Mia, Rachel, and I were ninjas at the Flickr Halloween party over the weekend. Between assassinations of fellow Flickrites and downing a few beers, we spent lots of time photographing each other. I’ve got a few images up in my Flickr photostream. Some more will roll in over the next couple of days.
Rachel just informed me that this photo of Robyn was used in a Strobist blog entry about using fluorescent light fixtures as cheap, continuous, and readily-available light sources. Don’t worry. You don’t have to understand why the second half of that sentence is cool. I’m just stoked that another one of my photos was used on the site (the first one was when David announced the Seattle seminar).
This photo was featured on Seattlest today. Wicked!
Nearly 200 zombies wandered around Fremont on Sunday afternoon for the 2007 Fremont Zombie Walk. Observers were perplexed, afraid, and amused. A few people were “eaten”. And I’m still finding patches of dried fake blood on my jeans and my jacket. :)
Check out some photos from the event in my Flickr photostream.
Last Friday was the opening reception for the Seattle Flickrites October Photo Show at Cafe Vega. It was a crazy 2 hours filled with lots of coffee and wine, great conversation, art admiration, and at least 60+ people filing up the cafe and part of the street corner. I know that one piece was sold that night, and I’m sure others will sell over the next few weeks. It was an awesome show, and I recommend that that everyone get down there to check it out when they can. Check back in my previous post for location information.
Last weekend I finally got a chance to check out my shots from The Good Foot’s 2nd Annual 4TheLuvofit B-Boy/B-Girl Jam (I handed over my cards to the organizers so they could grab what they needed right away). The lighting conditions weren’t ideal, but, overall, I’m pretty happy with what I got that night. There were plenty of great frozen action shots that would make good ad material on The Good Foot’s site. You can check out a few of my personal faves in my Flickr photostream.
I met Lisa and Anna the other night during the Flickr/Strobist shoot at a parking garage on the UW campus. They were just passing through with one of Allen’s friends, and while the guys were talking, I asked if they wanted to model for me. They hesitated for a bit but eventually agreed.
Once I got the OK, I setup a couple of lights next to one of the blank concrete walls, fired off a few test shots to get my exposure, then did a whole series of the girls individually and together. Lisa (on the left) was a little unsure about the whole thing, but I did manage to get her to relax and smile without looking too nervous and tentative. Anna (on the right) had no problems modeling for me. She seemed to be having a lot of fun, because it was tough to get her to not smile.
I’ve shown my picks from the shoot to Lisa and Anna, and they both love the shots I got. In fact, they’re both interested in doing another shoot with me. I guess this just goes to show that it never hurts to ask people if it’s OK to photograph them. It’s also good to have business cards on you, so those people can contact you later. ;)
More photos from my impromptu shoot with Lisa and Anna are available in my Flickr photostream.
Check it out! The Seattle Flickrites are doing our very first group photo show this month! We’ll be showing at Cafe Vega from October 7 to November 3.
The opening reception is Friday, October 12, 7-9pm. Swing on by and meet the photographers and maybe buy some work! Or just buy my photo. ;)
I got some new gear. :)
The first obvious new thing is the Pocket Wizard in my hand. I got a set of 4 last week (2 are in my possession, 2 more are coming) after getting completely fed up with my Gadget Infinity triggers not being completely reliable. The GI triggers aren’t horrible, just not what I would like them to be. Going on the fritz in the middle of a shoot is not pleasant. I’m still going to hang onto them, though, because they are nice and compact and will come in handy when there are too many PWs around.
The second new thing is the D70s used to take this photo. I found a used one at Kenmore Camera on Tuesday morning that looked like it had either barely been used or cared for extremely well. There’s a tiny bit of wear on the screen protector, but it’s tough to see and plus that’s the whole reason the screen is there. The AE-L/AF-L button, which I use for auto-focus, is a bit squishy, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it soon enough. It came in the original box with manuals, 2 batteries (bringing my grand total power supply to 4 batteries), a charger, and an unused strap. And, best of all, it only had 4000 shutter actuations on it. That part sold it for me. It set me back $600, and I probably could’ve found something cheaper on Craigslist or eBay, but I highly doubt I would’ve gotten one in such great condition with so few shutter actuations. I think this is a great replacement for my busted D70 and will hold me over just fine until the D300 ships. :)
So, yeah, I’ve spent a bit of money in the past couple of weeks, but it was going to eventually happen anyway. Time to find some more paying gigs and sell more photos to pay for all this stuff!
