Today is officially Ian's first Birthday. We, however, celebrated it yesterday with him for "convenience" sake. It was a day of fun in the sun, water fountains, food (of course!) and cake. Can't forget the (mini)Cake! He even got to do as he pleased with said mini-cake (which was REALLY good BTW, sherpa!) Unfortunately however, that mostly entailed a lot of mashing and smashing and not so much eating. Oh well, there's always next year Ian!
The day also gave me a little bit of time to play some more with the new camera and try to dig up the old photographer in me(trying to convince myself that I didn't take 4 years of photography in high school for nothing, dammit!). There's definitely much to re-learn and learn in the Digital Photography world! Anyway, here's some of my favorites of Ian from the day (some are also from the other weekend when Beefcake and The German were here). Happy 1st Birthday Ian!
The Love of All Things Blue
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Oh my dear god. He's soooo freakin cute. Great pictures Al! This is awesome, more people to shoot with!! JUST too much fun!!
Thanks BR! Yeah...he's pretty damn cute. Love that kid...=)
Still trying to play with the whole White Balance thing and playing with other settings to get the colors to pop. Trying to get technique in the camera down before I even try to go in there and alter/enhance via photoshop. But, what I need to work on MOST (and this was true even back in highschool for me) is composition. IMHO, that's really the hardest part of it all. Settings, etc are easily learned. Composition, and having an "eye" for a good shot...not so much.
That's one thing that I have always noticed about The Seed's work. He's got a great eye. BR, you too have a great eye and it's definitely evident in your work as well. It has been since you started shooting. Like those baby pics of Ryder you have hanging in your living room...those are really good shots IMHO. You got some talent in ya girl...good to see you and the Seed making something happen and putting it to use. Rock on....
Thanks man... but the cool thing is, you and your bro were the ones who inspired me. You intriduced me to slide and color film, your brother introduced me to "power" in an image, Debo introduced me to slow shutter, and my bro introduced me to lush colors. Everybody has a hand in this collective. It's a fun ride and I'm sure you'll get it back. BR got me excited about digital. If she and my sis didn't get a D50 I'd probably still be shooting film... maybe. Flickr and all you guys are super inspiring and it's neat to see everyone's point of view. Watching BR really get into her own is inspiring too.
Glad your digging the digi thing. The beauty of it is, is that the learning curve is a lot shorter due to the instant gratification and low to no cost of processing. F'n genius really.
You should dig up some of those old pics you have.
And great new pics by the way.
Heh...Yeah I used to LOVE shooting on those old Kodachrome 64 color slides. In good lighting, the colors on that slide film would just pop.
Hmm...I do need to dig up some of those old photos. Next time i'm back in B-more gonna have to do some searching. You know, there's a part of me that kinda regrets selling off the old Nikon F4, but whatever...It financed the purchase of my first motorcycle. =)
You're so right about digital too...the learning curve is pretty short. I love the fact that I can ajust settings, take a shot, look at exactly the shot I just took see the results of those settings changes. No more waiting for processing, etc to see how things turned out. BRILLIANT!
i will admit though there was something magical with the old SLRs -- thinking through your settings verrrry carefully, composing with a lot of thought -- because you knew you didn't want to be in the darkroom with the lamp trying to adjust things after developing your film. i just remember hours and hours with a stupid paddle and reams of photo paper, realizing i just was NOT grasping this whole aperture/ISO thing.
ah who am i kidding. i am ALL about instant gratification with the DSLR.
it really IS fun to see everyone producing such high quality work (of course Seed and BR leading the pack). Gooder's composition is pretty spot-on too; he's got an incredible eye.
We should start a group photo blog, cause I could talk about this stuff for HOURS!!
Composition is indeed by far the hardest thing ever! I've got to really work on mine (although after two years with the baby girl D50, I'm really beginning to know my style)- because my pictures are starting to look similar- gotta move away from the portrait-style shot...what I'm working on now are the eyes....that connection- which is REALLY hard with children! But we can just keep inspiring each other! Dylan was great cause his eyes just burn you right up!
And photoshop is awesome too, and should be the last resort- its a beast to learn! Two years toying with it and I'm just now beginning to get a grip on it. You really got to have your pictures be the best possible picture it can be, and throw it into photoshop....and when all of the elements come together, the end result is beautiful!
Good luck with the white balance on the D50 Al, its a dirty rat whore. I'm still having trouble with mine, that's when I hand it to the Seed and say, HELP!!
But cheers to all of this- our next new obsession. Whatever happened to the Playstation? Here it is!!
Heh...the PS3...does anyone still play? There's a reason I refrained from buying one. While I'd LOVE to play COD4 for hours on end (and lord know's I really want to), I just feel like it's "wasted" time....like there are better things I should be doing with that time. More constructive things. While i'd love to blow the $$ and convince myself that i'm buying it as a "blueray" player that happens to double as a gaming console...i'd much rather dump that money into some select camera gear...some lenses, maybe a flash, etc. Stuff I can actually use...
M...yeah, I've spent HOURS in that darkroom in my parent's basement with the scent of developer filling my nostrils and the soothing sound of running water washing over the freshly developed prints. It is kinda fun, but will I miss it? NOPE!. Actually, I take that back...I did love playing with different techniques like solarization, etc during the development process, but oh well...that can all be replicated in Photoshop. =)
I've always had a problem in the composition department. Have never really had a good eye for portraits and such. Most of what I shot back in the day was stuff like snowboarding, bodyboarding, etc...action shots. I guess these days, i'll be working on taking good shots of inanimate objects...LIKE FOOD! Also want to focus on some automotive photography as well (always dreamed of being an automotive journalist) since food and cars are my thing...
A group photo blog...interesting idea BR...
Ah yes, another blog you can NOT post on. *GRIN*
who said that ?!?! sherpa ? kekeke
Whyyy I oughttaaaa... *pumping fist in the air*
hit 'er.
btw in your ian shots in front of pinkberry, how frickin cool is are the water drops suspended zero-gravity style above ian's head?
that's some high ISO and snappy fingers, chipmunk.
Yeah...I love the suspended water. Was trying to get some shots of the water just as it was making contact with Ian's face but my fingers aren't THAT quick. Would need to shoot on continuous to get that "money shot". I got some that were close...but not exactly what I was hoping to capture.
Unfortunately, the D50 shoots pretty slow...only a couple of frames per second I believe. It's not like my old F4 that could shoot 6 frames per second...
Well, this is funny. After getting a Fine Arts degree and never applying it proffesionally... Meeting loads of people who are in to all sorts of things, never fine arts. The friends I settle in with for the long haul are talking about compostition. If there is nothing in this world I know it's compostition. If you'd like I could teach, in 2 one hour classes everything you need to know about it. You would all be masters. Then, someone could teach me how to cook a pig's cheek. Ha!
P.S. Ian's crazy cute. Dogs and kids are cute. PS3 will suck away your soul.
thanks.
ANNDDD yet another reason why we should have a group photography blog. Slowburn could be contributer number one.
Sign me UP!!! I need all the help I can get! Can't teach how to cook a pig's cheek but I could teach how to do a MEAN oilchange...on A's car...:)
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