20090819

[macro] repetition in low vibrancy and high saturation

I decided to take a few pictures outside the front of my house this morning. I have also decided that I love low vibrancy and high saturation.
wicker chair
glass candle holder

20090802

[model] shoot with [raz] teaser edit

The shoot with Rachael Alexandra Zlotow went pretty well today. My camera battery doesn't last as long as I'd like it to... I should get a spare. Got through about 385 shots before it died though. Many had fill-in flash and optical picture stabilization turned on, which eats battery.
As for the shoot, we drove to Horton Bay and tried to get into a lavender field with not much success. we found a little field to shoot in though. Here's a teaser edit I cooked up while she was looking over my shoulder on my computer:
SNB13234 semi final

20090801

2009 07 31

barn 001
purple sky 001
fruit everywhere 001
tree arms 001

[macro] 2009 07 31

yellow flowers 001
tomato flower 001
green leaves 001
orage flower 001
pink flower 004
pink flower 003
pink flower 002
pink flower 001
purple flower 003
purple flower 002
purple flower 001
blue flower 001
uv rasberry 001
light green berries 001
withered 001
green leaf 001
red leaf 001
yellow tree lichen 001
wierd hairy thing in a tree 001
green spider 002
green spider 001
ant 001
cracked ground 001
butterfly saturation 001
metal lid 001

[macro] new camera test

hairs 001
stickly 001
wheat 001
rockly 001
fungly 001
barkly 001

20090728

[preview] first shoot with rachael alexandra zlotow [raz]

In a few days I'll be starting a series of shoots with Rachael Alexandra Zlotow [RAZ], whom I graduated Highschool with. We're both extremely excited, but she's also got a few of her own passions, one of which is fasion design. I'm dropping you guys a little preview of her and also one of her illustrations, which I personally think is wonderfully done.

[photo feature] Dennis Bohman #1

Dennis Bohman, whom I met on Twitter (follow me on the right) shared his blog with me (Hamtoast.com). A couple posts back I noticed a REALLY close macro shot of a ladybug. Apparently, you can reverse your lens and get an extreme macro.

20090727

bamboo pen tablet tests





During spring semester at Lawrence Tech University, I purchased a Wacom Bamboo tablet for around 50$. Best. Investment. Ever.
Here are some tests in photoshop and some of my final renderings for my spring semester design studio project.

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