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Archive for December, 2007

December 21st, 2007

December 21, 2007 – The PC Build


Kevin and I built a PC today. We’d ordered all the parts over the last couple of weeks and waited until today after he was out for vacation to do the assembly. Not a prize winning photo, but a documentation of what we did today.

Full details of the box, along with build photos in six steps starts here on Flickr.

December 20th, 2007

December 20, 2007 – Stemware


Shooting in the kitchen again.

December 19th, 2007

December 19, 2007 – The Sacred Door Jamb


Doesn’t everyone have one of these?

We moved into this house in July of ’03 and have tracked the height of our kids between the laundry room and the kitchen. ‘K’ was 11 and has grown a full foot since then. “GOAL” at the top is me.

December 18th, 2007

December 18, 2007 – Stanford Dish


37°24’30.98″N 122°10’47.64″W
This was the first time I’ve been up to the Stanford Dish, despite living here for 30 years. It was rainy today, but the sky broke and I headed up hoping to get good light.

December 17th, 2007

December 17, 2007 – Tea Time


They say “shoot what you know,” and I’ve been fighting a sore throat for a couple days, so I know a teapot.

December 16th, 2007

December 16, 2007 – Orchids


Orchids in our living room.

The flowers are in front of a large mantle over our fireplace. The view here is from a low angle with the ceiling reflected behind them. I used the on-camera flash bounced off folded wax paper and my hand to hit the ceiling and not the orchids. The vignette behind the flowers is the hot spot on the ceiling from the flash reflected in the mirror. The light on the orchids is primarily bounced.

December 15th, 2007

December 15, 2007 – 52 Card Pickup


Still on my games theme. I don’t think this one is as successful as the dice or dominoes. The cards are even less predictable than the dice. This was closer to 5200 card pickup.

I think an off camera flash would help a lot – strong shadows from the side would add a lot of depth to the scene.

Maybe after Xmas I can give that a try. 😉

December 14th, 2007

December 14, 2007 – Tumbling Dice


Following my theme from yesterday, falling game pieces.

Patience pays off. It took a few hundred dice tosses to get 14 that I liked, 4 that I really liked, and this one that’s my favorite. That and some trial and error with the lighting along the way.

December 13th, 2007

December 13, 2007 – Domino Theory At Work


Before I took this shot I didn’t appreciate how fast dominoes fall.

December 12th, 2007

December 12, 2007 – Tachy


Playing around shooting the instrument panel in my Porsche. Let’s see, how fast did I have to go to get those RPMs? Trick question: zero.