Moving Day...

Moving Day...So I've been spending the last couple of months setting up a new home for my blog as well as my main site, I've even gone as far as to build a new site entirely as well as setup a place where people can buy my photos for their very own...

Its not that blogspot hasn't been great, it has... I just felt that I wanted to put my own personal touch on the look of my blog as well as have a little more control of where and how the content gets stored. So for now these posts will remain up as an archive of my failed yet somehow very inspiring project-365. I've learned alot along the way and next time (yes, I will attempt it again) will approach it with a marathon not sprinters attitude...

You can reach me at my new site http://www.ptmvisuals.com or the new home of my blog http://blog.ptmvisuals.com, till I see you next happy shooting everyone...

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I've been doing some thinking about my photography over the past couple of weeks and what I want to do with it...I've noticed that similar to other hobbies if you don't practice you get rusty, and to say I'm rusty is a bit of an understatement...so we come to the point of this post...decision time another try at a 365, go easy with a project 52, or take it easy and look for something else to do with photography? Well, I've got time... t-minus 10-days and counting or is it 11?

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Crazy, has it really been six months since I last got around to posting? Can I get a mulligan on this 365? Yeah, everyone said it would be tough...if only I had listened... Life got a little crazy and I got a little burned out...at first I said I would take a day off then a week then a month and then next thing you know here we are 6 months later...Ohh well so be it... we'll try it again...next year...maybe...

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Day-one-hundred-fifteen...

iPod... So I finally took my iPod out of the car for once cause I was starting to lose songs, anyone have that same issue? I haven't sync'd it with the computer in probably 2+ years and all of the sudden last week playlists started disappearing then whole songs... ohh well time for a wipe and start over... till tomorrow... enjoy...

Photo Info
D300s | AP Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/2.0) | 1/40th@ISO1250

Day-one-hundred-fourteen...

T2-008... my favorite on-road RC car, but alas I don't play with it enough to justify keeping it in the house... too many hobbies not enough time, plus for such a little car it takes up quite a bit of space in terms of supplies and equipment required to keep it running... ohh well, it will be missed... but maybe a new lens will help get me through that... :)

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/5.6) | 1/320th@ISO400

Strobist Info
2-SBR200 background 1/8th power | SB900 behind camera though 43" umbrella 1/16th power | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-thirteen...

Above... hadn't gotten around to cleaning the office so I decided to use it as a backdrop for my toys, since I totally forgot about "Toy Thursday" this will have to make due in it's place... till tomorrow... enjoy...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8(f/3.2) | 1/320th@ISO200

Strobist Info
SB900 through micro softbox 1/32nd power | SBR200 CL rear 1/2 CTO 1/64th power | SBR200 CR rear full CTB 1/64th power | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-twelve...

Fishtank... I'm helping out Sarah tonight consolidate her fishtanks by taking photos of tanks that she wants to clear out by putting them up for sale. I figured I would put a little strobist spin on a simple photo of a fishtank... on to the next photo...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/5.0) | 1/250th@ISO400

Strobist Info
SB900 behind camera through 43" umbrella 1/16th power | SBR200 CR 1/2 CTO 1/8th power | SBR200 CL full CTB 1/8th power | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-eleven...

Tach... Returning movies at RedBox, word to the wise... don't wait till the last minute to return your movies or you'll be waiting. I figured since I've got some time on my hands I would take my photo of the day, this is the view from the car as I wait for my turn... till tomorrow... enjoy...

Photo Info
D300s | AP Mode | 35mm f/1.8 | 1/50th@ISO1600

Day-one-hundred-ten...

Ads... Who ever designed the layout of ads on things now a days have me wondering, like this cup for example why not space the ads out across each side of the cup... no its on the same side as well as right on top of the other... ohh well its their cup their design... I just know I wouldn't do it that way... next photo...

Photo Info
D300s | AP Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/2.0) | 1/50th@ISO1600

Day-one-hundred-nine...

Kitty... Cats are hard to photograph... this one is no exception... it started out as a simple portrait of Ty, and once the strobes started going off he was more interested in them than he was staying put for a photo. So when you get lemons... what else can you do other than make lemonade... next photo...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/2.0) | 1/160th@ISO200

Strobist Info
SBR200 CL 1/2 CTO -1.0EV | SBR200 CR full CTB -0.3EV | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-eight...

Candle... I'm having way too much fun with color gels on my strobes... now to work on balancing it with ambient light... on to the next photo...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/2.0) | 1/40th@ISO400

Strobist Info
SBR200 CL full CTB -1.7EV | SBR200 CR high full CTO -0.3EV | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-seven...

Failboat... Due to technical difficulties (had a SD card error) this is the only image that came out of the card today... doh...

Day-one-hundred-six...

Colors... So my subject for the evening was a no show, so "my little friend" had to step in, I know two days of toys... well nothing I could do, but I had to get my photo one way or another...

