youtube
Monday, 30. June 2008
I was bored today and decided to make an account on YouTube. I uploaded some of my old car videos. Check them out. I used to really like this stuff! Now it’s all about still pictures.
black star canyon
Monday, 23. June 2008
I was really bored yesterday so I went up into the foothills and took some pictures. It has been so hot here lately I waited till like 6 o’clock to leave the house. It was over a 100 but it’s supposed to be cooler today.
aftermath of building a computer
Saturday, 21. June 2008
And… I’m back.
On Monday, I went to Fry’s Electronics and bought all new parts to build a computer! My current one was just not fast enough anymore. I could barely run Photoshop CS3 and I have to use that everyday!
For $475 bucks, I got everything here:
Case
500W Power Supply
Motherboard
Dual Core 2.33GHz Processor
2GB Memory
500GB Sata Hard Drive
DVD-R
I went back the next night and bought more RAM, though, he he.
I installed Vista on it, my first time using it, and I really like it!
I have yet to clean up my studio, though! This is what happens when you build your own computer. Boxes and manuals and wrappers go flying!
The build and install went smoothly but Travis decided to upgrade his computer as well and the Photoshop install files were on his computer. So I have been without Photoshop until this morning.
sunset at the beach
Monday, 16. June 2008
After shooting Song, she and I set out to capture the sunset. I gave her a couple lessons and she was on her way. For these I metered to the outside of the sun, locked the exposure and then recomposed my shot. I’ll update these as I edit.
See the little girl?:
song and the blue sky
Monday, 16. June 2008
Here’s another one from the series. Blue sky, normal looking model. It’s almost not noticeable until it’s pointed out. Although, going through the set, I could have probably used another couple layers of the warming gel. I didn’t bring any more with me, though.
si technique… update
Sunday, 15. June 2008
Song and I went to the beach today to take some pictures and so I could practice my SI technique finally. With this picture, I had the camera set to tungsten white balance and I have a couple layers of warming gel on the flash. You can see that the sky is really blue but the subject is still very warm. If I didn’t warm up the flash, she would look dead. That’s not good.
snoot snoot-a-roo
Friday, 13. June 2008
Today I put together a homemade snoot. A snoot is something that slides over your Speedlite and directs the light down the tube to your subject. I took a piece of thin cardboard that came out of a package of Fruit of the Loom t-shirts I bought, folded it around the Speedlite and used blue painter’s tape to tape it all together. This helps for portraits when you don’t want the whole face lit.
I had no one to practice on so I had to use myself. It’s not a great picture of me but I definitely love the snoot effect!
the sports illustrated technique
Thursday, 12. June 2008
Tonight I’m going to try and practice the Sports Illustrated technique. It’s where they make their skies really blue, almost cartoon-like. To do this, you put your white balance on Tungsten and you put a warming gel over your flash to warm up the subject. Hopefully I get it right tonight so I can have pictures to show!
milo obsessed
Sunday, 8. June 2008
Milo is like the best subject to take photos of. She makes the funniest faces!
She’s ferocious!
wooley’s car at hb speed… update
Friday, 6. June 2008
So this time I was on the ball! Found a good enough backdrop and caught the sun at the perfect time! Here they are:
milo’s pissed
Thursday, 5. June 2008
Fisher is behind me while I took this picture. She’s like, “What is the DOG doing in here?” ha ha
hb speed… again
Thursday, 5. June 2008
Going over to HB Speed again today to take pictures of our friend Wooley’s car. This time I’m going prepared. I’m going to get there at 4, scout out a location in the area and get some shots in before the sun sets. I’ll post pictures up tonight after I edit them.
My hip hop classes on Tuesday were so fun! I love the girls in my kid’s class, they make me laugh the whole time! And my adult class was at its biggest yet! I had 6 people in class plus me! The fact that people are coming back to class each week is making me happy. That means I’m doing a good job! My friend Song was there this week. I think I’ve coerced her into coming next time. She had a good time!
poor wittle subaru
Tuesday, 3. June 2008
Yesterday when I came out to my car after work, it was sandwiched between a Viper and a Ferrari. Not sure if my co-worker did that on purpose or if I was just parked in the way when he was moving cars, but it was funny, lol.
Tonight is my second Hip-Hop class! I am so excited about this! I had a tough time coming up with choreography this week but I think it will get easier. My main issue is making sure that it’s easy enough for the kids. I don’t want to do anything too hard that will make them not want to come anymore.
weekend’s over
Sunday, 1. June 2008
Yesterday Travis and I went to Disneyland. I LOVE Disneyland! In fact, I make him go several times a year. You’d think we’d have passes but we don’t. We always have a great time. We kind of have a little routine, as soon as we get there, we go on Space Mountain. And then the last ride we go on is Space Mountain. Because of my back, I can get a “special assistance” pass and go through the exits to get on the rides. If it wasn’t for that little perk, I wouldn’t be able to go to theme parks at all! Standing for any amount of time is the most painful thing for my back. So standing in line for rides just isn’t feasible.
Today I went to a bride expo with a friend of mine is who getting married. I totally thought I was going to be overwhelmed by everything; brides running around, everyone handing out fliers and trying to get your information. But it wasn’t bad. It was exactly what I expected but it wasn’t bad. She on the other hand was a little stressed out. But with good reason. How do you know which florist/photographer/DJ to choose? Getting married is no easy task.
When I got back I was totally pooped out and closed my eyes for a while on the couch while Travis played Grand Theft Auto. But I woke up and wanted to take pictures. I feel like I haven’t shot anything for a while. These are pretty boring but I am trying out a new border and signature.
