Day 159 of 365 – Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

This Saturday at DGAF, a portion of the proceeds where donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. I decided that doing a new style of editing for this was in order, I basically did selective coloring for the background of each photo to make it look like all the lighting in the club was pink. I wanted to give a pink feel to the photos while maintaining the colors from my subjects bright clothing and accessories. Overall, I was really happy with the set and it should be posted soon.

Day 158 of 365 – No fashion, just matching

Today something random happened, my clothing matched. I have a pretty bad fashion sense and pretty much wear the same type of clothing… ALL THE TIME. Today for some odd reason when I got home from a shoot I noticed that my shoes matched my shirt/sweatshirt combo and decided to take a photo of it.

I saw another artist do a series of portraits of people that focused on the details of their clothing, their head, their belt area, their shoes. I tried to mimic it with not so great results, but shooting myself and getting focus and lighting right is tough!

Day 156 of 365 – f/16

One of my favorite techniques to play with lately has been super tight apertures with an off camera flash. I love how you can capture only the details and nothing else in the shot. This is a photo of my 8mm fisheye lens captured at f/16, 1/250, ISO 100 at 70mm. There was one off camera flash to the right of the lens just above the front element. So shaaap!

Day 155 of 365 – Steve

This is my friend Mr. Steve Hall Deluxe. This guy has lost 100lbs in a few months by cutting out soda and drinking lots of water. I am over joyed every time I see Steve out and about, it’s great to see a friend reach their goals so quickly and improve their quality of life at the same time.

It was 11:40pm, I realized I did not have a 365, then dragged Steve outside a local bar so I could take photos of him. I had no flash diffuser, no remote flash triggers, no tripod, nothing that would have made this easier at night with minimal ambient light. I did the best I could with the on-camera flash.

Day 153 of 365 – Junk Box

Everyone has a wire bucket, or junk box, that always seems to suck you in anytime you need something from it. My wire box sucked me in today.

This was done with 2 photos, one of the box, one of me. I almost broke my neck doing the hand stand, and the blending of the two images is not perfect, but I like the final product over all. I think I am going to try a few more of these.

Day 151 of 365 – Hula Hoops

Some of you may have seen this image of an owl in a cup of coffee with two of these British snacks called Hula Hoops in the cup. I tried to duplicate the effect with no luck at all. Instead, here is a look at some snacks that we don’t usually get in the USA. I had to order these from a British food company as I couldn’t find a local place that sold them. They look semi tastey, but I have not had a chance to try them out as I am still not able to eat crunchy foods just yet. I am holding on to the second bag until I am able to eat them!

Day 150 of 365 – Extraction

I finally got my nasty, decayed, wisdom tooth removed from my face. Not being able to take pain meds sucks, but it’s better than having this gross thing in my mouth. That blackish brownish hole should be white tooth, disgusting right? How I have dealt with this thing in my mouth for a few years now is just beyond me. I will never again neglect my teeth and am looking forward to going back and getting some more minor work done.

I asked to keep the tooth but was informed it was a big bio-hazard, so they let me take photos of it. They where surpsied I was able to hop up off the operating chair and start snapping away. They said I took it extremely well. I then drove from Boston to Providence to meet a client, then drove from Providence to Fall River. As soon as I got home, the pain hit me like a ton of bricks and I could not do anything but sleep. So far so good!

Day 149 of 365 – Presidential Debates

Unless you’re living under a rock, or you’re not an American, you probably knew the first Presidential debate between Obama and Romney was this evening. I figured it would be a good idea to somehow document the debates in my 365, so I tried to get a candid of my mother watching the debates but she was watching while sewing and not having me all up in her business with my camera. I did my best to take a photo of me watching the debates, while paying attention to the debates. I am not going to get all political on here as to where I stand and who I am voting for, but I will say it was an interesting debate.

Day 148 of 365 – Wisdom Teeth

Part of this 365 project is giving the outside world an intimate look in to my daily life and well being. This is hard to deal with at times, but I think it’s a good thing in the end.

I had some sever pain coming from my mouth over the past few days and had to finally get them checked out.  Turns out I have a “grossly infected” wisdom tooth that needs to be removed ASAP. That adventure happens on Thursday, and will probably make for more photos. See that last tooth with the big chunk missing? Yeah that’s why I am in pain.

Day 145 of 365 – Weddings

This is a shot from a wedding I shot on Saturday with another super talented photographer Sam Henry. I did not want to use the bride or the grooms face in the 365, so I opted for this photo of some of the flowers. This was my first wedding and I am not sure how many more I will be doing. I think I would rather focus on Google Maps, Nightlife, and my 365 photography, as I do not think I am cut out for the weddings thing. Even though it rained and was quite gloomy most of the day, everyone had a good time and the photos came out pretty great over all.

Day 144 of 365 – Mr Hands

If you have been to Local 121 on a Thursday night, or any place in Providence that features any type of house music, you have probably seen “Mr Hands”. He tears up the dance floor with his unique style of dancing that uses more hand, than foot. I love this guy, he comes out and just has a great time and truly enjoys the tunes. Cheers to you Mr. Hands!