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  • February22nd

    Little update.

    Posted in: Blogging

    Fixed the busted links on the rates page and finally split my portfolio slideshows into people and bands. Someday I’ll have a fancier web portfolio, promise.

  • February22nd

    Local Show: Smite The Righteous.

    Posted in: Bands & Concerts

    100 years ago I was in this band, so I like to go see them now and then and show some love. Brought the camera, this was my first show with the 40D and I ended up with photos that needed ZERO post processing (well, minus the obligatory unsharp mask). Usually I’d always need to boost the blacks a bit and deal with some noise (even at low ISO) but I got it right this time. And drunk, to boot!

    My favorite of each member. I’m betting the drummer looks familiar by now. That’s my brother in law, he plays in every band ever.

    You can check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/smitetherighteous

    These are all ISO 100, f 2.8 and between .2 and .4 shutter speed.

  • February20th

    Is it summertime yet?

    Posted in: Blogging, Childhood, Gear & Reviews

    Here in New England the winter is the longest, most annoyingly gray winter ever. I’m over it. I want nice weather, outdoor shoots and the beach back. NOW.

    But since that seems to be light years away, I’m keeping busy with indoor photos, my 365 project and website updates. I’ve added (finally) the general portrait info packet to the Rates page. This applies to senior, couple, children, newborn, and any other portrait sessions. Exceptions being band promotion photos and model portfolio which I am still taking pro-bono sessions for.

    I also finally got my Poverty Wizard flash triggers (or Cactus triggers if you want to be no fun about it). They’re pretty sweet for 40 bucks! I’d say they fire 8 out of 10 times. I can deal with that for now.

    Their more expensive counterparts, Pocket Wizards have announced their new models for us poor photogs to drool over. Dave from Strobist has given a good run-down on them here.

    For fans of photoshop actions and preset goodness, Michelle Black is offering some killer discounts in preparation of her upcoming flash website. Check em out here.

    Well, I’ve got some wedding contracts to type up now, but here’s some of my favorite pictures from the last week or so.

    Vintage with a runny nose.

    My husband’s two faces (ISO 100, I set the shutter to 10 seconds, f/20 or something like that, and hand-popped my flash twice- once when he was up close to the lens and again when he backed up.)

    Bath time!

  • February15th

    New Camera & Links!

    Posted in: Portraits, Project 365, Self Portraits

    Ladies and Dudes, I’ve gotten my hot little hands on a Canon 40D thanks to the amazing Chris Haskell (go check out his flickr, he’s one of those annoyingly talented people that does everything well. Plays guitar, sings, technologically skilled, amazing photog, etc.)

    Anyway, I love this camera. I’ve packed up my Xti for it’s next owner, it was a GREAT learning camera! I really recommend it as a first DSLR, I think if I had got this one first my brains would have exploded out the back of head. Custom function what?

    I took some selfies today with it…this was tricky since my remotes don’t work and I don’t have a sturdy enough tripod to hold this beast straight. I had to hand hold and I think if I did this often enough I’d have some Linda Hamilton/Sarah Conner guns going for me.

    And since it’s been a long time, let’s hit the links!

    That’s all for now! I’ll leave you with my Valentine’s Day flowers. :)

  • February3rd

    Mother & Son

    Posted in: Childhood, Client/Commercial, Portraits, Studio

    Had a shoot on Monday for mother & son photos for Valentine’s gifts for Dad. Here’s a few from the first round of processing:

    Chrissy-1

    Brendan-3

    ChrissyAndBrendan-9

    Brendan-1 cropped

    ChrissyAndBrendan-2

    ChrissyAndBrendan-4

    ChrissyAndBrendan-3

    ChrissyAndBrendan-5