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This was captured during a great Sunset with different cloud formations, i simply just had to stare at them, so this is me watching the clouds which i do everytime i step outside my door.
During a boring november afternoon I decided to do a new self portrait for my profile picture. I was going for that letterbox eye shot with a 16:9 aspect ratio. via 500px ift.tt/1lk8a5q
Woman enjoying her Jello-Shot Syringe.
Lan Kwai Fong Beer Fest 2010, Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Saturday, July 17th, 2010.
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self. ♥ it makes me think of aliens and space :) haha
(a concoction of rain, garden security lights and a near-camera-death experience)
Paul Gauguin, Self-Portrait, 1889, oil on wood, 31 3/16 x 20 3/16 inches or 79.2 x 51.3 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
I was doing a self portrait session last night and pulled out the old Canon
AE-1p 35mm camera.
Look at the beard...he's either the wise old man or that crazy guy.
***edit*** as many of you know the beard is long gone...
Me shooting myself trying out some new lighting gear.
Strobist setup:
Above camera: 580EX II at 1/4 power with Lastolite Ezybox Hotshoe 60x60 angled 45 degrees downwards.
Camera right: 430EX through an umbrella softbox at 1/8 power.
Fill light behind me / on background by a WF SLS-006S wide angle mini slave.
I also used a silver reflector below my face for extra catchlight and light bounce.
Triggered with Canon ST-E2 using Canon RC-1, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-70/2,8 L USM at 70 mm.
1/200 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100.
I was passing by this scene at the market place, these two guys were going to untie these sacks with water melons. The little kid was asking his father, "where is mine, it was blue".
This is so far the most difficult lighting condition to tame. Mid afternoon. Either the highlights are off or too underexpose, shooting manual at this condition is not as easy as I thought it'd be. Certainly I am in need of more clicks in this condition. I thought of shooting in Aperture Priority which I might later practice.
On another note, I thought of a crop at the right side, but the kid was talking about a "blue" sack, I though I'd keep it this way so it shows a bit more of those blue sacks.
Compensation for f/11 was way too slow even at this light, boosted the ISO to 500 to get this. Any suggestions to handle such condition? Highly appreciated.
The house that Jack built (video link opens in a new window)
Shot from, Nikon D300. Lense: 17-55 mm.Manual Exposure F/11. ISO 500. Exposure 1/50 sec.
Metering: Matrix. Manual Focus. White Balance: Direct Sunlight , Color Mode used: Fuji Velvia (kept the in-camera saturation low)
Used Photoshop some adjustments on curves and level. Added contrast. Reduce image size. No cropping.
Alright, first photo of a month full of photos! Self portraits have always been both my weak spot in photography and something I've wanted to improve, because who doesn't want nice photos of themselves, right? :P
I'm hoping that this experiment will help me improve my skill and technical knowledge of photography, improve my ability to pose and make facial expressions in photos that are flattering (because I am just the queen of awkward smiles and bleh faces, dear lord!), and obviously improve my ability to take self portraits.
I regret being lazy today and not putting on makeup until late in the day, I've missed the time to use natural light because of this. But it turned out alright, I think. I had to go back to improve my makeup after taking a few shots because I tend to rush my makeup and it still looks okay, but it looks better with a little more time put into it.
I don't know if I'm gonna do a mini blog like this each day of taking photos, but I think it's important to chart my thoughts at the time of taking the self portrait as another way to 'chart' my process.
Gahhh! Tagged by IronGambit oh so long ago. Since I kept him waiting for a bit, I uploaded a few more SPs as penance.
For anyone unfamiliar to tagging, here is what you do when tagged...
Post a pic of yourself and list 10 random things about yourself (unless the tagger gave other instructions).
Let the people who tagged you know that you did your list, then tag 10 people to your photo to keep it going.
1. I'm eating a grilled chicken frozen pizza while I'm uploading and editing. It's not really that good. Much better is the Greek Feta I had last week. Palermo's or something, in your frozen isle :D
2. I have flat feet, but I can still play basketball.
3. It's been way too long since I had a good game of chess.
4. The shades are on my head 'cause I think they make me look cool. I know, lame. :D
5. I'm a software engineer and I currently have about 20 passwords stored in my head for different computer systems.
6. I've never been to a concert. Went to see Cats once...*cringes*
7. My wife can never buy me presents because I'm so persnickety (!) about what I want. I'll tell her the make, model and serial number, then give her the web site to order it from...then I buy it and say thanks for the gift. :D
8. I'm a closeted Lakers fan. OK, maybe not so closeted, but it's not like I have any Kobe gear.
9. I hate ketchup. OK, maybe not hate, but I only partake on rare occasion. I'm a mustard guy.
10. 10 is one of my favorite numbers, along with 1. Hey, I'm a computer geek, whaddya want?
Iluminacion: Softbox a la izquierda de la camara con speedlite 430II y reflector plata a la derecha y flash speedlite a las espaldas del sujeto.