Months go by...

So, I'm officially retiring from the 2011 Pic-a-day challenge. Unfortunately, I've been swamped both professionally and personally, and I can't devote the time to these images that they, and you, deserve.

Additionally, most of my personal photography these days is analog - I've been shooting, developing, and now enlarging and printing, a bunch of film. It's a slow process, with roughly a week going by between exposure and final print, so, it's tough keeping a daily schedule.

I will still be posting - this is, first and foremost, a photography blog. Expect more detail shots, more behind-the-scenes and setup shots, and a good bit of darkroom technique, as I become proficient enough to pass it along.

For now, feel free to enjoy a time-lapse video of one of the aforementioned personal projects:



Working on the deck. This was accomplished by setting the camera on a tripod in Aperture-priority, setting auto-ISO, manual focus, and using a "Shoot" brand remote control with an integrated intervalometer. I took one shot every 30 seconds, and combined them into a time-lapse video using Google Picasa.

Hey - Ya'll wanna see something cool?

Playing around with a series of 16 shots captured at Numidia Dragway over the weekend.



Heh.

Shameful, really.

It's been over a month since anything new has dropped on this blog, and for that, I apologize.

I've been shooting (lots!), and have even gotten some editing in (not as much...), but, I'm keeping my clients happy, and, these days, my dance card is pretty full, so, there's that.

I'm anticipating using the upcoming long weekend for massive editing / posting push, so, expect one massive update to the Pic of the Day shots, and then I should be back on-track, and will return to my once-daily updates.

So, yeah - sorry for the hiatus, and apologies in advance for what's going to be a massive, too-long-to-read update, but, stick with me reader(s), and some cool things are coming up. Some street photography, performance, cool lighting, and new film techniques, all on the way!

Is this thing on?

You'd think that someone who works in IT for a living might have been a little more aggressive in adopting a solution to link his blog with his facebook fan page.

You would think.

In any event, I've attempted to do so, and, if this works, I should be able to see this post on the FB page.

Here's hoping...

POTD 135 of 365

The leaf is dead, long live the leaf!



Digging this shot, because you can see where the old leaf was, as well as all the new growth.

Living room window, with the 70-200, waiting out the breeze.

POTD 134 of 365

Taken on Ilford HP5+ 400, with the 70-200.



I haven't been doing much post-processing on my film shots - the occasional contrast tweak, mild sharpening, and cropping are about as far as I've gotten.

For this one, I cranked the sharpen slider all the way up (to go with the subject, you see), did some dodging and burning (at least some of which is way too obvious to my eye), and played with contrast, the black level, and the highlights.

Eh.

POTD 133 of 365

I've been watching this tree at the edge of the parking lot at work bloom, and I've loved seeing the white blooms against the green of everything else.



Took this from halfway across the parking lot to get the framing as close to right as possible.