March 2009
6 posts
Hiking!
After a long hiatus due to a back injury, I finally got out on a hike this weekend! It was good to get out on the trail. The weather was nice, and the company was quite enjoyable. We hiked up the West fork of Cold Spring trail to Tangerine falls, and then it started raining! We sat out in the rain enjoying the view for a bit, and then headed back down. The rain turned to hail and we picked up...
After the dance
After the dance, originally uploaded by nickburlett.
I just bought a used 17-55 ƒ/2.8 lens, and I brought it to swing dancing tonight. I captured this near the end. I love how the wide aperture lets me work in such low light!
New blog domain name
My blog is now available at blog.icollectlight.com! Eventually, I’ll probably put up a page at icollectlight.com, but for now, it’s just the blog.
Group Photo Journal Project
Speciality Color Services is running a Group Photo Journal Project on Facebook. If you’re in the Santa Barbara area, join in! Several disposable cameras will be provided and each person gets the camera for a bit and can take two frames, then send it on to the next person! At the end, photo books of each camera will be made available to the participants. I’m joining in three cameras:
Camera #1:...
SoFoBoMo
Most of my readers will have heard about NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month (ok, I’m assuming that I have two readers, and that Ian, who actually wrote a novel a couple of years ago, is one of them). You may not have heard about it’s newer sibling: SoFoBoMo: Solo Photo Book Month. 2009 will be the second SoFoBoMo; last year 170 started, and 60 completed a 35-photo book. As of the time of this...
Location, Location, Location
In real estate, they say there’s three things that are important: Location, Location, and lastly, Location. This is because the actual location for the property is more important than anything else. The same building in two different locations can have drastically different prices depending on the surroundings. In photography, the location for a portrait can be as important as the lighting....