August 4, 2009

Alright. So a few days ago, I had the great realization that I am, in fact, a storyteller. It's what I'm good at and it's what I love to do. So. Now. How do I make a living from that? Well, first I have to get better at my craft. Right now, work and school are consuming every moment I have. So I have to find all this extra time to do this stuff. I took the day off from work today and spent 3 hours taking and processing pictures. I finally felt like me again. So I started this blog to basically create a photographic journal and to make sure that I pick up the camera every day. So it's basically my own 365 day project.

Once I decided that I'd had enough of work for one day, I broke out my camera and took pictures of whatever I had handy. Poker chips, cards, peaches, my guitar, my PS3 controller and rocks. I learned a few things too. Eventually, I need to focus more time and effort on my post processing and learning about that.

Today's shots:

Attempted with my 300mm on a tripod


My guitar against my patio blinds. Wanted to get the reflection on the side there.


The stones that I got from the Grand Canyon this year. They didn't fall out of the bag like that, but were strategically placed. Some pretty heavy post-processing (for me anyway). Warmed it up, dodged and burned some areas (specifically those two stones kinda in the bag back there) and added the texture. This is by far the best picture I've ever taken I think.


Broke out the cards. I saw a picture on Flickr that I liked with a guy peeking at two aces, so I figured that I'd do him one better.


So since this blog won't let me add anymore pictures, I suppose this is it for now. Hopefully more to come tomorrow.

E