Posts in Photography

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Aug 23, 2008
Photography

Getting that 'vintage' look in your pictures

Rosie, one of my favorite photographers on Flickr, has a handy-dandy post up on her technique for achieving a ‘vintage’ look and feel in photographs, which I’ve often wanted to duplicate. I was guessing that she was taking some semi-arbitrary text...

Aug 12, 2008
Photography

Fuck originality: want a free print?

Shoot the Blog, PhotoShelter’s daily update on all things interesting to stock photographers (and me), had an interesting post today on how to drum up more interest in your portfolio. Namely, Jacob Pritchard, an extremely talented photographer out...

Aug 10, 2008
Photography

Photos from Gas Works

Update: Wes claimed the print from this set. I just finished uploading my pictures taken at Gas Works Park in Seattle this evening. As always, blah blah blah Flickr blah blah.

Aug 05, 2008
Photography

Ollie

I put up two more pictures from Minneapolis a minute ago. They’re both of my sister’s family’s dog, Ollie, who is a huge bundle of energy wrapped up in a boxer body. He’s a sweet dog, but not the smartest thing in the world, unfortunately.

Aug 04, 2008
Photography

Summer in Minnesota

I was in Minnesota last week visiting family and friends, and took a number of fun pictures with my brand-new macro lens, the Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro. This is a lovely lens, especially for the price. It’s not L glass, but it’s also 33% of the pric...

Jul 23, 2008
Photography

How to Buy a DSLR for $1000

Cross-posted to Amazon, check it out there for convenient product review capabilities. A very fine gentleman I know asked me today what digital SLR I’d buy for a thousand dollars. I was going to email him back with an answer, but I realized that ...

Jul 18, 2008
Photography

Ouch

I just ordered a pair of PocketWizards, a Vivitar 285, a B-M lightstand and umbrella adapter, umbrella, a few random accessories, and other such things. I’m going to immensely enjoy my foray into off-camera lighting, but oh dear god did the price ...

Jul 17, 2008
Photography

Capitol Hill photo ops over the weekend

The Seattle Asian Art Museum is hosting a 75th anniversary party on Sunday, July 19th, from 10am to 4pm. Sounds like there should be some good photo ops with a youth marimba ensemble, Chinese lion dancing, juggling and more. I’ll certainly be ther...

Jul 16, 2008
Photography

Where do my pictures hang out?

I Just found another place where one of my pictures has been used recently. The local NPR affiliate, KUOW, had a call-in program with Ron Sims, King County Executive, and used my picture of him from the Gay Pride Parade for the website blurb. Neat!