Check out the full gallery HERE. Hair and makeup by the insanely fun and talented Tania Russell.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Hot_Off_The_Press
The new Moving Comfort ad in Runner's World this month that we shot down in San Diego!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
220 . . . 221_Whatever_It_Takes
Is it just me or does it seem to anyone else like the days are getting shorter - and I don't mean because we are on the downhill slide toward the winter solstice? Technology is changing so rapidly and there's a lot of pressure to stay on top of it all and to keep growing with it and that just seems to suck up so much time. Seriously! I check in on other photog blogs from time to time and read posts that sound like the shooter is a physics professor at MIT with all the techno updates (I admittedly always had the same feeling though when reading anything from Galen Rowell) - what happened to focusing on making great images???
So I'm not sure if the pressure is self-inflicted or real - I mean technology CAN allow one tools to make images that could possibly be construed a "better" (but we get into having to define so many other elements including 'better' that that is another discussion altogether) - it definitely CAN, but it doesn't necessarily. And sometimes while technology can simplify things, the process of gaining and learning the technology just slows things down (I spent 2 hours one day this week just swapping in a new printer for my old one including updating the software for Snow Leopard, etc. - it all takes time!) Are we spending so much time focusing on technology that we are forgetting about the work?
I love making images and I live for it every day - but technology for me is just a means to an end, not the end itself. If I have the kind of free time that it would take to come up to an engineering level of understanding of the inner workings of my camera - well I can actually think of a lot of other things that I would do with that time - such as work on making better images. As I have shared before, you won't find a new post here every time Apple releases a new product or Canon updates their firmware and I don't share a lot of information on how to become a better photographer - there just isn't time in the day for all of that. While I won't give up my full frame sensor anytime soon and I love the doors now opening with motion capture offered by the 5DII and the like, "CCD Vs. CMOS" (or insert most any other super-photo-technical topic here) is a question that to me is not far off from Michael Keaton's response in Mr. Mom (dating myself) when asked about a home improvement project, "220 . . . 221 - whatever it takes." It just doesn't matter if it gets the job done. Is it the best that Canon/Apple currently offer - great, sign me up. I'd rather be out making newer, better images or, well, just having a pool party with my daughter on a perfect summer afternoon - or better yet, BOTH.
So I'm not sure if the pressure is self-inflicted or real - I mean technology CAN allow one tools to make images that could possibly be construed a "better" (but we get into having to define so many other elements including 'better' that that is another discussion altogether) - it definitely CAN, but it doesn't necessarily. And sometimes while technology can simplify things, the process of gaining and learning the technology just slows things down (I spent 2 hours one day this week just swapping in a new printer for my old one including updating the software for Snow Leopard, etc. - it all takes time!) Are we spending so much time focusing on technology that we are forgetting about the work?
I love making images and I live for it every day - but technology for me is just a means to an end, not the end itself. If I have the kind of free time that it would take to come up to an engineering level of understanding of the inner workings of my camera - well I can actually think of a lot of other things that I would do with that time - such as work on making better images. As I have shared before, you won't find a new post here every time Apple releases a new product or Canon updates their firmware and I don't share a lot of information on how to become a better photographer - there just isn't time in the day for all of that. While I won't give up my full frame sensor anytime soon and I love the doors now opening with motion capture offered by the 5DII and the like, "CCD Vs. CMOS" (or insert most any other super-photo-technical topic here) is a question that to me is not far off from Michael Keaton's response in Mr. Mom (dating myself) when asked about a home improvement project, "220 . . . 221 - whatever it takes." It just doesn't matter if it gets the job done. Is it the best that Canon/Apple currently offer - great, sign me up. I'd rather be out making newer, better images or, well, just having a pool party with my daughter on a perfect summer afternoon - or better yet, BOTH.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Lets_All_Go_To_The_Drive_In . . .
There are so many things to love about summer and the Drive In is definitely one of them! View the entire gallery HERE. Big thanks to Katie, Amy, Jessica and Nina for all of your assistance in making this shoot happen and to Brian at the 99W Theater in Newberg, Oregon!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Bike_MS_2010
Saturday was the date of the 2010 Bike MS event sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and we once again volunteered our time to capture the "Faces of Bike MS". It was a great day with over 600 riders and raised in excess of $400,000 to support research and find a cure. It isn't too late to donate your time or a financial contribution to the society - click here to find out how.
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