Archive for August, 2009

Day 243 of 365 – Trevor Back-lit


Camera Model: Canon PowerShot G10
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 18.1 mm
ISO: 80

Another photo of my youngest son. He is the only model that works for free and that I can compel to sit for me :P .

Click through to see a second image :-)

Lighting: Canon 580exII behind subject 1/16
Vivitar 285hv 1/16 power shoot through umbrella camera left

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Day 242 of 365 – Going Bananas


Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 47 mm
ISO: 100

Not much to say about this one. Started out rather uninspired but I sort of liked how this came out.

Lighting: Vivitar 285hv 1/16 power aimed at white glossy paper behind subject camera left gelled 1 & 1/2 cto,
Canon 580exii 1/64 power aimed at subject camera right.

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Day 241 of 365 – Waiting…


Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 400

On Black

Another everyday object that I thought I would make into a photograph. Not 100% sure it works but I thought I would post it anyway.

The concept is waiting for water to boil (or “A watched pot never boils”), or at least that is what I was hoping to get across in the shot.

I would welcome constructive criticism.

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Day 240 of 365 – Friday Night Installs


Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 100

On Black

Probably one of the biggest reasons I didn’t date much in high school is that I consider this to be a fun thing to do on a Friday night :P

Composite Image:
Lighting Shot 1: One 580exii below gelled 1/4
Lighting Shot 2: One 580exii below gelled 1/4
One vivitar 285hv 1/16 aimed at DVD

Composited in photoshop and glowing edges filter (or something like that applied)

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New Funny from What The Duck


Sometimes this strip is too funny, definitely click through to visit the artist’s site.

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Day 239 of 365 – Drip, Drip, Drip

Drip, Drip, Drip
Camera Model:   Canon EOS 40D
Exposure:  0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO: 400

On Black

Rust texture from Magnera on Flickr
Wet Concrete texture from Happysweetmama on flickr

♬Musical♬

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Day 238 of 365 – Practice Ringshot


Camera Model:   Canon EOS 40D
Exposure:  0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 100

On Black

I am shooting a wedding ceremony in October for some friends. It will be the first one I have done. I decided today that I would use my photo of the day to practice a ring shot (using my wife’s ring).

The ceremony will be a fairly informal one and is actually a re commitment ceremony as the couple is actually already married. This ceremony is so they can exchange their vows in front of family and friends. If you have any advice on this shot or any advice for this type of ceremony in general I would love to hear it, either in the comments or via flickr mail.

Lighting: 580exii behind subject, vivitar 285hv above (very low power and high) through closed umbrella

Alternate version with a free texture I found on flickr (Detail on flickr info page)
Practice Ringshot (with texture)

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Explore as of 8/26/2009

Explore as of 8/26/2009

1. Dandelion Sunset, 2. School Starts When?, 3. Swinging Into The Firey Sky, 4. Fizzed,
5. Channel Flipper, 6. Fireworks Composite, 7. Balancing On a Shadow,
8. Towering Under a Cloudy Sky, 9. Something to Open My Eyes, 10. Are We Done Yet?,
11. Ride Until The Wheels Fall Off, 12. Moon, 13. On Track, 14. Jason Voorhees,
15. Easy Rider, 16. Welcome to Paradise, 17. The Little Red Monster, 18. Sixteen Years,
19. Day Eighty Nine No Ideas, 20. Morning Moon, 21. Discarded, 22. Missouri Sunset,
23. Sporty, 24. I Love You Lots, 25. Day 5 of 365 – Warped in Refractions

I have mixed feelings about Flickr’s explore. I think in some cases it really does bring the cream to the top but in others it misses the mark quite grossly. In my case there are a handful of shot that have not made it that I think probably deserved to be there and a lot of these that did make it really did not. There are certainly a few here that I would willingly swap out with other, what I think are better, photos in my stream. But in any case I figured I would go ahead and post a collage of the 25 shots I have had hit the explore pages since I started my photo a day project in January of 2009

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Day 237 of 365 – Dandelion Sunset

Dandelion Sunset
On Black
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100

I have seen a similar shot but I can’t find it to credit the inspiration. I have been meaning to do a shot like this for a while. I have plenty of the dandelions haha.

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Day 236 of 365 – No More Pictures

No More Pictures
On Black
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

My nephew, Josh, was visiting this evening while his mom was in class. I took the opportunity to shoot him for my photo of the day. Though after taking this I was informed ‘I don’t Like to have my picture taken uncle Jeff.’ I asked him why and he said ‘I just don’t’ so this is the one I am posting. I think his expression matches his words pretty closely.

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