Archive for December, 2008

December 31, 2008

Saw a Tweet from Jeremy Cowart sharing a link to the year in pictures from the NY Times. Definitely cool. Check it out…

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Saw a Tweet from Jeremy Cowart sharing a link to the year in pictures from the NY Times. Definitely cool.

Check it out…

December 31, 2008

“Are you tired? Because you’ve been running through my mind all day.” :) Cheesy? Yes. Why do we flirt? How? I heard this episode from the Stuff You Should Know podcast on How Flirting Works and I thought it was pretty interesting. They actually have quite a few awesome podcasts on interesting topics…and since I’m [...]

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“Are you tired? Because you’ve been running through my mind all day.”

:)

Cheesy? Yes.

Why do we flirt? How? I heard this episode from the Stuff You Should Know podcast on How Flirting Works and I thought it was pretty interesting.

They actually have quite a few awesome podcasts on interesting topics…and since I’m quite a curious fellow, I really enjoy listening to the random facts.

Check it out at HowStuffWorks.com

December 30, 2008

Here’s a lighting tip…not really anything exciting, but it’s something I use all the time as part of my “standard” lighting scenario. Here are some of the images I mention… Samantha… Miah in the jungle… And a couple other examples of rim/edge light… Emily in her Christmas outfit. I also have been known to call [...]

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Here’s a lighting tip…not really anything exciting, but it’s something I use all the time as part of my “standard” lighting scenario.

Here are some of the images I mention…

Samantha…
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Miah in the jungle…
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And a couple other examples of rim/edge light…

Emily in her Christmas outfit. I also have been known to call this “booty light” for obvious reasons. :)
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And my other Emily. :)
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And one of Rebecca outside…
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And finally…one of Glenn-Marie outside…
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Other photographers I mentioned in the podcast…

* Michael Crouch – Essence Digital Imaging
* Johnny Crosslin
* Justin Price

Give it a listen…

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Or download here.

December 28, 2008

Absolutely brilliant…5 tips you can use to make your iPhone photos, well, not suck. I loved every one of these tips…including the apps he suggests in tip #5. I own both…and highly recommend Camera Bag and Pano. Check out his tips here: Chase Jarvis | 5 Tips For Making Great iPhone Photos

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Absolutely brilliant…5 tips you can use to make your iPhone photos, well, not suck.

I loved every one of these tips…including the apps he suggests in tip #5. I own both…and highly recommend Camera Bag and Pano.

Check out his tips here: Chase Jarvis | 5 Tips For Making Great iPhone Photos

December 24, 2008

The hour is near…Santa is just about here, so I thought I’d write a quick little note and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I’m fortunate enough to have a great family whom I’m spending the day with…so that will be good times. :) Yesterday, I got to spend the afternoon with Emily…and we had [...]

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The hour is near…Santa is just about here, so I thought I’d write a quick little note and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I’m fortunate enough to have a great family whom I’m spending the day with…so that will be good times. :)

Yesterday, I got to spend the afternoon with Emily…and we had fun getting some totally foxy Christmas shots and then some. I will leave you with these…

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And these…which are not Christmas-themed…but they are pretty cool anyway. :)
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December 17, 2008

I had a reader comment on a blog post the other day about sharing more than just the pictures I take… I never thought about sharing the technical stuff about shoots because I figured that I just am not that good. I figured the stuff I do is sort of elementary. However, that being said, [...]

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I had a reader comment on a blog post the other day about sharing more than just the pictures I take…

I never thought about sharing the technical stuff about shoots because I figured that I just am not that good. I figured the stuff I do is sort of elementary. However, that being said, I guess there is something to be said for what I can share…I like to learn something new whenever I pull my camera out…so I thought why not share the stuff I’m learning? Maybe someone else can learn something new too? We are all trying to be better artists, so I thought that in that regard, I would start talking about the stuff I’m learning.

So to change things up, I thought I’d do a podcast on it…this is the first episode…hopefully of many…where I talk about how I shoot and what I’ve learned. This episode talks about Mixing Light, artificial and natural, in order to achieve a very natural, bright, commercial look.

For visuals, you may reference the post titled “SoCo” about my shoot with Arika, the southern belle from Tennessee.

But here are the photos I talk about in the podcast:

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Enjoy!

[audio:mixinglight-ep001.mp3]

Or…

Click here to download the episode

December 17, 2008

If you haven’t seen the new commercial for Wynn’s new Las Vegas resort, Encore, you should definitely check it out… And when you’re done, check this out… Yeah, he’s really up there.

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If you haven’t seen the new commercial for Wynn’s new Las Vegas resort, Encore, you should definitely check it out…

And when you’re done, check this out…

Yeah, he’s really up there.

December 17, 2008

I’ve had the biggest crush on Jennifer Aniston…since the beginning of time. :) This just solidifies it. Check her out in this month’s GQ.

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I’ve had the biggest crush on Jennifer Aniston…since the beginning of time. :)

This just solidifies it.

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Check her out in this month’s GQ.

December 16, 2008

I love this new promo USA has out for the new episodes of Monk that are supposed to start in January. It’s a spoof on the 80s show Magnum, p.i. Monk is no Tom Selleck…but he gets the job done.

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I love this new promo USA has out for the new episodes of Monk that are supposed to start in January.

It’s a spoof on the 80s show Magnum, p.i.

Monk is no Tom Selleck…but he gets the job done.

December 12, 2008

Definitely a cute commercial. :)

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Definitely a cute commercial.

:)