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watchful. standout. considerate.

Jeff — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:56:26 +0000

:: watchful ::

:: stand out (however possible) ::

:: considering all options ::

the harsh light of spring

Jeff — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:41:06 +0000

it will blind you if you’re not careful.

all i could find were these mountains

Jeff — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:11:34 +0000

so remember yesterday when i got all dressed up in my junior-photographer-snow-gear and drove up to the SoCal mountains? and then it started to rain and I got frustrated? and all i took a photo of was that one yellow fire hydrant?

well, this morning the skies were blue after a week’s worth of storms dissipated. i took advantage of 50F temperatures and sunny skies to inspect the storm’s fallout.

this time i had more luck but all i found were these snow-covered mountains. here’s the best of a few hours of shooting and the rest can be found in this flickr set.

more and more i’m finding that getting away from everything for a few hours and snapping a few photos is very therapeutic.

new toys

Jeff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:32 +0000

so I brought Buster the Dog home a new toy today. it survived about 10mins which equals out to about a dollar per minute. it was totally worth it though b/c he got to have some fun and I got to play around some more with the 70-200mm lens in “action mode”.

you’re welcome.

the most uninterested of subjects

Jeff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:32:33 +0000

after being very underwhelmed with the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L, I decided to exchange it for the mother of all Canon lenses…the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS.

The good news for Buster was that I needed something/someone to shoot…and well, you know where I’m going with this:

Here’s buster peeking out the back door and being captured sharply at 200mm.

…and here’s Buster acting more bored than I’ve ever seen him.

also, I find these photos funny b/c Buster is unaware of what life is like without having a camera firing at him ad nauseum.

the unamused subject

Jeff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:50:08 +0000

When I stuck the camera in buster’s face this afternoon, I was met with this look which can be interpretted as: “Seriously? Again with the camera?”

You would think after literally 1000s of photos, he’d be used to it. he-is-not.

Buster at 35mm

Jeff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:04 +0000

Buster was kind enough to help me test out a lens I rented for my New Orleans’ trip—the Canon 35mm L f/1.4 prime lens. Got to love that shallow depth of field action.

A Weekend with the Gary Fong Lightsphere

Jeff — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:03:08 +0000

more times than not I find myself shooting photos in the harsh incandescent light of my living room. even with my fastest lens (a 50mm f/1.4), I often find myself needing some help from a flash. on my Canon 50D, I use the Canon 430 EX II and an Stofen Omni-Bounce diffuser to help soften the light.

Last week, I ordered a Gary Fong Lightsphere II
from Amazon and put it through a few tests this weekend. Once I accepted the fact that my flash unit looked like it was adorned with a piece of tupperware, I was pretty happy with the results. The Lightsphere (I bought the “cloud” variety vs. the translucent type) does what it claims, it spreads out otherwise harsh strobe light and gives the appearance of what you would expect from a small lightbox.

Per the usual, Buster agreed to be photographed ONLY if he were allowed to do so with a mouth-full-of-bed.

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…and the rest of the Flickr set:

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staring at a garlic shaped sun

Jeff — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:26:41 +0000

so last weekend, misty, laine and I made the trek from SoCal to Gilroy, Ca for the world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival. While the girls were seasoned-garlic-festival-veterans, I was a garlic-fest-virgin.

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so something like 100,000+ people spent the weekend at the festival, and I’d like to think that of those 100k we were among the sexiest. I say this with confidence, because each of us was sporting our respective sombreros like some band of garlic-loving-vaqueros.

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I’m also proud to report that I ate no less than 8 garlic-soft-serve-cones. God, that stuff was awesome. Granted, the next day I was suffering from a garlic-induced-hangover and probably stuck the entire week.

here are the photos you’re going to love…click on the little ones to make them all super-sized.

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The Buster Knows

Jeff — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:30:32 +0000

Buster the Dog is very keen to his surroundings and pays close attention to little queues from Misty and I. This evening, we pulled out our luggage for the weekend trip and Buster got the panic-look on his face. Granted, giant-rolling-black-bags are not the most subtle of clues, but Buster knows this means that shit’s about to go down.

I couldn’t resist snapping a shot of his “oh dammit” look.

Canon EOS 50D | EF 50mm f/1.4 | ISO 200 | Lexar Digital Media

have I even told you where we’re going yet?