Infinity

Canon 350, 18-55mm
focal: 18mm
aperture: f22
shutter: 1/20sec
ISO: 100
time: 3/25/09, 7:16:17 PM
extras: polarizing filter

All right-y then, I sort o' feel like talking.

Lately I've been reading this. So that's why you got the above and this. Before reading the landscape book, I'd never though to shoot landscapes with a super wide aperture. I've also been working on shooting more. When we go out and I do some shooting I'd usually get in around 50 shots. Now I'm pushing 150 -200 per shoot. So yeah I'm happy with that. But what I'm not happy about is the amount of space on my left on my hard drive.

So with that in mind, here's David duChemin's backup solution. I really like his setup, but I've got no where near the amount of cash to set that up. So for now I'll stick with burning my cd's.

Oh, Canon released a new Rebel series camera this week. The new "EOS REBEL T1i." It's Canon's version of Nikon's D90.(You know with video and all.) Which means since I got my XT 1 year and 3months ago, three I repeat 3 rebels series have been released. Plus this puts the Xti and XS on the outs. People are only going to buy the XSi with the live view and now the T1i. Amazon's already got it for pre-order. There's a bunch of other stuff I want to talk about with the T1i but I save it for my blog. :)

Other things of interest:

Tamron's releasing a new wide angle lens. It's gona' be sweet.

McDonald’s sponsoring a new group on Flickr. But you better read that fine print.

Will Tasha Ford finally get her video camera back? Um..yeah, there's three different links. So you can read the whole story.

What, Yahoo's CEO doesn't even use his most popular site?

Zach Arias' a critiquing. Warning you may feel really crudy towards your own photography. I know I did.

If your not reading Dave your missing out on some awesome photo's of NYC.

And if your not following Chase Jarvis on twitter or facebook. Do it.

And this...this is just unexplainable.

Singing in the rain

It rained all day here today.  And I forgot to bring my umbrella to school.  So I got re-wet as I walked to each class.  4 times.

Aside from that, I shot a dress rehearsal for a dance concert tonight, and

 was quite pleased with the resulting chemistry between my camera and the wonderful people on stage.  They just clicked.  I didn't even see that pun coming, so I doubt any of you did.

Nikon d300 Sigma 70-200 f2.8

f2.8

170mm

1/200

ISO 1250

Nikon d300 Nikkor DX 18-70 f3.5-4.5 

f18

5" exposure

ISO 2500

Focal Length...started at 70, and then zoomed out to 18 throughout the exposure

Nikon d300 Nikkor DX 18-70 f3.5-4.5

f4.5

56mm

1/160

ISO 1600

Earth to Project Pentad, come in Project Pentad

Where is everyone? :[

anywaysss

I wasnt really sure which one to choose xD
so if you want to see the other ones you'll have to head over to my photography blog because im posting them there.

Exif:
f stop - f/3.5
Exposure - 1/60
Iso - 400
focal length - 18mm
cropped, sharpened and yes, curved in gimp xD
i couldnt resist.

A Beach. With Clouds.

Wow guys, sorry for the absence.  Tim and I were both at the beach for the weekend.  We've got pictures, which I'm sure some of you have seen on Facebook.  We'll have photos up on our respective blogs.  So don't worry, we are alive.  
Nikon D80 w/ MB-D80 battery grip + Sigma 50mm f/1.4

Both:1/1250 sec

f/5.6

50mm

ISO 100

I used Brian's paper texture for these.  The clouds were naturally that dark.  

Pshaw

Happy first day of spring!

Canon 350, 28-105mm
focal: 83mm
aperture: f4.5
shutter: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 100
time: 3/19/09,12:44:36 PM
location: Taken below the Chickamauga Dam
Converted to B/W

Dive Bomb

So, epic fail on my part.  I was in Utah last week for spring break, and it hit me on Saturday that my day had come and gone.  I figured I would do it on Sunday when I got back, and then I got stuck in Atlanta airport for 6 hours and forgot about it again until Tuesday, at which point I figured I had pretty much missed the bus.  Excuses aside, here are several photos from the aforementioned trip last week.

