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Thu , June 17th, 2010
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Fri , May 14th, 2010
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Mon , February 15th, 2010
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Mon , January 25th, 2010
under Gear & Gadgets
I can't show the goods from today's shoot but here is one that I really like from today showing the silk flying in the air like it just don't care.
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Sun , January 24th, 2010
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Mon , April 20th, 2009
Well I’m freaking motivated now. Meg and I just watched London based photographer Drew Gardner’s DVD entitled “Location Lighting with Drew Gardner.” I picked it up from Midewst Photo Exchange for $24.95. That is a grand theft video right there and it is an introductory offer. I think it is going to sell normally for [...]
Fri , April 17th, 2009
Many of you have asked about my DarkSphere that I used in the GPP group shot photo. It is pictured above attached to a Nikon SB-25. It is painted silver on the inside and black on the outside. I do not suggest painting it silver on the inside because it took about 18 months for [...]
Sun , April 12th, 2009
On the next to the last day of Gulf Photo Plus I was informed by GPP organizer, Mohamed Somji, that I had the “privilege” of shooting the group shot of all the GPP staff and photographers. I would be given 15 minutes to set up and execute the shot with 25 to 40 people.I have [...]
Sat , March 21st, 2009
under Gear & Gadgets,Misc. Photos
The image above states the exact feeling one has when shooting at this old prison in East Atlanta. Here are some more images I shot this week of Julia. She needed one or two new pieces for her portfolio and I needed to run the CaNikon 5z Marc Too (as I call it) through the [...]
Thu , February 19th, 2009
under Gear & Gadgets,Just Stuff
First things first. If you want a copy of Meghan’s song, “Window”, from the Transform video. Just click this link. She wants to remind everyone that this was just a quick recording during a practice session but it currently is the ONLY recording of this song. So, it isn’t a perfect recording but you know [...] |
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