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Camero in the snow

Progect 365 (31) The Cosbys

This sweater kinda reminds me of the sweaters Bill wore on the Cosby show

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One of my favorite photos from yesterdays shoot.

Project 365 (29) Make Room

So here is the scenario, lady in truck is coming out as lady in car is coming in. Both are in each others way, neither will concede the right of way. They park their cars and hold up the ramp for 3 mins. Funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

Project 360 (28) Agent E

Working with my RayFlash ring light and a rim.

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This is a sample from a personal project I'm working on. A sneak peek as it were. There is definitely more to come

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I got to shoot the senior portraits as well as some class pics for the University of the District of Columbia Upward Bound Program. I've taken the students pictures quite a few times, but this time I wanted to try out some of the lighting techniques I've learned. 

I chose to shoot in the conference room for two reasons. The first reason was that the moment I stepped into the room I saw the composition I wanted. The juxtaposition between the table, subject and computers was an instant win for me. Second was that I found that it would allow me to get more practice in balancing daylight with strobe. I still find myself struggling with it. I have to remember to find shade (especially in harsh noon day sun). It's a process that I will master in due time. 

I hauled out my one of my Interfit EX150's in a 24" softbox positioned on camera right. I knew I wanted to fill in some of the shadows on the students right, but I didn't want to drag out my other light nor did I have my reflector on me.

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Big Ole' Kitten

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The holy Grail of photo equipment

Got this in the mail a few days ago.

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The Big Pineapple

Project 365 (22) The Rayflash review

I've had my RayFlash for a few months and I can safely say that it has become the go to modifier in my bag. It's quick to assembly and quite easy to use. E-TTL works great with it and the light quality is very nice. I haven't had the chance to use it in the way that David Hobby suggests, but I will be soon. This modifier is just what I was looking for, lightweight, quick to assembly, and will go almost unnoticed to most people. Here is a pic I took with the RayFlash.

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Grabbed this inside the Gaylord Hotel at the National Harbor, while attending the OpenText convention. This hotel is huge. It has a spa, restaurant and a few other things inside its walls. Needless to say this will not be my last time at this hotel.  Next time I'll get a pic of the hotel room as I didn't get a chance to this time around.

Project 365 (20) The Weekend Getaway Edition

I've been to a lot of beautiful cities, but I don't think any have been as beautiful as New York. I want to start this off by letting you all know that the last time I was in New York was in High School. We spent the majority of the time at the hotel, with a quick trip to visit a team mates relatives. I did get to ride in a pretty posh (considering I was still in high school, a Lincoln Town Car was pretty posh) vehicle...Correction, I did make a trip into New York while working for the Upward Bound program, but it was only to visit a college...we stayed in Jersey (so that doesn't count).  So now without further ado, here are my best and worst things about my trip.

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Put my truck in the shop on Thursday got it back Friday evening. Good to have him back

Project 365 (18) The resurection

It's been awhile since I've produced an image for my project. I'm going to challenge myself to go out and just shoot. I wanted to make this a project of new images and I thought I would be able to find tons of things to photograph, but alas it was not to be.

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I haven't been as consistent as I would like to have been on getting pics on here. I will do better, but enjoy the new post.

Saw these huge plants on my way to lunch. You would think I would have noticed them considering that they are as tall as I am. I call it "In the Jungle"

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There is something about clouds and sky that I just like

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I had a shoot with Kelli today and we had a ball. My assistant really had my back, as I was kinda brain locked with poses. After the incident yesterday with security, I wondered if we would be able to shoot at the location I had picked. But in the middle of shooting a security guard came around and to my surprise, it was one that I knew. We made pleasantries and it was back to shooting. We got a lot of amazing shots and I got to try out a technique I picked up from David Hobby. It was a fun shoot! Here is one of my favorite shots from the session.

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The photo of the day comes with some interesting lessons. The first lesson would be that with this hobby you have to be very flexible. Rigidness will not help you at all. So here's the story, I started a project for myself and the first, model and location was picked out. The location was scouted and ready to go. Well the day of the shoot was met with massive setbacks that caused us to have to reschedule. We picked a new date and was forced to rescheduled again. We finally got a date to stick and after some problems with traffic we made it the location.

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While I was waiting on a coworker I noticed this lady. She was in her own world enjoying the weather like a lot of the people were today. I couldn't help admiring her outfit so I tried to take a pic. I guess she knew what I was doing and turned her head before I could take the pic...so I got this. It was a quick shot but I like how this came out (even if you can't she the entire outfit). I enjoy days like this where I can walk outside and enjoy the weather. So here is Lady in Waiting