On Thursday, I had an opportunity to go out shooting photographs with a friend of mine, Irvin. We met up in the Depot Town area of Ypsilanti, and, as it happened, the Thursday night car show was in full swing. Every Thursday during the summer, the section of Cross Street that makes up Depot Town [...]
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35/52: Depot Town Cars with a friend
33/52: new photography portfolio
This week’s post was a massive overhaul of my personal site’s photography section. I’ve been massively influenced by a number photographers over the past year or so, and none more than Zach Arias. His photo critiques, blog posts, and teaching sessions have been a great source of inspiration and learning, and have helped shape my [...]
32/52: new studio setup, new music
This week, I spent some time moving my music studio into a new space in our house. I know it seems like I just reorganized my studio, but this time it was different – my family has a renter coming to stay with us for a few months, so I’ve temporarily relocated. Along with moving [...]
30/52: DIY servo-powered pan/tilt camera mount
This project is one that has been in my “to do” list for well over a year: a servo-powered pan/tilt camera mount! My intention in making this is to have something that I can use for several purposes. First, it seems like it would work great on my DIY Camera Crane (although I haven’t tried [...]
27/52: two new photosets
This week’s project for 52 things was a pair of projects, both photography-based. The first is a set called “vacation colors”, the second is a set of portraits I shot for friends of mine. Here are some photos from that set: See the full set of vacation colors on Flickr. The second set of photos [...]
26/52: studio cleanup, and some reflections
52 things is now at its official halfway point. Not coincidentally, here’s what my studio looked like at the beginning of this week: After 26 weeks of weekly projects, my creative space has been in pretty active use! For reference, take a look at what it looked like after a similar cleanup in May 2009. [...]
25/52: Vertical Ambition photo shoot
This week’s post has been sitting in WordPress as a draft for almost 6 months – that’s how long I’ve been planning this one. This week, I did a photoshoot for Vertical Ambition Dance Company, a group of extremely talented dancers who are rooted in breakdance, hip-hop, ballet, and modern. See the entire set of [...]
23/52: Running Photos
This week’s post was a first for me. I’ve been slowly working on improving and expanding my photography knowledge and skills, and this was the first time I’ve asked someone to specifically model for me. My friend and co-worker Cam, an amazing teacher and runner, agreed to be my subject for this shoot. For this [...]
22/52: Macro Lens & Photos
This week’s project didn’t quite turn out the way I had hoped, and it’s a bit late being posted, but here it is: a set of macro photos from a friend’s Yashica 55mm Macro ML lens. I bought an adapter ring to go from C/Y (Contax/Yashica) to EOS (Canon’s modern lens mount), which allowed me [...]
21/52: Ann Arbor-Rochester travelogue, part 2
In Part 1 of my Ann Arbor-Rochester travelogue, I described my trip last weekend to Rochester, NY, for the 2010 Technology of Applied Photography and Imaging workshop. This is the second of two parts, describing my experience there. Day 2 of the workshop was Saturday, and it started off with Andrew Davidhazy talking about high-speed [...]