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Mmmmm.... Keg Burger at Pine Lake Ale House (@PLAH_OnTap) for my birthday... http://twitter.com/PhotoJe...
New Orleans Speedlite class is full, but we need another model! D Tweet me if you want to help out today....
Laissez Bon Temps Rouler! 3 spots left in my Canon Speedlite workshop this Sunday in New Orleans http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/live_le... Dépêche-toi mon amies!
"..and, speaking of hideous rusted clunkers from Detroit, please enjoy Madonna's halftime show" http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahaw...
OFFICIAL NOTICE: Ladies, it's no longer cute or clever to mimic the Charlie's Angels movie poster when posing for a 3-shot with your friends
Cheers! @strobist on your newly granted peerage. All hail Sir David, "Lord of the Speedlights"! ♖ http://fakechuckwestfall.wordpress.com/2012... ♖ I'm not worthy...
New Orleans Photographers! The Canon EOS DSLR Seminar will be in town Sat, Feb 11 http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/live_le... Just $99 with Twitter code: CLL2012
Overheard at Halftime... - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Overheard at Halftime... - “Who’s Madonna?” “She’s Lady Gaga for old people…” http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Super Sunday - new #blipfoto journal entry - http://www.blipfoto.com/entry...
Yes! Heads it is! Superbowl coin toss wins me a free pizza from Papa John’s...
Moonrise Over Llama Lake - new #blipfoto journal entry - http://www.blipfoto.com/entry...
Blackberry Leaves - new #blipfoto journal entry - http://www.blipfoto.com/entry...
Countdown Until Pitchers & Catchers Report At last, MLB spring training starts on February 19th.  Looking forward to some baseball…. - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
The Chief Seattle Boy Scout Council just released their latest video “What I Learned at Camp” and our guys in Troop 571 from Sammamish, WA are featured quite prominently. That’s them in the title sequence marching to dinner one evening… We contributed about half of the video footage from our week at Camp Pigott last July using the scout’s Flip... - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Video: The Chief Seattle Boy Scout Council just released their latest video “What I Learned at Camp” and our... http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
The Gettysburg Address If there was Facebook in the 1860s…. - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
The Gettysburg Address
 
If there was Facebook in the 1860s….
Photo: The Gettysburg Address If there was Facebook in the 1860s…. http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
As Cold As Ice Dreary February weekdays are always a photographic challenge. Especially here in the Pacific Northwest where the sun makes an appearance about once every three weeks. I’m not claiming that good images can only be created on bright, warm days; it’s just a challenge to find something photogenic everyday. And if you want color, well,... - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
As Cold As Ice
 
Dreary February weekdays are always a photographic challenge.  Especially here in the Pacific Northwest where the sun makes an appearance about once every three weeks.  I’m not claiming that good images can only be created on bright, warm days; it’s just a challenge to find something photogenic everyday. And if you want color, well, that just increases the difficulty expotentially.
 
Sometimes you just have to ‘think outside the box’ and, in this case, inside the bag.  I tend to shoot a lot of isolated macro photos this time of year and was goofing around shooting stuff around the kitchen when I noticed how a slightly out of focus image of a white shopping bag resembles ice.  After some test shots with my Canon PowerShot G12, I switched to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II with an original Lensbaby.
 
The set-up was simple.
 Canon EOS 5D Mark II Original Lensbaby lens 2- white foamcore boards 1- white plastic shopping bag Roscoe #80 Blue gels A single tungsten floor lamp 
I set up the foamcore as a mini-studio and then placed the shopping bag in the center shaping it into a miniature cavern. I then covered the bag with the blue filters and positioned the lens at the entrance focusing towards the back.  The 5D was set to Av to accomodate the Lensbaby aperture, and set to Tungsten white balance for some extra blue tonality.
 
After that, it was mostly trial and error until I achieved the look and exposure that produced the desired effect.
 
I titled the image “Fictus Ice Caverns”. 
 
‘Fictus” is Latin for sham…
Went exploring late yesterday and got some wonderful images deep inside the Fictus Ice Caverns here in Sammamish, WA. It was very easy access and the temperature was actually quite warm inside. About 68 degrees, as warm as my living room at home! The light was exquisite and the colors were a wonderous deep blue. About the same hue as a Roscoe #80... - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Went exploring late yesterday and got some wonderful images deep inside the Fictus Ice Caverns here in Sammamish, WA.  It was very easy access and the temperature was actually quite warm inside. About 68 degrees, as warm as my living room at home! The light was exquisite and the colors were a wonderous deep blue. About the same hue as a Roscoe #80 blue filter…
 
Since the caverns in a constant state of change, I hope to make more visits before they disappear in the spring thaw.
 
Aptly named the Fictus Ice Caverns see how to get there below…
Photo: Went exploring late yesterday and got some wonderful images deep inside the Fictus Ice Caverns here... http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
New Orleans Speedliters! My Canon Speedlite Creativity Workshop has four spots left. Lights, Models, Action! Sun Feb 12 http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/live_le...
New Orleans Photographers! The Canon EOS Immersion DSLR Seminar will be in town Sat, Feb 11 http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/live_le... Just $99 with code: CLL2012
Feeling Lucky... - new #blipfoto journal entry - http://www.blipfoto.com/entry...
Winner! Winner!   Hey, two bucks in this economy… I’ll take it. - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Winner! Winner!  
 
Hey, two bucks in this economy…
 
I’ll take it.
Olive sits patiently for her portrait… - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
Olive sits patiently for her portrait…
The “Studio” I’m a big advocate of the KISS Method (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and my set-up for Olive’s portrait was very simple, …and a little embarrassing. In short, this shot was captured in our cluttered work room with a Canon Speedlite 580 EX II modified with a Fong Lightsphere on a hand-held Canon 5D MK II with a Speedlite 320 EX (+2EV) on the... - http://imagewest.tumblr.com/post...
The “Studio”
 
I’m a big advocate of the KISS Method (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and my set-up for Olive’s portrait was very simple, …and a little embarrassing.
 
In short, this shot was captured in our cluttered work room with a Canon Speedlite 580 EX II modified with a Fong Lightsphere on a hand-held Canon 5D MK II with a Speedlite 320 EX (+2EV) on the right used to light the backdrop.
 
Olive was seated on a stool covered with a white bath towel, and a second white bath towel was draped over some storage boxes as the backdrop. Not very elegant and the room is a mess, but with proper lighting and tight cropping, it works in a pinch.
 
No Photoshop here either… Windows Live Photo Gallery was only used to crop and adjust brightness and color.
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Pan Fried Chicken - new #blipfoto journal entry - http://www.blipfoto.com/entry...
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