July 2010

I Suck

July 15, 2010
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I was disappointed with  yesterdays testing but answers were right around the corner, or should I say a click away.  I was reading  awhile back about using the Profoto Hardbox on model mayhem,  (yes, I’m kinda a lurker) it finally inspired me to get it.  whoop whoop!  I’m sure it could be duplicated with $5 […]

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Profoto Hardbox

July 14, 2010
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Today I was testing my Profoto Hardbox on my Profoto 1200ws monolight.   Anthony came by for a quick couple of hours.  It’s still hot in Michigan so today had to be a studio day. Today was like shooting film, I thought the images were going to look a lot better than they did.  The […]

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Number Three

July 14, 2010
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Last week I wasn’t showing up anywhere in search for headshots, boohoo.  Yesterday I was number three in just one week!  I wasn’t really thinking about optimizing for headshots because I’m basically a model shooter.  The film industry has come to town so headshots are on my radar more.  There are quite a few industries […]

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Sometimes

July 12, 2010
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Sometimes it pays not to get what you ask for.  I was shooting a comp card with a female model in the left image location.  The location is Birmingham which is a big dog walking community, the shops leave  fancy and fun water bowls on the sidewalks for them.  It’s a beautiful boutique style downtown […]

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Summer Aged

July 12, 2010
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Image above has Photoshop action;  Smooth desaturation by Rocketlaunch I don’t use canned actions much because  every image needs and reacts differently to the action.  So the time involved going through them can be a bit off putting.  I tend to go in phrases and yesterday I decided to see what an action would do […]

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Middle Of The Day

July 11, 2010
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Shot with the ring light camera right So Susan Ashe of Ashe Photography came to the studio today to do some testing.  Our model Andrea showed up right on time, 1:00pm.   I just have her come hair and makeup ready when I’m doing this kinda of testing.  We were going to do some hot (temperature) […]

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Ouch

July 9, 2010
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Before and After of Lauren taken at my November 2009 workshop While talking with a fellow photographer today we compared how much weight we both had gained because of photography.  ouch!  Or maybe I should say because of my computer.  The list of what I do on my computer would be so long it would […]

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Fans Choose You

July 9, 2010
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“Fans choose you, you don’t choose your fans”. I heard that quote tonight and it certainly rings true. There are so many blogs out there now and many more to come.  I just watched the movie Julie-Julia about a blogger making all of Julia Childs cooking recipes.  She wrote everyday also. A few people have […]

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