Tilt Shift 17mm????

The new tilt shift 17mm and 24mm are coming. Pretty amazing!

check it out on canonrumors.com

Tree Trimming

iPhone Portfolio

Hey iPhone users. This link may interest you. It's about having an online portfolio specifically made for viewing on the iPhone/iPod and other mobile devices like that.

Real Life

this guys is good at capturing humans. check out his street portraits and his iraq tour. very powerful...

Maverick

I bought this jacket in the Phoenix airport for $30 two years ago. We put it on Jackson tonight and I couldn't stop laughing. The pose is all his, I didn't say one word! This is not a photography-related post, I just wanted to share some Foster child moments with y'all.

mk ii video and behind the scenes w/vincent laforet

Fellas! All of the wonderful technology! It's amazing what can be achieved with a bit of knowledge. Okay...and a lot of money. Check it out:

Behind the Scenes
Jamie O'Brien Sneak Peak Video

Eternal Perspective

I had been talking with this pilot, Mark Hogland, about maybe doing some aerial photo work with him. The evening these photos were taken the engine never started and we had planned to reschedule our coastal tour. I just heard this morning that his plane crashed last weekend in the hills of Catalina, killing himself and 2 passengers. I didn't know him well, but it's still such a profound feeling to be confronted with eternity.
Here's a link to the story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-catalina-plane-crash7-2009feb07,0,6108686.story

Inspiration????

Guys,
I had a good talk with Rod today about striving to be the best photographers we can be. In the wedding world it's all starting to look the same so how do we stay unique and creative. Are we looking at other wedding photographers for inspiration or are we looking at other photography industries. The commercial world is different because you have all day to get one image or execute a theme...and you can do it again if you mess up. But, imagine a wedding where we had a unique vision for the whole day and we told a story with our photos without pulling out recycled tricks. I love my bag of tricks but just image a shoot where each image was something you've never shot before....imagine. Kinda hard to imagine.

Here's a commercial photographers site that is refreshingly different from the wedding sites I've been stalking the last couple of months. Beware of naked lego girls in "editorial" section but otherwise pretty sweet. The slow loading photos are worth the wait...

http://www.jeanyveslemoigne.com/



Anyone down to come up with a story and execute it with images for the next click meeting. Make it a full production.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND PART 2

Here are a few of my favorites now that I have gone through them...

Davo Crop suggestion

Good Point Dave! Rad Rod photo none the less...

Sunset Moonrise

I couldn't get a good shot of the sunset last night so I turned east and shot the moon instead. 7 image comp with a tinge of LR2 and a bunch of channel mixer in mono.

Alice in Wonderland

A good friend's cousins came over today with their baby and I tried out the new softbox.
Here is one that popped out. I also enjoyed using my new 100mm as well.
Her name of-coarse is Alice.

Portfolio | Boogie

This guy does some amazing B&W documentary work. Make sure to check out the commercial projects link, as well. Super inspired. http://www.artcoup.com/

Every Dog has its Day--Bed

Sometimes my favorite shots are the ones where the subject doesn't cooperate.

Inspirational Lighting

Check out this site for some inspirational wrap-around lighting.