Archive for March, 2009

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Mar
09

Rock Band

I saw this photo on my camera tonight and totally forgot that I even took it.  I swear I wasn’t drunk. Seriously, its impossible to play this game and drink. You dont have enough hands! Anyway, we all started playing rockband at around 11pm and the next thing I knew it was 3am! I put a strobe behind Ash (Ringo Starr) to give it the concert look.

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24
Mar
09

New Gear

I got a new lens last week: Sigma’s 50mm 1.4 I have only owned Canon lenses to this point, but so far I am really impressed with this product. Canon has a 50mm 1.4 lens, but from what I could tell, produces mediocre photos; especially with a $300 price tag. It’s obvious that Canon puts a majority of their effort into the “L” series lenses. Don’t get me wrong; it’s an astonishing line but they’re expensive. It’s nice to see a 3rd party company realize, and fill, a gap in the product line in terms of quality and price. Good job Sigma! Both of these shots are stopped down to 1.4. While other lenses will get soft at this aperture the Sigma remains fairly sharp.

ps. This is really the only “hood” you can live in Portland.

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13
Mar
09

Dwight Howard. A Jayhawk?

Adidas has picked 4 NBA players who skipped college and entered the draft to cheer on an adopted college team during this year’s March Madness Tournament. I believe they are releasing a shoe in conjunction with the ad campaign for each school. You can see Dwight in his #12 home Kansas Jersey  here.

Kevin Garnet - UCLA

T-Mac – Louisville

Josh Smith – Pitt

Dwight Howard – Kansas

I don’t like to play the “what if” game; however,  this would have been our starting lineup during the 03-04 season if this fairytale were true:

G. 6′4 215lbs Keith Langford

SG. 6′3 215lbs Michael Lee

PG. 6′1 175lbs Aaron Miles

PF. 6′9 255lbs Wayne Semien

C. 6′11 265lbs  Dwight Howard 

 

Bench: David  Padgett

 

 

01
Mar
09

Aubrey

I met Annie and her darling 3 month old, Aubrey, at my Nephew’s birthday party last month. She contacted me earlier in the week to inquire about photographing her daughter and to let me know that the photo I took of their son Brendan is framed and hanging in their house. I’m fairly unassuming when it comes to my photography.  Honestly, I have no bigger critic than myself, but it feels good to know that someone is enjoying something that I produced in their house. Truth be told, previous to this shoot I held exactly 0 hours of studio work under my belt (with a human), but i guess you have to start somewhere. I know she’s a bit fussy in the first shot  I posted, but I really like the lighting so I decided it was a keeper. At least for me…

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