Emulsions, sensors, pixels, and vectors.
This one seems to be popular when checking the Google Analytics reports from my former gallery web site. It was made a few years ago near Mendocino, CA while we dined at my sister-in-law’s house up on the hill. The green eye, shallow depth of field, and the offsetting deep coral color of her sweater make this one of my favorite images. Someday soon, I’ll figure out a way to post some photographs in a sensible format again.
The other day I picked up a copy of Zack Arias’ OneLight Workshop DVD at the advice of a friend. A few glasses of scotch and some time later, I ended up sending these thoughts to that same friend: Dude, I am at the 15:25 mark of DVD 1 from the OneLight workshop. I must say that this guy is not doing a convincing job of articulating how a camera and flash works. At 4:57, he drilled into us that “shutter speed controls ambient exposure” about 13 times in 60 seconds. This is a reckless oversimplification [as we'll see in a moment] but goddamn it sounds like the gospel the way Zack preaches it. Like Moses himself stumbled upon this bit of wisdom scrawled on a stone tablet [...]
Got back from a snowmobile trip with The Boys a few weeks ago. Holy crap, there were some cold mornings: this one was made when the ambient temperature was -8 degrees F with -40 wind chills. It was so farking cold on that rocky outcrop that I opted to frame the shot, then set the camera to automatically make one photograph every 60 seconds while I ran inside to keep warm. After about 25 minutes, I had 2 cups of coffee and lots of shots to choose from. A few tips when using your camera outside like this: First, this will drain your battery. Very quickly. But in my experience, there’s a bit more juice left in it when things come up to room temperature again. Second, don’t [...]
