13 July 2008

Taking a Leak


This was my set-up for our Dark-Line Glass assignment: Lighting a glass object in order to produce dark edgelines around the object. It's a little more complicated that I would have thought. This shot is pre-Photoshop (you may notice the fishing line used to hold the glass on end).

Photo title: Taking a Leak

Portraits using Flash





Tooth of July

Meant to post this after Fourth of July.

We got to enjoy Fireworks from behind the Dell Diamond. This was a 3-second exposure. Wish I had my tripod on hand, but I didn't, so this was hand-held.

The day before the Fireworks, Rev and I were playing around on the floor. Man, boys are little bottle rockets -- always going full speed.

Long story short, check out my face.


Here's the rest of it.


What happened? Head-butt. The worst part wasn't tooth sensitivity, surprisingly. It was the front of the tooth. The way it sheared off left a rough surface that kept snagging the inside of my lips. A very annoying 6 (yes, six) days of being semi-toothless.

24 June 2008

Stuff white people like

A while back I was introduced to a blog called "stuff white people like."

Christian Lander, better known by his penname "clander," has the unique ability to point out things that the typical white person may like while simultaneously causing the reader much laughter.

I read a recent post about sweaters.

One of the highlights from his post:

"When you approach the subject from the perspective of age, it’s essential that you combine very young and very old white people in the same group. This is because young white people think it is very cool to wear clothes that are popular with senior citizens. The most popular example of this is the cardigan sweater, which is essentially a wool jacket with less buttons. An old white person might combine this sweater with a button down shirt to provide himself or herself with valuable warmth in the winter months, but a young white person will combine it with a t-shirt to create a ‘layered look.’ This not only allows them to show others that their personality features as many layers as their clothes, but it’s a chance to show people that you own not one but two cool items of clothing."

You can read the full post (in all it's light-hearted humor) here.

Product photography

I bought a new external hard drive recently. 500 GB.
On an unrelated note, who knew that Coke came in tallboys?