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A Reminder of where I started….

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:29:08 +0000

June 11th, 2003 is when I started shooting and this was one of the first decent shots I took on that first trip.

Helps to have a professional model to make you look like you do not totally suck.

Many years later with just a few weekends every few months shooting and trying to push my hobby along I still am not where I think I should be based on the facts of time and lack of time and money and need for more of it.

Hopefully I will have more time to talk about how to overcome some of those issues as I have over the past many years in the upcoming months as we push to get the new podcast on the air and rolling.

It’s been an interesting experience so far I guess it’s time to hold on for another 7 and see where it takes me.

Death Valley, CA – Panorama

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:29:18 +0000

Large version is on Flickr – Much more detail

Stitched with Photoshop – I will definitely have to do more pano work in the near future.

Experimenting with vignette filters…

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:15:16 +0000

Experiment with heavy and light vignette options. In the end editing is all about personal opinion or the job you are trying to complete or get … Which one do you like more?

It’s not all about the ladies…..

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:14:06 +0000

So never forget to take the time to step away from what you normally do to expand your skill sets into other areas… lately for me this is weather related work and also HDR. At least in my case this step back to shooting something that I do not do normally reminds me that there are actually other settings on my camera and tends to force me to once again really think about what I am doing.

Divini Rae – Re-edit from an older shoot….

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:52:27 +0000

So I dove into Lightroom 3 beta 2 and other than the aforementioned weird color issues i am having that I must say are both strange and annoying… I guess I like the changes. I really need to take some time to really look at the changes. I will say I have heard great things about noise reduction.

Shoot: Jenna

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:37:54 +0000

Just a quick sample shot from a shoot a did some time ago. Single light setup, Large Umbrella.

I have had so many changes to my workflow in the past year I think I should look at revisiting shoot ideas just to be able to redo the images in the new workflow to see the outcome and how it might vary.

Latest Shots:

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:33:19 +0000




Before and After Toning

Brutalizing the Pixels…..

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:42:50 +0000

HDR / B&W / Over processing = Pretty interesting Result

Latest Shoot…..

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:05:36 +0000

Just a quick post from one of my latest shoots. Portfolio work for me and for her. She also has a new website coming soon: www.andriav.com to move her modeling career forward. Comments are welcome…….

Shoot Info: Single off camera flash into 44” umbrella. Toned in Photoshop

Are online portfolios worth the time?

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:47:40 +0000

I think many of us photographers have seen the huge increase in online portfolio sites and ways to get your name out… But do they work?

I have so many online portfolios I do not even know where my stuff is anymore and I have to say this is a bad thing. How do you balance time allotment vs. shooting? Is it more important to shoot or market yourself?

Where does this insanity end?

So for the quick list I know I have some kind of portfolio at the following places:

Definitely the longest one I have had is OneModelplace.com – Not free thou
Modelmayhem.com – Free and liked by many photographers

Then I have to worry about my site and then my soon to open members site:

www.blackdiamondproductions.net
www.blackdiamondmodels.com
www.girlsofblackdiamond.com

I think I need a lot more people working for me than just me…… and that’s just to keep this stuff straight on a day to day basis.

How do you cope? Let me know!