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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

LIFE is Ressurected by Google

LIFE Magazine one of the world first and most famous photojournalism publication ceased on in April of 2007. Now with the help of Google Images, LIFE has been given...well, new life!

10 million images owned by TIME-LIFE are now available at http://images.google.com/hosted/life free for personal and non-profit use.

This incredible collection includes some easily recognized iconic photographs and millions that never made it out of the editors office.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Road Tripping: Dubuque, Iowa

A couple of months ago we took a weekend road trip out Dubuque, Iowa and Gelena, Illinois to close off the summer.

Fall baskets in Gelena, Illinois

Black angus cows..yumm....

Beth and my honda out somewhere between Chicago and Gelena.

Picturesque Dubuque

At the top of the 4th Street Elevator

4th Street Elevator Operator

Elves get special treatment out in Iowa.

On the way to the Mississippi, Mia had to make a pit stop....

What are you looking at?

On the shores of the great Mississippi

We found a garter snake on the staircase leading down to the river.

I do a homage to the Steve Irwin. "Ain't she a beauty!"
Everyone else ran...

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Chicago Obama Rally

Looks like I may get a chance to attend the big Obama rally here in Chicago!
Hopefully I can get some pictures and break my recent dry spell.

Wish me luck!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Persectives from Montana

"I remember being in Billings as a little kid, I was in a grocery store. I saw a black man...
I said, 'Wow, that's a black man.' It occurred to me that that was the first black man I'd ever seen in Montana."

The Washington Post, does a great article and photo essay about the residents of central Montana, one of the lease racially diverse areas of the country, on how they feel about Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Doggie's New Haircut

I got new softbox and Doggie gets a new haircut!

Before
Dyna-lite M1000wi with NE-1 bare stick light

After
Dyna-lite M1000wi with 4050 head in medium Photoflex softbox as main. 2040 head with barn doors as separation/rim light.

Dyna-lite M1000wi with 4050 head in medium Photoflex softbox as main. 2040 head with barn doors as separation/rim light.

Conversation with the new groomer:

Groomer: "Hey, what's your dog's name?"
Me: "Doggie"
Groomer (laughing): "You named your dog Doggie? What made you come up with that?!"
Me (offended): "I couldn't decided on another name. He doesn't seem to mind..."
Groomer (still laughing): "How can you name your dog Doggie?! You could have called it 'MyDog'!"
Me: "You gonna cut his hair or what?"

Thursday, October 16, 2008

How-To: High Speed Photography

Photographer superstar Chase Jarvis follows up his "Kung Fu" video with some tips on high speed photography.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Tilt-Shift Miniture Faking

Photographer Keith Loutit from the Land DownUnder utilizes selective focus and time lapse photography to give a interesting view to the Sydney coast. Keith mentions that to achieve this effect he uses custom modified medium format tilt-shift lenses on digital SLR to achieve this miniture effect. How ever he does it, it's damn cool!

Courtesy of beegs.com

Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

My Idea of Heaven: Kung Fu and Photography!!

Cooler-than-any-of-us-mere-mortals, photographer Chase Jarvis, combines two of my favorite subjects, martial arts and photography. Watch as he walks us through a video/photoshoot for the Kung Fu HD network.

Read more about it and look at the amazing stills on his blog.
He also did a photoshoot with ninjas, but this shoot is way cooler.

Monday, September 22, 2008

At the Races

Where else can a short skinny twerp make a large animal do all the work then get all the glory in the end? No I'm not talking about your job/marriage...I'm talking about horse racing!

Photos from Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

On a totally unrelated note.

I've been slowly (very slowly) piecing together some studio lighting equipment by buying used pieces from ebay and off the internet. I found a nice and rare high speed head being sold by wedding photographer Trevor Meeks (http://www.meeksdigital.com/). After a few email exchanges we reach a deal and he sends it off via UPS and gives me a tracking number.

I log on to UPS.com and see the following:
Check out this status description for 09/19!

Package Progress
Location	Date	Local Time	Description
BEDFORD PARK, IL, US	09/22/2008	12:26 P.M.	DELIVERY
	09/22/2008	4:49 A.M.	OUT FOR DELIVERY
BEDFORD PARK, IL, US	09/20/2008	2:58 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
HODGKINS, IL, US	09/20/2008	2:37 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
HODGKINS, IL, US	09/19/2008	9:06 P.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
	09/19/2008	3:00 P.M.	TRAIN DERAILMENT (WTF?!)
SAN PABLO, CA, US	09/17/2008	3:01 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
SAN PABLO, CA, US	09/16/2008	11:56 P.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
PETALUMA, CA, US	09/16/2008	10:36 P.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
	09/16/2008	9:25 P.M.	ORIGIN SCAN
US	09/16/2008	8:57 P.M.	BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

I have to give kudos to UPS for getting the package to me on time despite a "train derailment"!
I'll check tonight to see if the contents survived the accident.