Photo #1 was a panorama I put together from 4 different shots of the view from the top of a mountain I climbed.

All 4 had the same exposure

Nikon d300 Nikkor 18-70 DX f3.5-4.5

ISO 250

f22

1/250

18mm

Stitched together in photoshop

#2 Nikon d300 Nikkor 18-70 DX f3.5-4.5

ISO 250

f16

1/200

18mm

#3 (Algae on a rock) Nikon d300 Quantaray 70-300 f4-5.6

ISO 250 

f16

1/200

300mm (macro on)

And thenceforth I bid you all adieu

Reid

just another brick in the wall

And all of a sudden I was like OHSNAP
and this happened.

cuz the bricks were white on the cd/movie.
get it? xD
and pink, because...
well.
Pink Floyd.
it was just for fun :] so i know its not very good but it had to be done. :P
i should have layered the pink over the sky instead or something. and then changed the opacity a little so it was less fake looking but im too lazy to go re-do the stupid thing. its my bed time :P


I wish I had a brick wall in my house somewhere.
the possibilities would be endless.
then id post 405849058 pictures of brick walls xD


ANYWAYS

EXIF:

f stop = f/10
exposure = 1/200
ISO = 400
Focal length = 18mm

then for the first one i did the usual curves and sharpening. i know everyone (including me) always posts old looking pictures like that but i like the affect it gives xD i dont know. i need to break my addiction to curves :P
anyways
for the second one i inverted the color and messed around with curves
then since the sky was all one color i dropped in some pink and smudged the edges of the building so it looked better. ish. lol.

Flower Prettyness

Nikon D80 with Sigma 50mm 1.4
top: f/2.5 1/60 sec ISO 100
bottom: f/1.6 1/125 sec ISO 100
4:45 pm friday
photoshop: local contrast added with high pass filtering, warmed, saturation boosted

Josh

(Josh likes to run)

Canon rebel xti
Canon 580 ex II speedlite at 1/4th power shot through umbrella
Model: Josh
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
ISO: 100
Multiple different exposures (I don't really want to list them all down)

Phoenix

Canon 350, 28-105mm
focal: 38mm
aperture: f4.0
shutter: 1/100
ISO: 100
time: 3/13/09, 4:24:38 PM

Yeah I know.

its too late to apologize

BUT IM SORRY xD
I totally forgot it was my day.
Last night I was laying in bed trying to sleep, it must have been like 12. (I started reading at night to try and make me sleepy cuz I'm this weird sleeping pattern right now, lol) and it hit me. Literally in the middle of the night, lol. (weird how that happens...) And I went something like OH CRAP ITS WEDNESDAY in my head and I couldnt sleep because it was bugging me. because I didnt even think about it all day. It was sad.
xD

So yeah. :]
Anyways, EXIF info:
(what does that stand for anyways?)

Exposure: 1/20
f-stop: f/9
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 42mm
and flash did go off, but its at the lowest setting, and so did my spiffy new lights :D
When i use my lights I HAVE to use Manual mode so its kind of dragging me out of my shell which is obviously a good thing :P
And I sharpened in gimp and used one of my programmed curve settings that I creatively titled "yellowy" xD Im a genius

Ben

Am I seriously the only one who didn't get some kind of lighting equipment this week?!?  

Nikon D80 with Sigma 50mm f/1.4

50mm (obviously)

1/200 sec.

f/1.4

ISO 800

Saturday @ 8:30 pm

Photoshop: Saturation boosted, vignetting added, contrast increased by duplicating the background and setting blend mode to "hard light", opacity 30%.

Ben killed John Locke.  (!)

