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.
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!
I did not want to put another photo of Charlie in this 365 project, but I snapped this shot and actually really liked it and just had to make it today’s 365. More cats? Deal with it.
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!
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.
I had a craving for something sweet, a strawberry frosted donut to be exact. Dunkin Donuts ran out of Stawberry frosted so I had to settle for a Chocolate frosted and a Maple frosted. The maple frosted did not last 2 minutes in my site. The chocolate frosted almost didn’t make it either.
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.
When all else fails, I take a photo of myself in a mirror. I was not feeling well on Saturday at all, my jaw felt like it was shattered, my face was swollen, and I was overall cranky. I sat in front of a mirror and started snapping away, trying to get creative, but this is all I had in me. I will try to get more creative today.
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!
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!
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.
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.
I was chillaxin in my PJ’s when I got a text message and my phone lit up my PJ pocket. It looked cool to me at the time, so here you have it. High tech pockets.
I shot DGAF on Saturday night and decided my favorite photo taken after midnight would be Sunday’s 365. So here you have it, Alex being attacked by a 50 foot long microphone cable. Shit gets wild on that stage.
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.
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!
Early this morning around 3am I checked my FaceBook fan page and saw a ton of notifications. Turns out, Amanda Victoria Powers bombarded my 365 album with “likes”. The support from all you awesome people on this project is completely overwhelming, but greatly appreciated. I love, and thank you all for the support like you wouldn’t believe.
Last night I realized that I have not been to a beach all summer long. I shrugged it off and thought to myelf, whatever there is always next year. After work today I met up with a friend who randomly suggested going to Horse Neck Beach to hang out for a little while. Crazy how shit like that happens huh? I snapped a few photos of the rocks, the water, and the beach, but when I turned around the sunset was much more interesting.
I was getting ready for my photoshoot last night when I put my compass on my tablet for some reason. The light from the tablet on the clear compass looked really neat and I decided to take some snaps of it. I use the compass and the Nexus 7 for the Google Maps Business Photos work.
My parents are both from The Azores, so I was brought up with a strong Azorian / Portuguese influence. When I was younger, the children where given these little whistle pipes that you would put water in and blow on to make a type of bird type noise. We have tons of these little clay objects all over the house, and I often take them and the culture for granted. I saw these sitting on a shelf in the basement and decided to make them a part of this project.
