Fill Flash With Augusta.

I used my photo of my friend Augusta for my Fill Flash Assignment. I love working with this girl. She's beautiful, inside and out, which makes her that much more enjoyable to use as a subject. I have some more shoots with her soon that I am really excited about. 

Smile, Ya Busted!

Michelle, Heather, and I were heading back from PhotoBarn today, when I noticed some guy hand cuffed and surrounded by cops. Well, after yelling "DUDE! THAT DUDE IS GETTING ARRESTED!!! TURN IN!" Michelle had already begun to turn in. We were all screaming, "GET A CAMERA!" Of course we left ours at school, except! for Michelle. She got to wear in her new Nikon D700 and 70-200mm F/2.8 VR lens while snapping these lil' hoodlums! Oh yeah, that dude was not the first guy I saw. After the first man was stuck in the car, not one, not two, not even three, but I think four or five more guys and one girl came out of the supposed stolen car. Heather then remembered that she had her point-and-shoot and got a few sweet shots as well. I was left cracking up in the back seat. The cops were suspicious, but pretty cool after checking our IDs haha. I'll definitely remember this story forever.

School Work.

So I came to school today to spend a few minutes on getting Holiday Portrait stuff done and get on editing my RHF photos... but no, HP had to take up the whole day and I wasn't even able to finish it all. So here's to tomorrow to finish it all! WAHOO!

This is what I do while I am waiting for my files to send through email:

Real Hope Fest 2008: Success.

Real Hope Fest 2008 was sick as all-get-out! Every band did an awesome job, the kids were great, and it was just so much more than bands performing. Every band was there to share their passion for music and show love to all that came out. If you ever want to be surrounded by great people, make it out to the next Real Hope Fest thrown by Real Hope Records or head up to The Pivot Venue. Here are two of the shots, I have hundreds to go through. I'm stoked so far!

Gettin' Ready To Shoot Real Hope Fest 2008.

Haha, I made this nice little video to show everyone a little preparation to make sure I have everything set and ready to go for a huge day of shooting an entire music festival. I know I could have put a lot more into this and I keep thinking about things I did not talk about and left out, but heck, it's almost four now and I have to drive to Cleveland, GA (about a two our drive) in about four hours, so yeah, I think it's good enough for now. Enjoy!

Mr. Jones, this is for you: It's Addictive!

Real Hope Fest 2008 Tomorrow!

Real Hope Fest 2008 tomorrow! It's located at The Pivot in Cleveland, GA. It starts at 12:00PM, but doors open at 11:30AM, so get there early and hang out. It's $20 to get it. If you bring two cans of can goods for the FOOD DRIVE, you get $2 off at the door.

Just to let you know some of the bands that are playing, here is a short list: The Glorious Unseen, Take It Back!, Within, Alcina, In Irons, and and... tons more here.

P.S. - I think some of my photos I took for last year's Real Hope Fest of Alcina, made it on their new EP Cover!!!!! Check it out at the top of their myspace.

Today: "After Effects"

Carpenter Benard and his co-workers for George F. Richardson thought it would be a good day to get out and protest for Worker's Rights, feeding off the intensity of Barack Obama being elected U.S. President chanting, "Obama's in the White House, Obama's in the White House".

I headed downtown, like many of my classmates, to find some post-election photo-ops. Well yeah, there was not much going on. This protest was the only thing that really caught my attention, and it doesn't even have a true trace of Obama in the photo. I have signs on buildings and in the front lawns of houses for Obama, but nothing really interesting. Oh well, we'll see what happens in the next few days and weeks.

Lensbaby 3G Review.

For those of you who have been thinking about buying a Lensbaby, this is a good article for you to read to help you decide if you want to purchase one. For those of you who haven't heard of these awesome lil' dudes, check it out, you may find a new toy.  Click here to read a full review about the Lensbaby 3G.

New Photos On Flickr.

I posted new photos on my Flickr. Some are from the Second Quarter Final Four. I didn't like one that made it, and two I couldn't use. I also posted a Low Light Assignment. I had fun looking at these again.

Pep Bonet: Photojournalist.

Pep Bonet is a Photojournalist. He uses mainly film (Kodak) for the work he does. I wanted to post this video just to show a committed photographer with good words of advice. He is great photographer and his work is breath taking or heart wrenching to say the least. Go to his website, check out his work, look up more videos about this guy, because he has great eye and an amazing talent with the camera.

www.pepbonet.com

Review Time.

First, quick review by me. Then the real review.

Now since I have not had the opportunity to actually use the camera, this is just an opinionated review based on reviews I have read and videos I have seen, so therefore, not an viable review. Just my thoughts. So, I'm happy that the Mark 2 is finally here. I was also happy to see that many of features I was hoping for actually ended up on the camera. Canon did a great job with exceeding expectation in some areas, but left me a little down in others. First the ups: 21 Megapixel jump instead of the expected 16 Megapixel route we all thought Canon would take. Full HD Movie mode? Wasn't expecting that at all. I have been very on the fence about video being in a professional camera body, but the more I think about being out in the field as a Photojournalist, the more essential use I can see it having. Just a huge perk, really, and since there is no harm done to the overall camera and it's improvements as well, there should be no complaints. The downs are no true weather proofing, which I really was wanting. Also, even though it is not a huge deal, I would have liked to see the Frames Per Second rise at least to 5FPS. Overall, great improvements, mostly more than I expected. I'm only hearing good things, except for those that just like to hark on Canon because they have some personal vendetta against them. There is tons more I could speak about when it comes to the new sensor, LCD screen, custom functions, etc. But I think I'll leave that up to the Professionals. Here are two links; one to the D.P. Review review and one to a video on the Mark 2.

Canon 5D Mark 2 at dpreview.com

Canon 5D Mark 2 at Youtube.com (review)

Canon 5d Mark 2 video put together from footage taken with the HD Movie mode.

Holiday Portrait Business Cards.

I spent an entire day at work cutting about 100 sheets of cards for the Holiday Portraits. There was 8 on each sheet, so we're thinking about 800 right? Maybe, I didn't want to count them all out. I was glad it was a slow day, because it took up practically the entire day. 
Also, I wanted to thank those of you who have said great things about the poster. I really appreciate the support from all the classmates and friends. Thanks to Do too! For taking care of the cards for the most part.