On a side note, for the next week I'm switching my post editing software from LightRoom 3 B2 to Aperture 3. This is a little scary as I've gotten quite use to LR3 and actually quite quick with it, but seeing as its only a beta and expires when the full version comes out and how I already own a copy of Aperture 3, I figured now would be a better time than ever to at least try it out and maybe make the switch... till tomorrow... enjoy...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/5.0) | 1/320th@ISO200

Strobist Info
SBR200 CL rear of subject gelled full CTO | SBR200 CR side of subject gelled full CTB | iTTL -1.0EV | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-five...

Theme... So I've been contemplating for a while about following a few others who are also doing project 365 similar to myself on doing a day theme like bokeh Wednesday, bench Monday, etc... then I thought why don't I just make up my own, this is my project after all... so I'm going to be trying out my own version of this and call it "Toy Thursday" I'll be taking a picture of some toy every Thursday and also possibly trying out a new post processing technique as well if I pick something up that week... so lets start this off shall we... till tomorrow... enjoy...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 35mm f/1.8 (f/5.6) | 1/320th@ISO400

Strobist Info
2 - SBR200 subject right/left | iTTL -0.7EV | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-four...

Testing... So I started playing with the lighting configuration I'm going to be using for an upcoming project, mainly small products... I still haven't figured out what kind of setup I want to do but this is an ok start...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 (80mm@f/5.6) | 1/320th@ISO400

Strobist Info
2 - SBR200 CL/CR bare bulb | iTTL -1.0EV | triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-three...

Sunset... My relatives came up today to Austin today for a quick day trip to check out the sites... I hung out with them after work of course, they wanted to see Mt.Bonnell and I was more than happy to oblige their request and I figured why not get my photo of the day while I was up there. This is the view of the TV/radio towers above West Lake and I was lucky enough to be there right before the sun went down...

Photo Info
G11 | P Mode | 8.9mm@f/4.0 | 1/1600th@ISO80 | -2/3EV

Day-one-hundred-two...

Micro-105... One of the more useful lenses that I've purchased over the last year, I originally got it so that I could do macro shots of Sarah's fish tank. Then it evolved into a pretty sharp lens for product photography, and on a DX body it makes for a really sharp portrait lens.

After a month plus of using nothing but zooms I've decided its time to get back to basics so my primes come out, this being my favorite one, plus its time to put a few things I haven't been using up for sale and I can't think of a better lens for some product shots...

Photo Info
D300s | M Mode | 50mm f/1.4 (f/2.8) | 1/320th@ISO400

Strobist Info
SB-R200 CL above lens -0.7EV | SB-R200 CR in front of lens -1.0EV | iTTL triggered by SU800/CLS

Day-one-hundred-one...

Bluebonnet... Every year I say I'm going to go out and photograph bluebonnets and every year I either can't find a safe field to photograph at (they grow on the sides of roads everywhere in Texas), weather doesn't cooperate, I'm just too busy, or I forget all together. Well not this year, I lucked out as I went on a small walkabout around the SEU campus playing my new geo-location game "My Town" on my iPhone and came across the area around the soccer field covered in bluebonnets, and luckily for me I had my G11 handy...

Photo Info
G11 | P Mode | 6.1mm@f/2.8 (macro mode) | 1/20th@ISO1600

Day-one-hundred...

Crazy... Wow, I've made it to day one-hundred, check that off on the mile-stone chart... I know I've been lagging in making daily posts, but its been a wee bit hectic, I promise to try harder to post something daily...

I guess I should line out some guidelines that I've been following for this project 365 so far, as people who know I've been doing this have been confused at why somethings get done but not others... again these are just guidelines not really rules as this is my project on my terms...

1. I have to take a picture daily, doesn't matter what camera, doesn't matter what style, it has to be a picture that I've created and somehow relates to something in my daily goings on...
2. I don't have to post daily, I try to post daily but some days are just better than others and lately its just been a wee bit crazy with work and all...
3. If I have an photographic assignment I'm allowed to use an outtake as my daily posting, but not the actual assignment...
4. I'm doing this to help me become a better well rounded photographer (techinally, graphically, etc.), and hopefully help me find my style and niche while I'm at it.
5. I also hope with the "Photo Info" sections I write up I'm able to share info with other photographers with learning something new...
6. Which brings up the question... why do people hide their exif metadata, just look at it the way I do "Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

Anyway, the photo above is of someone who is really crazy (I'm going to be nice and not mention names)... don't mention her kids she's a little "pikon" (<---understatement, look it up its tagalog)about them... and this expression on her face fits the title ohh so well... Oh well another day... and almost caught up again... on to the next photo...

Photo Info
G11 | P Mode | 6.1mm@f/3.5 | 1/8th@ISO80

Day-ninety-nine...

Statue... I've been watching the series Life after People and this scene in the backyard reminded me of the primary premise for that show, that if left alone with out any disturbance of man, nature will come back to reclaim what is rightfully her's...

Photo Info
D300s | AP Mode | 35mm f/1.8 | 1/400th@ISO200