July 31, 2015
June 16, 2015
Its a small, small world.
I was working on some plumbing yesterday when I saw a bug. I've done little with bugs since I sold my beloved 100mm macro. But this bug just sat there. So I pulled out my reverse thread lens adapter and threw my trusty 17-40 into action. I'll share the pictures eventually but here is my set up:
Canon 1DS
Canon 17-40L w/ reverse mount(Most pics were shot @ f/11)
A LumaPro flash communicating through a pair of Pocket Wizards. (Flash was @ 64th power most of the time)
So I kept my ISO high (400+) so my flash would recycle the same day and slow shutter to let daylight bleed in and make it look more natural, maybe around 25th of a sec?
If you look closely you can see the subject. He crawled off a few minute after I was through. Very polite.
Scott
June 11, 2015
June 9, 2015
Dangerous Chemicals!
Film is dangerous my friends. This according to a helpful Walgreens associate. Digital is safe. Digital is protecting the store from dangerous film processing chemicals!
I went in this last Monday to the Walgreens next to my work to get a roll processed. I've run a few through their wet lab had was happy enough with the quality and speed. I was disconcerted to find a sign indicating that I was to put my film into a mailer and then it was to be sent away. I was then to return in 15 days.
No. Thank you. I called Walmart. No wet lab. The nice Walmart associate told me that only Fred Meyer(Kroger) has the only wet lab left in the county. And they have one hour service. Sweet.
So that is where I went.
But this disconcerting round of events is pushing me closer to building my own lab. I actually have many of the pieces. Picked up at random garage sales and thrift stores. I'll keep you posted...
April 13, 2015
Documents
Documentary photograph: A photo that tells a bit of a story. Not necessarily trying to win any contest but rather just taking a bit of information and pinning it down.
I use my phone for this type of pic and am rather prolific. Since I purchased this phone in January of 13 I've logged some 50gb of photos... Good thing I chose the 64gb version! About a year ago I transferred nearly 20gbs onto my desktop PC. Very useful for referring to to old lists or IP address configs at work.
Not all photos need to be perfect to be useful.
January 11, 2015
2015
I was organizing my photo gear this evening. A lot of what I'd been sorting through was not regularly used gear. In fact most of it is destined for ebay. Pentax. Olympus. Canon. Nikon. Leitz. Etc. So many systems!
But it is time to clean house. My personal gear took a significant hit in 2014. I figured it would be better to be debt free then have cool camera gear.
5D MarkIII? Gone.
50mm 1.2L? Gone.
Faithful 100-400? Gone.
100mm Macro? Gone.
24-105L? Gone.
580EXII? Gone.
50mm 2.5 macro? Gone.
I've even sold a good many of my CF cards!
The cabinet of other systems should clear the rest of my debt.
So what am I left with? Precious little. In the way of lenses anyway.
I purchased a used Canon 1DsII to replace the 5DIII.
I've kept the 17-40L
And now I have(Found in a camera gear lot) a 28-105 and a 100-300USM.
Not the best. But not heading toward deeper debt.
It'll do for now.
Phothog.
But it is time to clean house. My personal gear took a significant hit in 2014. I figured it would be better to be debt free then have cool camera gear.
5D MarkIII? Gone.
50mm 1.2L? Gone.
Faithful 100-400? Gone.
100mm Macro? Gone.
24-105L? Gone.
580EXII? Gone.
50mm 2.5 macro? Gone.
I've even sold a good many of my CF cards!
The cabinet of other systems should clear the rest of my debt.
So what am I left with? Precious little. In the way of lenses anyway.
I purchased a used Canon 1DsII to replace the 5DIII.
I've kept the 17-40L
And now I have(Found in a camera gear lot) a 28-105 and a 100-300USM.
Not the best. But not heading toward deeper debt.
It'll do for now.
Phothog.
August 27, 2014
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July 29, 2014
July 14, 2014
May 26, 2014
May 20, 2014
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April 16, 2014
March 25, 2014
The raxeira complex
There are times when a photographer goes dark. He stops shooting. He loathes the camera and will shelf his lenses. Beauty is nothing. opportunity is pain. The proverbial kodak moment hangs in front of his eyes and he knows his duty but lets it come... and go.
Why? the artistic element of the photographer is not so easily explained. Perhaps he lost his girl. Or he is overworked. Maybe his mother-in-law has been requesting a million pictures of grandkids. Stress can indeed kill desire fast.
Invariably the light will glimmer through the trees in such away that it stirs his soul. He might not even take a picture but it will begin to revive his creative being. He might not take picture for weeks or months. but he will start to put his gear in order. Updating firmware. Cleaning sensors. checking out the latest Photoshop.
I've been through the ups and downs of these times. I've seen my dad reinvent his photography after years of being out of the game. The stimulus for his interest was the blessings of the digital age. I am completely aware of the process even when I am in the depths of photography despair. But I don't fight it. Trying to force it would just lengthen the process.
I actually am in the upswing of this cycle right now. I am seeing the world as if it was all new. The possibilities spring from everything. And I am loving it.
Phothog.
Why? the artistic element of the photographer is not so easily explained. Perhaps he lost his girl. Or he is overworked. Maybe his mother-in-law has been requesting a million pictures of grandkids. Stress can indeed kill desire fast.
Invariably the light will glimmer through the trees in such away that it stirs his soul. He might not even take a picture but it will begin to revive his creative being. He might not take picture for weeks or months. but he will start to put his gear in order. Updating firmware. Cleaning sensors. checking out the latest Photoshop.
I've been through the ups and downs of these times. I've seen my dad reinvent his photography after years of being out of the game. The stimulus for his interest was the blessings of the digital age. I am completely aware of the process even when I am in the depths of photography despair. But I don't fight it. Trying to force it would just lengthen the process.
I actually am in the upswing of this cycle right now. I am seeing the world as if it was all new. The possibilities spring from everything. And I am loving it.
Phothog.
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