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Nerding out; stopped to think about it

I was laying in bed with a cold that wouldn’t quit, and it hit me:  I’m fully nerded out!   I’m in bed, with my Macbook pro on one side remotely logged to my PC downstairs, my work PC laptop on the other side of me, logged in to SharePoint,  while watching a Roku box movie from Netflix on the bigscreen TV, talking on my cell phone, while the house phone begins ringing.   

 Folks, do not try this at home.

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Actress Delaina Mitchell and Harley Coffey Wed

Actress Delaina Mitchell (Vanilla Sky, Waiting to Exhale) and Harley Coffey were married and later wanted beach photographs “post wedding”; they were a charming couple and a pleasure to photograph.

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Aquarium Of The Pacific Photos, Video

Photographer’s Night at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific was a frenzy of photographic fun. Hardly a square inch of space was not filled with the rapid firing of flashy lights. I did manage to get some footage in HD that didn’t have flashes popping. The edit is very rough as I’m still learning how to use Final Cut Studio…

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Molten Chaos Studios Debut at Tustin Art Walk 10/24/09

Little girl looks at cool Dichroic tile

Gary and Suzette Amundson had a successful showing at the Tustin Art Walk, displaying their beautiful hand crafted dichroic glass pendants and other glass art. They had a pretty good turnout, with high interest from customers with the hand-cut pieces. Architectural glass was also of interest to many prospective customers.

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Avant-Garde Photography: Cecilia In Blue

Model/Actress Cecilia was the subject of HDPortrait.com’s “avant-garde portrait”. The photography was shot in my studio (which you know can be anywhere in Orange County, LA, etc.)

Cecilia In Blue

The entire process took several days, including shopping for design elements, fabric, ornamentation, meeting with the makeup artist Scarlette and her assistant to artistically paint Cecilia’s face, using airbrush, feather and lashes. The set consisted of the stretched fabric material on the floor. A scaffold is set atop the fabric. The photographer stands atop the scaffold and shoots straight down. Set styling by Gary Amundson (with thanks!)

More portraits from this sitting: http://www.photoshack.com/thumbnails.php?album=5302
Candids with scaffold: http://www.photoshack.com/displayimage.php?album=8799&pos=4



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Slides: my daughter, my doggie

I was testing the cool Parabolic umbrella by Paul C. Buff, in my living room. I needed a real face to test lighting, so my daughter relented for a few brief minutes to sit while I moved the light around a bit. These are the test shots put together in a slide show movie. These aren’t retouched (as my daughter reminded me sternly)…

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Creating HDR Images (tutorial)

Want to know how to create images that show details in the shadows, and does not burn out your highlights? Try HDR, a technique for merging different exposures of the same image into a well toned image.

This article by Canon can be applied to any camera really, using the software Photomatrix and Photoshop CS3 or above.

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=1646

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Online directory of agencies, casting directors

http://www.exploremodeling.com/ContactDirectory/Default.aspx

This is a great searchable directory for models and actors looking for agencies.

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ISO paper sizes in fractional Inches

You know, sometimes you just need a little help with your metrics; we were told that the US would be converted back when I was in the third grade but it never seemed to happen. I’m too old to convert in my head, so here’s a table to help out.


A Series FormatsB Series FormatsC Series Formats
4A066 1/4 × 93 5/8
2A046 3/4 × 66 1/4
A0 33 × 46 3/4 B0 39 3/8 × 55 3/4C036 × 51
A1 23 3/8 × 33 B1 27 3/4 × 39 3/8 C125 1/2 × 36
A2 16 1/2 × 23 3/8 B2 19 3/4 × 27 3/4 C218 × 25 1/2
A3 11 3/4 × 16 1/2 B3 13 7/8 × 19 3/4 C312 3/4 × 18
A48 1/4 × 11 3/4 B4 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 C4 9 × 12 3/4
A5 5 7/8 × 8 1/4 B5 7 × 9 7/8 C5 6 3/8 × 9
A6 4 1/8 × 5 7/8 B6 4 7/8 × 7 C6 4 1/2 × 6 3/8
A7 2 7/8 × 4 1/8 B7 3 1/2 × 4 7/8 C7 3 3/16 × 4 1/2
A8 2 × 2 7/8 B8 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 C8 2 1/4 × 3 3/16
A9 1 1/2 × 2 B9 1 3/4 × 2 1/2 C9 1 5/8 × 2 1/4
A10 1 × 1 1/2B10 1 1/4 × 1 3/4C10 1 1/8 × 1 5/8

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Gina at Corona Del Mar

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Gina and Pancake as the sun sets. Taken Saturday 8/29 at Corona Del Mar. There were tons of beach goers, barbeques, and what not.

Shows you can do with a G9 and on camera flash!