, set to blue by the white balance on the camera.

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July 19, 2009
You Talkin’ To Me?: My cousin is so photogenic, it’s a little ridiculous. We were popping the bubbles from the previous photos outside, and I asked her to smile for me. This is what she did. We’ll return to the last few photos from Ted’s Garage tomorrow. See you then!Even Cuter When Viewed Large On Black
You Talkin’ To Me?:

My cousin is so photogenic, it’s a little ridiculous. We were popping the bubbles from the previous photos outside, and I asked her to smile for me. This is what she did.

We’ll return to the last few photos from Ted’s Garage tomorrow. See you then!

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July 18, 2009
Take a look at this picture!

Take a look at this picture!

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Inverted: We will be taking a quick break from the Ted’s Garage set, and resume on Monday. It’s curious about bubbles.. if you focus on the front part, it reflects you, but if you focus on the back concave portion you get this effect. I’ll post the focus on the front end version later. Hand held 50 F/1.4, no flash.View On Black
Inverted:

We will be taking a quick break from the Ted’s Garage set, and resume on Monday.

It’s curious about bubbles.. if you focus on the front part, it reflects you, but if you focus on the back concave portion you get this effect. I’ll post the focus on the front end version later.

Hand held 50 F/1.4, no flash.

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It’s Me Again: And here’s the front convex portion of a bubble. You can pretty clearly see me and my bubble popping cousin in the shot.View On Black
It’s Me Again:

And here’s the front convex portion of a bubble. You can pretty clearly see me and my bubble popping cousin in the shot.

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July 17, 2009
Mercedes Benz: This is a 4 shot panorama, no flash used. When shooting a panorama you can afford to raise the ISO because the noise will be drowned in the flood of pixels. I’m driving right now, posting this by email from my phone, so I won’t be able to comment. See you later!
Mercedes Benz:

This is a 4 shot panorama, no flash used. When shooting a panorama you can
afford to raise the ISO because the noise will be drowned in the flood of
pixels.

I’m driving right now, posting this by email from my phone, so I won’t be
able to comment. See you later!

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