One of the best photography investments I’ve made. Knowing that what I’m looking at on the screen is accurate gives me a lot more latitude when color correcting and prepping for print.

At the same time it adds pain – when I look at my pictures on other people’s (non-calibrated) monitors they never look as good now.

At some point you just have to say, “No one’s going to finish it.”

I did a little bit of color correction and a minor crop, otherwise as shot in camera. It’s a cheap trick.

Playing with lighting again. This time working on how to light glass from the book “Light – Science & Magic.” Chapter 7 lays out this type of setup. I’m not happy with the big highlight on the can, which I might have been able to gobo out, otherwise I like the way it came out.

The workhorse of microphones, shot as a lighting exercise.

Lighting info:
Vivitar 285HV full power reflected off umbrella 2-3 feet above the mic. 1/180sec, f/8.0. White reflector board below the mic on the left to kick up the bottom/left side of the mic, 8.5×11 sheet of white paper held close to mic on the right to reflect rim light on the right side. Got three lights for the price of one.

Home cooked jambalaya for dinner tonight. Spicy!

Kanji is all the rage in tattoos. Any idea what this one means?

Sarah got accepted to graduate school today, so flowers were in order.

Sometimes closeup food doesn’t look so appetizing, but the York Peppermint Patty… mmmm, looks just like sugar.

I have this wood block puzzle on my desk. The other day when I was waiting for my camera card to dump into Lightroom I took it apart. Now I can’t get it back together and it’s driving me nuts.

(And no, it doesn’t spell anything.)