Arkansas Trip: The Photos
Well I finally got around to deciding how I wanted to edit the photos from that trip a few weeks back to take my uncle home. From time to time I take photos that I just can't figure out how I want them to look. There good photos, but the right color or levels adjustment just drives me up the wall. Often it turns out they needed no adjustment, but in this case I had to go outside of my normal Idea of colors and levels. I must say I am quite happy with the end result.
My Camera Violated Me…
Ok, maybe I violated my camera, either way it was some akward stuff. A little lost? It's easier to explain I promise. For some reason here recently I've wanted to try my hand more with architecture photography. It's something I was never really good at, so I figure it will give me a new challenge. Tonight was my first try using the buildings in my home town.
Sudden Trip, Maybe Great Opportunity
Life can be quite random at times, and the best tip I can give to anyone, is find a way to take the random and often unwanted, and turn it into something you will enjoy. I am in one of those random situations; one of my uncles who at one point a few years back moved into our house for 8 months or so, mooching off us and sleeping in his 79yr old dad's bed.
He is back again, and instead of waiting for him to get money to get a bus ticket back home (map of where that is below) I am taking him home today. That is a 4 hour drive from my house, and that would mean at least 8 hours minimum to get him out of here. Am i mad? Hell no, because I am making it work to my advantage.
Key Word: Fail
I find more often then not my big ideas wind up looking and working like something destined for the likes of FailBlog. Today, sadly was one of those days. I would like to show photos from this shoot, or at least of the setup, but the fail was of such a large caliber that... yea were going to leave it at just fail.
I am once again in that phase of wanting to capture water drops. Now that I have a flash (albeit old and crappy) I wanted to try with my new camera again. Last weeks setup worked fairly well, and produced a decent shot. I was still looking for a tray that was black to try it with, so that the drop stands out. I found an old CD spinddle lid. I was doping i could get in close enough not to see the edges.
Well like last time, I set up a Zip-loc bag using (ready to laugh?) scotch tape hanging from the light in the dining room. I then setup my camera on its tripod, with the flash on it, pointed back, with a reflector (white cardboard) to bounce the light back onto the drop. Last time it had went fairly well, but this time... The tape holding the bag failed and dropped the bag into the lid (which i had painted black) which splashed the water on the camera. Needless to say i freaked.
Maybe this is Gods way of saying "You have done enough water drop shots, move on!" Oh well, camera is fine, and i tried my old method a bit just to make me feel a bit better. Let this be a lesson to everyone, be careful working with water and cameras!
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- Got the tutorial for Water Drops on Good Tutorials!! Hello traffic. Also got a quick write up on Photomatix Pro done.
- Finally got Photomatix Pro. Get ready for gratuitous HDR photos in large quantities...
- Editing photos. Loving the new DPP, wish i would have known it was out. Damn you canon, damn you...
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