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Holiday Camera Toss

Tim — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:22:28 +0000

I saw this tutorial in Wired Magazine and thought I’d give it a try. These were pictures I took of my in-laws Christmas tree. And YES I threw my camera up in the air

My First Niece, Darcy

Tim — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:58:21 +0000

My Sister-in-law and husband were in town this week and I finally got to meet my first niece, Darcy. She’s really cute and I got to do a little portrait shoot with her

Welles Wedding

Tim — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:31:08 +0000

Some pictures from my friends Mike and Kelly’s Wedding

Janel and Stephen’s Wedding

Tim — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:58:09 +0000

These are some pictures from the Mouillesseaux / Martin wedding. My family had a great time celebrating with Janel and Stephen in Merced. These are my personal favorites. My full collection of pictures can be found here.

Folsom Portait

Tim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:57:22 +0000

I took these portraits for my in-laws as a gift for their 40th anniversary

Angels Stadium Panoramic

Tim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:56:51 +0000

I took this panoramic image of Angels Stadium on May 29, 2009. The Angels were playing the Seattle Mariners. My final image is 13 feet wide and 5 feet tall. I’d hate to actually see the photo at that size because I’m sure it would show all kinds of mistakes.

It’s a combination of 35 photos in three different rows.

Lomography Success

Tim — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:45:18 +0000

In my previous post about Lomography I said I wanted to figure out how to do it in camera. As it turns out, I was doing everything I could in camera as it was. Typically Lomographers will cross process their film (they’d take slide film and treat it like print film). SO, that means I am allowed to emulate cross processing in Photoshop. This is basically the same set of pictures from my last round, but with the added step on the computer.

I learned this technique from this website and I even wrote a Photoshop Action so that I can “develop” the pictures with a push of a button

Lomography Experiment

Tim — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:49:38 +0000

I read an interesting article about Lomography a couple of days ago. My wife and I went to Disneyland on our birthdays for free. I thought I would experiment with what I learned from the article. I got some interesting photos, but I didn’t really nail the Lomography thing. I think I’m going to have to experiment with it a little bit more. Clearly with Photoshop I could push the results a little bit more, but the point was to learn how to do it in camera

I also just learned about this new blog/ blog rebranding called Photo Focus. I’m going to start checking it out. http://www.photofocus.com.

My First Nephew

Tim — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:19:02 +0000

My first nephew, David, gave me the opportunity for another first; my first baby portrait shoot. I learned two very important things from the shoot. 1) It’s tough to get a good picture of a 4 month old. 2) An aperture setting of 1.8 is very dangerous.

I had done a Google search of baby photography to get some ideas on how the make the pictures more interesting but he just wasn’t able to sit up well enough or wasn’t comfortable enough to cooperate. I think at 6 months old it would have been easier. But nonetheless we were able to get these great pictures of him on a plain old black sheet set up in natural light. My youngest daughter (4.5 years old) is obsessed with babies. So she wanted to be around. When we finally allowed her to be there it was a blessing. It turned out his most expressive moments came as a result of her trying to play with him.

You can watch David grow up here.

Tilt Shift + Time Lapse = Way Cool

Tim — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:00:12 +0000

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

This video is a series of real life photographs by Keith Loutit. They are taken with a special (expensive) lens called a “tilt-shift” lens. It gives the subject the appearance of being a minature. I like that he took his experiment to the next level by adding a story line