February 2009
3 posts
Freestyle
Freestyle, originally uploaded by nickburlett.
I went to the World Cup Freestyle Championship in Park City, Utah last night. These guys were incredible!
January 2009
8 posts
Photo retouching
When working on portraits, it’s often desirable to tweak the image to capture a more perfect view of the subject. Sometimes this is motivated by a desire on the part of the subject to look her best, and other times it’s a desire to create an idealized view of an image the photographer has in mind. In the case of straight-up portraiture, it’s usually best to keep the modifications as natural as...
Photoshop is not a dirty word.
Magical Transformation, originally uploaded by nickburlett.
I used to think “photoshop” was a dirty word. It was a crutch that people used when they should have just captured the image in the camera. Now I’m pretty sure I was wrong. Photoshop is just another tool we can use to bring our vision to life. If we photographers can use polarizing filters, white balance control, creative use of...
Carrying Photo Gear
I need a new camera bag. I’ve looked at numerous bags at a couple of different shops, but I’ve not found a bag that is quite right. I spent some time trying to figure out what features I would actually want in a bag and trying to analyze why I didn’t like any of the bags I’ve seen. I now think the problem is that I have several different needs that don’t mesh well. I have basically four different...
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek, originally uploaded by nickburlett.
Katie and I played some hide and seek in the woods. As you can see here, she’s quite good at hiding! This is the first of several portraits from our photo shoot on the west fork of cold spring trail. We hiked down from the top of the trail and found beautiful light coming in through the trees. This was Katie’s first photo shoot, and she did a...
Hasselblad 12 Back
Hasselblad 12 Back.
I finally fixed the old-style film back for my Hasselblad! I bought this back from my friend, but it turns out that it didn’t work! He gave me a discount, and I set out to repair it. After about 10 hours over three days of fiddling with it, I finally understood how all of the gears, levers, and springs fit together, but there was one big problem: one of the springs was...
Ski Waterman, Collect Light
I went skiing at Mt. Waterman with Bryan on Saturday. The snow was horrendous: icy, patchy, full of death cookies. But it was fun anyway! They actually had so little snow that they didn’t open on Sunday, and are waiting for the next storm. They have this ancient Caterpillar bulldozer/plow sitting up near the top of Lift 1. I can’t tell for sure if they still use it, but it is certainly well...
The way of down.
I finally got out skiing last weekend at Mount Waterman. Bryan and I bought season passes in the hopes we’ll make it out at least five days. The snow wasn’t great, but a bad day on the slopes is better than almost any day sitting at home. These two photos were taken on black and white film with my Lubitel 166+.