Irvine Portrait - Irvine Photography

Shot these two “tails against sun” photos yesterday on the way to a photography store in San Diego.  Was supposed to be a “Training” on Nik software, but it was a waste of time so at least I got some photography in!!

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Fun with friends at the San Diego Zoo on Saturday 12/13.  Used my 24-70mm L lens, 70-200mm IS lens on the Rebel Xti.

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Gina and I went to her temple last Sunday, then for a massage, then to the Americana mall in Glendale. 

The ceremony consists of: giving the monks their spoonful of rice symbolic of giving sustenance, prayers on the little floor mats while they eat, and then eating our own food once they’re finished.  It was fun, and the people were nice just like any church.   Kindness and personal responsibility seemed to be a dominant theme in the “chant” while the monks ate.

I used the Canon G9 for these, and tried not to be too much of a tourist.

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Saturday’s dive at Woods Cove was pretty cool once you got used to the surgey nature around the reefs.  Gary’s housing had sprung a leak, but he hung in there anyway.    Many of the shots I took looked “soft” until you zoomed to 100% and saw the tiny minutiae of life that from a distance makes the surface of much of the sponges, corals, etc. look “fuzzy”.  I think  we need to dive there again and go further out to see what is among the reefs in 30+ feet deep.

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This young man is a poker champ and needed some photography for his website and potentially a reality TV show.  http://alectorelli.com is his site…

PHOTOPUMPKIN.com : ” A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS “

This site has some wonderful photography, unusual and funky.

Well, that fantastic new camera I preordered from Ritz in October is still showing “on backorder”.  Ritz tells me there’s been none of their allocation received by them yet, and I’ll certainly get mine when they get theirs.

Here’s what some people are saying:

http://www.unwir3d.com/887243/canon-5d-mark-ii-pre-order-and-shipping-release-date-update

http://www.canonrumors.com/2008/11/26/5d-mark-ii-shipments/#comment-3012

http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2008/12/as-the-canon-5d-mark-ii-world-turns.html

I am getting antsy as I’ve held off several projects waiting to take advantage of low noise, high ISO and the cool HD movies….