Olympus 35RC

I found this guy on Craigslist for $20. Can't go wrong with a solid rangefinder. I have some Kodak Portra 160NC loaded and ready to go. Creamy and warm tones are sure to come back from the lab.

Strobist: Cooking Light

For my "cooking light" assignment, I chose to light up my 8" chef's knife and some cherry tomatoes. This is the same knife that sliced through my finger and partially severed my tendon a year ago. To be fair, I cut myself, the knife just happened to be in my hands.

My Holga

Strobist: Controlling Specular Highlights

It's been, oh... 3 months, since I've done a Strobist 102 assignment. I combined this lesson with making a listing to sell my Canon AE-1 and lenses. This assignment was about specular highlights, and learning to control them. Specular highlights are essentially the reflections of your light sources as seen reflected from your subject.

A Gallery of Backed up Film

I had about 4 rolls of film waiting to be developed. I sent them off to NCPS, and here's a gallery of the results. Not much commentary.

Basking in the Evening Sun

Here's my son, hanging out on the couch, catching some evening sun. The warm glow and angular shadows across his face, as he contemplates the three poops he took.

Actually, he's not basking in an evening sun. The couch is relatively far from the window and doesn't really face the evening sun at all. I actually fixed my stupid Chineese flash triggers by buying a new battery (not that I don't plan on replacing them still), so I used my flash to create some "sun" for my son.

I zoomed my flash head all the way in (105mm) for hard shadows and used a 1/2 CTO gel to warm up the light. Here's basically the same image taken with available light.



I totally stole this idea from Joe McNally, and not ashamed about it. If you're just getting into off-camera flash, I definitely recommend his book Hot Shoe Diaries.

2 Delays, Posting to Resume Soon

I've run into two delays on making new posts.

1. A newborn son


2. My Chineese flash triggers broke. Time to upgrade.