Carpe Oculos

I haven't been so good about posting photography stuff here lately, but having been given both a 55mm macro lens and a statue of (what Liz believes is) Helios and his chariot, I decided to spend what looked like a good snowing in experimenting in the basement and post the results. Maybe get back into the habit of using LJ?


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Now the snow is all melted but I'm still pleased with how I spent my Saturday morning.

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It's been a few months since I've posted anything here, which is kind of funny, considering I've spent more time behind cameras in the past couple months than probably the whole previous year. Of course, shooting the movie is a lot different than shooting photographs, and I am starting to feem a little bit for strobes and stills.

But on the photo-shooting note, I was fortunate enough to celebrate the wedding of two of my friends this past Saturday (Bill and Lee), and get some shutter time in as well.



Oh, and there were Dragons.

From September 28th to November 5th, I will be participating in Artomatic, and showing photos. I'll admit I'm a little nervous and a bit excited, but mostly I'm realizing that I've signed up for a crapload more than just shooting pictures.

I'll post more info here when I know more about how it all works.

But, I assure you, I'm still shooting.



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Words just aren't really enough to describe Kauai. So I'll leave it to these.

I will say that I am very grateful to have an awesome friend who was willing to let share us a week with him at his timeshare out in Puipo. Thanks again, Mark.

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I'd like to introduce you all to Makenna Missal, who's participating in this year's JDRF Ride to the Cure event in Burlington Vermont on July 30th. This a 100 mile ride she will be taking with her father Brad to raise awareness and funding for Juvenile Diabetes research.

That's a hell of a commitment for a 13 year old to make, and should you like to know more, take a look at her rider page here.

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I'm running about 2 photo shoots behind on what I'm posting here, and it's just getting worse. What's funny is that I'm really developing a good workflow and import procedure, and even taking concious effort to not take a shot unless I think it's got more redeeming qualities than "hey, this is a cool thing".

I think a lot of it is I'm spending a lot more time in photoshop and other tools trying to squeeze just a little bit more out of the pixels than my composition gave me to work with.

At the last Quicksilver shoot I really didn't take all that many pictures, but there were two that I did take that I put a lot of effort into getting just right. With the amazing Baska's help and a little bit of luck (and not a little photoshop), here are my 'villainess' shots:






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I didn't really know what to expect from Tel Aviv before I went there, but one thing you never hear about in the endless news reports from there is how beautiful it is.



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The Roman ruins at Caesarea are photography crack. Geometric lines, grandiose architecture, the complementary orange stone against the blue sky and water of the ocean, it's small wonder that I wandered out of there with over 800 shots.

Of course, nobody wants to wade through 800 photographs. So, with much gnashing of teeth and chewing of nails, here's just 20.




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I've got a zillion photos from Israel and Kyle's workshop that I'm still sorting through, but I'm procrastinating by trying out something new. It doesn't count as laziness if it's still photography, right?





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Spent a fantastic (if exhausting) weekend with a great group of friends and Photographer Extraordinaire Kyle Cassidy.

And things got a little awesome.



You can see our group collection here.

And my personal shots of the weekend here.

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