New Years and all that other stuff...
Well, I have been off LJ and the net in general as far as posting new work for some time. It was school induced. I am getting ready to enter an accelerated 1 year nursing program and the pre-requisite courses were rough. I just completed the last- Nursing Pharmacology, and that was a back breaker. One weekend I had to take 13 quizzes, dig? So there was no time, none whatsoever to shoot. However prior to this class I had quite a few sessions and will be putting those sessions on my site soon.
Here's a summary of where I find myself at photographically:
1. The Canon Eos 20d- had a focusing issue with this sucker that took me about a months worth of shoots to narrow down. Sucker just does not focus well on anything under f2.0, manually or auto-focus. I loose 3/4ths of the shots either way when I shoot at f1.8 or f2.0. Obviously a failing of the camera not the lens as that sucker is tack sharp on my film bodies through-out the f-stop range.
2. Post-production- The Canon Eos 20d did its job. I now know much more about post production work and have picked up Photoshop CS3 and Light-Room (should help me organize my photos with meta-tags and keywords). The new batch of work I make will hopefully show more post-production skill than was previously the case.
3. First shoot of the new year will begin today with two radio disc jockeys from 102.7. They want some work for their fliers for promoting the show, open mike events, and the like. I have shot work for them before and it will be nice to do so again. Contact actually I have shot, I believe, now 3 fliers for the plays he has either acted in or directed.
Anyway, I am looking forward to this years worth of shooting and am thankful to actually be able to take pictures again. Anyone interested in studio sessions or braving the cold let's get a date down and start shooting.
-KevintheVerbose
Here's a summary of where I find myself at photographically:
1. The Canon Eos 20d- had a focusing issue with this sucker that took me about a months worth of shoots to narrow down. Sucker just does not focus well on anything under f2.0, manually or auto-focus. I loose 3/4ths of the shots either way when I shoot at f1.8 or f2.0. Obviously a failing of the camera not the lens as that sucker is tack sharp on my film bodies through-out the f-stop range.
2. Post-production- The Canon Eos 20d did its job. I now know much more about post production work and have picked up Photoshop CS3 and Light-Room (should help me organize my photos with meta-tags and keywords). The new batch of work I make will hopefully show more post-production skill than was previously the case.
3. First shoot of the new year will begin today with two radio disc jockeys from 102.7. They want some work for their fliers for promoting the show, open mike events, and the like. I have shot work for them before and it will be nice to do so again. Contact actually I have shot, I believe, now 3 fliers for the plays he has either acted in or directed.
Anyway, I am looking forward to this years worth of shooting and am thankful to actually be able to take pictures again. Anyone interested in studio sessions or braving the cold let's get a date down and start shooting.
-KevintheVerbose