New Umbrella...Test 1.4

Infro:
Canon 580 ex II fired through umbrella, from camera left
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8.
Canon Rebel XTi with battery grip
The first photo was shot at f/1.8 ISO 200, 1/100s
Second image: ISO 200, 1/200s at f/2.5
And lastly: 1/100s, f/1.8 ISO 200
WB: Flash, edited in camera raw and PS
Model: Ashely

Blue Steel

Canon 350, 50mm
focal: 50mm
aperture: f1.8
shutter: 1/125
ISO: 400
Genesis 200 through umbrella right.
time: 3/05/09, 9:52:42 PM
converted converted to cyanotype using split toning.

Oh, and she not mad. In case your wondering.
This was done with my new light. It's way awesome.
But it'll be way more awesome when the flash trigger comes.

I also just realized I left a ton of space above her head.
And that I do that with all my portraits.
Hmm.


Ps. This is call the Rembrandt lighting technique.

Bus stops and lollipops

Hello all

I apologize for the late nature of this, things have been rather

 hectic and I forgot.  So it goes.  Anywhom, these are from a recent baseball game I shot.

Picture numero uno

Nikon d300 with Sigma 70-210 f2.8

210mm f 2.8 ISO 320

shutter: 1/5000

I ran down behind the catcher when they were practicing in between innings to get this shot.

Picture dos

Nikon d300 with Sigma 70-210 f2.8

95mm f2.8 ISO 640

shutter: 1/5000

I must've sat staring at the base for 10 minutes before anything exciting happened at it.  Very much worth it, though.

doe, a deer, a female deer

Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure time: 1/640
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400

Sharpened and played with curves for the contrast in gimp :]

Skateboards

Nikon D80 with Sigma 50mm 1.4

50mm

f/1.4

1/100

iso 400

Saturday night

I had to move some lights around to make it this bright.  In other places in the park I was shooting 1/60 f/1.4 iso 1000.  

Converted to BW.  Highlights compressed to make it look skatepark-ier.   Local contrast added using unsharp mask, a trick I learned from Emily.

Friday's Walk.

All of em' were taken with my:
Canon rebel XTi
Canon 85 f/1.8
The photo of the car was taken at 1/800 at f/ 2.2 ISO 100 (grain added in PS cs2 and converted to BW/sepia)
The photo of the rooftops was 1/320 at f/ 2.8 ISO 100

Hotel Aquarium

Canon 350, 28-105mm f3.5-4.5
focal: 28mm
aperture: f7.1
shutter: 1/200
ISO: 100
time: 2/21/09, 12:47:08 PM
Converted to antique grayscale using split toning, tone curve, and gray scale mix(?). Then layered a paper texture as multiply.


Alright, I kind of feel like talking so I am.
I'll be back posting my 365 on Monday so there's something you can all look forward to. ;p
Oh, also for those who read my twitter/facebook where I got my lights. Well, it's going to be a bit before I get those. I accidentally stuck the wrong zip code for my address, and it was sent to the next county over. Its kind of a long story, but I'm just waiting for them to return all the money.

Now for some photography stuff.
Don't know if anybody caught Zack Arias' Video last week, for Scott Kelby's Wednesday guest post, but it was awesome. Really makes you think.

Chase Jarvis also wrote on the whole Facebook and your photos thing. It's why I don't have any photos on my facebook.

Also D-town premired this week. I've got be honest I could give a flip about this, but I like to keep myself informed.

Strobist also gave the low down on the new PW's. They look sweet, but man, are they expensive.

Twipphoto talked about the differance between CF vs. SD. They also had a poll on the CF vs. SD issue. I can't even use SD so it's not a real problem for me. I also know Nikon uses them though. What's your thoughts on 'em?

Oh, and DIYphotography's having a three year anniversary contest.

Well, I think that's it. (for now) There's a ton of other stuff out there, but I'll reframe myself.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

They held a braille reading and typing competition held at FSU recently.  It would blow your mind.  These kids are like ninjas.  You try reading 9 pages of braille and then retyping it perfectly.

#1 d300 50mm f1.8

50mm

f2

1/640

ISO 1250

#2 d300 28-90mm f3.5-5.6

28mm

f3.5

1/160

ISO 800

#3 d300 28-90mm f3.5-5.6

28mm

f3.5

1/60
ISO 1250