aiad 11/03/10

So I've now completed three days of this project and I'm still at it. Yesterday's shot idea came about on the way home form work. I had a dried flower hanging out at the house to use as a subject. The flower was clipped for another photo I had in mind that never happened, so the flower ended up getting tossed on a table and forgotten about. The image I came up with is nothing like the first idea the flower was intended for, but I like the results.


11/03/10 - dried flower


a larger image can be seen here: kinetic-images.com

an image a day

I've been feeling a little unfulfilled with my photography habits here lately. I mess around with photography in some form almost everyday, but I usually end up with very little to show for it or showing very little of it. I'm starting to think I have a "flaw" in how I approach my photography.

So in an effort to help my creative process flourish, I have decided to commit myself to a month long photo project. My plan is to shoot something, then process and post an image every day for the month of November. I hope by focusing on completing these multiple "short term" photo assignments, I'll learn a little more about my process of creating images and develop better habits. So far I'm two for two...

11/01/10 - suki

11/02/10 - abstract leaves


larger images can be seen here : kinetic-images.com

white-shades-backflip

It's been a while since I've shot a white shades image, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten about them. I shot my nephew's senior portraits this past weekend and slipped in a white shades photo during the session. I'm pretty stoked on this one!

dirty bird

DIRTY BIRD

photo booth

So a while ago, I started playing around with a "photo booth" idea. My wife and I spend a good bit of time hanging out around the house with friends. So I thought it would be cool/fun to have a "photo booth" set up sometime when we had company over. So I tried it out one night and we had a ton of fun, so we did it on two other occasions.

The Idea:
Set up the Booth
Instruct the guest on how to use the equipment

Create fun, silly no pressure photos

The Booth:
Camera on a tripod, with a remote, set on a 5 second delay
Some reference points for depth of field ("x" on the floor)
Simple solid background
Simple lighting set up
Simple instructions: Have fun!


The Photo:
After capture, I cropped the images and made most of them black and white. Nothing fancy, just a quick and dirty edit.

I really like how many of the images turned out.
Check out about 40 more images
from the this photo exercise here ---> kinetic-images.com

cullen's 1st

A friend had their first birthday party this past weekend.

(mmmm cake)

I posted about this little guy a year ago.
Check it out ---> Cullen

more d200 stokage

It was crazy! I set up a flash with a green gel and a friend walked in my front door wearing a green shirt. Stokage!

d200 stokage

I picked up a new to me slr. Unfortunately my other camera decided to crap out on me, so I had to get something to replace it. I found a reasonably priced, low mileage d200 to use for the time being. Here's a couple of quick test shots...




There are a few other shots from the quick little test session here ----> kinetic-images.com