Day 233 of 365 days. Ok, I’ve definitely become a camera slob. Didn’t feel like using my DSLR yesterday or today so I fell back on the G4. I hate this picture. I’m not fond of yesterday’s. I’m just terribly aware of every technical inadequacy. Anyway, slept in today after spending all last night putting…
Day 230 of 365 days. One of the nice things about the Class with Dave group is that it forces me to get off my ass and do different shots. I actually thought of this one weeks ago, but just never got around to it. But this week with a health and fitness assignment, I…
Day 227 of 365 days. Continuing my unintentional series of "me sitting down." There were basically two things I had to accomplish today, work on my paper and get some of the furniture and clothes moved up to the new bedroom. Well, at least I got half of that done. I really should have worked…
potential shots for the class with Dave portrait assignment. Let me know which is your favorite.
Day 225 of 365 days. Got home just before midnight last night from a wrestling show, after not really sleeping the night before. Went to sleep and now I’m off to another show that I won’t be home from til 2am probably. Sometimes this hobby is more demanding than a "real" job. I suppose I…
Day 223 of 365 days. Ever since I convinced Steph to do her own 365 project, she’s been appearing in mine less and less. Technically, she was in the background of my 3-17-07 just heavily bokehed, but i figured it was about time I actually included her more directly. Plus, hey, if it gets me…
For the Class With Dave group. Assignment: Black and White architecture. This is a repeat assignment from earlier. My original version of this assignment was a much more standard, though high contrast B&W night scene, so I decided to go with something more creative and different from what I normally do. This was shot in the afternoon on the University of Pittsburgh campus. In order to get more fantastic and less realistic tones, I used a combination of Channel Mixer, Curves and Levels adjustment layers with layer masks.
Channel Mixer:
Red: +40 Green: +180 Blue: -100
Levels 1:
input Black: 10 Gray: 1.00 White: 233
output Black: 0 White: 255
with a layer mask blocking out the right (bright) side of the sky.
Curves (input,output):
0,0 41,90 168,141 197,181 228,137 255,255
with a layer mask blocking out the building and the tree
Levels 2:
input: Black: 0 Gray: 1.24 White: 255
output Black: 0 White: 255
Day 221 of 365 days. I had been wanting to do another bodyscaping style pic, and this weeks Class with Dave assignment kind of gave me the excuse to do so. It also meant that I had to go downstairs and lift some before taking the shot, something that I have been seriously neglecting (and…
One of these three shots will be my 365 days shot for today as well as my class with dave shot (bodyscaping) Please vote and help me decide!
One of these three shots will be my 365 days shot for today as well as my class with dave shot (bodyscaping). Please vote and help me decide!
back up shot for class with dave
For Class with Dave. Assignment: Landscape
Three men fishing on the dock over the Mononghelia River in Pittsburgh.
An alternate shot of my day 215, 365 shot. I’m still not convinced I chose the right one.
Day 215 of 365 days. Found out today that I didn’t get one of the jobs I was up for. I don’t know that I’m super-bummed out about it. It wasn’t the greatest job ever or anything like that, in fact if I were offered everything I have applied for lately, that would not have…
Day 213 of 365 days. I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. I’m probably the hardest working unemployed man in the world. Today I accomplished several things. I talked to two recruiters and emailed with a third. I spent the rest of the day working on my paper for the conference I’m speaking at…