I spent Sunday running errands and painting the new apartment with Baker. My first two apartments would not allow me to paint the walls, so this is a nice change of pace. The last time I painted my bedroom it was “Asparagus Green”, this time I went with “Guacamole Green”. I kinda have a thing for fruit and vegetable colors.
I keep failing at big moon shots because I do not have a long range lens. I think if I had a 300mm lens or so I would be able to get nice landscape shots like this, but with the moon super huge, not tiny like it l0oks here. In person the moon looked monstrous, I’ll eventually get this right.
I stumbled across a home remedy for a headache that actually worked almost instantly! I almost never get headaches, and it’s a good thing since I am allergic to most medications such as Tylenol, Advil, etc etc.
This remedy is super simple: mix some lemon juice with salt, then rub the mixture on your forehead and temples. Within a few minutes my headache almost completely disappeared. It is recommended to also drink a cup of herbal tea, which also seemed to help out. instead of reaching for the pain meds the next time you get a headache, give this remedy a shot!
I have been meaning to check out the restaurant No Problemo in New Bedford, MA for quite some time now and finally had the chance to do so with some good friends on Thursday night. I had some red wine sangria, a Zapata burrito (Rice, Black Beans, Cheese, Salsa, Sour Cream, Guacamole & Roasted Red Peppers) and a side of chips and guacamole.
Everything was absolutely amazing and FRESH, so amazing I had to make this my 365 for today. I was that weirdo in the restaurant popping off shots of his big ass burrito with his big ass camera, and I do not even care. I foresee No Problemo’s being on a regular weekly rotation for sure. If you are in the area, and by area I mean a 50 mile radius of New Bedford, MA, you really need to check this place out.
I can’t even begin to imagine what my life would be like had I been brought up with today’s technology. My 2 year old nephew navigates my Nexus 7 better than my 50 year old mother can, and he is not even fully potty trained yet! I can’t even remember what I was playing with when I was 2, but I am sure it did not include a microprocessor.
When I travel to New Bedford for work, I am usually traveling during the sunrise, which produces really strong glare. Nothing some sunglasses or a sun visor can’t fix, but when it snows, or has just snowed, it truly sucks. The combination of glare, snow, drivers who do not clean off the top of their car before hitting the highway, and black ice, it really makes for an interesting commute.
I’m not sure if I love Port Wine because I am Portuguese, or because I love the feeling it gives me. If I want to drink something that is going to make me happy, sleepy, and sexy at the same time – Port wine it is. My brain was fried after work on Monday, but I had to meet with Sam to go over more Google Maps work. I opted to meet at our favorite bar, Congress, instead of a coffee shop. Something about the Port wine made working a 13 hour day enjoyable!
While running around Providence with Dan, the sky started to look awesome. Instead of scouting out a nice location, I opted to focus on the sky with the tree silhouettes in the foreground before I lost the awesome light all together. Can you guess where this was taken?
Saturday’s 365 is from another Google Maps shoot I did with Sam. This was from Copacetic Rudely Elegant Jewelry in Providence, RI. There where a ton of cool things in this shot, but the clock on the left was probably my favorite.
The owner Don, is a super nice guy and has some really cool gadgets and clocks in addition to Jewelry sourced from local artists. You can check out more clocks and jewelry in the tour here: http://goo.gl/maps/jYB5o Be sure to let him know you saw his shop on Google Maps!
I had the pleasure of shooting Providence Florist aka Blooming Blossoms in Providence, RI on Friday for Google Maps. Pam has a really great shop with some amazing flowers and arrangements. You can check out the Street View tour here: http://goo.gl/51HYv
I am not sure what type of flower this is exactly, but I do know that it is awesome looking! If you work for a small business or own a small business and want to show off your establishment on Google maps, check out www.rhodeislandbusinessphotos.com and let me know if you’re interested!
While photographing for The Colosseum on Thursday night, I grabbed this shot of one of the GoGo dancers doing her thing. I am a sucker for silhouettes and colorful lights.
This was Williams first “leg ride”. He was way too amused by the simple act of being dragged across the floor on my foot. I love this little dude.
I had another busy day on Tuesday and this is all I came up with – my keys. I can not deal with a key ring with more than 3 keys, the extra weight and awkwardness drive me nuts. I find it interesting that when I use a off camera flash off to the side of a metal object, and shoot the object from above or straight on, I get these awesome bokeh balls.
I just realized I never posted my 365 photo from Monday the 14th. I can not even find the image files from that day. I have been so busy the past two weeks that I have started to let this project slip. I have indeed been taking my photos on a daily basis, but barely have time to edit and post them right after I shoot them. I took this shot on 1/22/13 but am posting it as 1/14/13’s 365 photo, it’s my project so I guess I make the rules, and instead of ending it because of this slip up and starting over, I am going to continue forward on the journey and learn from my mistakes.
A nightly ritual.
I was feeling a little under the weather on Saturday night so I stayed in for most of the evening. I wanted to do a macro shot and I wanted something metal, so I grabbed my old Minolta X-370 and got a little weird.
While shooting for Northern Lights on Friday night, I tried a new technique while photographing the glovers. I tried using an off camera flash to freeze the glovers face while using a long exposure to capture the light trails. I am not 100% happy with the results just yet, but I see a lot of potential with the technique combined with the art of gloving.
I have been meaning to make a texture pack for some time now so I figured I would make it Thursday’s 365. These images are completely open source and free for you to use however you would like. You can download all the high resolution images here: http://kevinjamesphoto.com/textures-by-kevinjames-v1.zip
Diamond Plate
Plywood
Concrete
Treadmill
Bubble Wrap
Sam sent me a macro shot of a pencil tip breaking on a piece of paper so I had to give it a shot. I decided it would be more interesting to have a drawing on the piece of paper that the pencil could interact with. My drawing skills flat out suck, so I googled “cartoon outline”. I saw this little tough guy on an About.com drawing article by Shawn Encarnacion and thought he would make a good subject, if you want to learn how to draw this little dude check out the article here: http://drawsketch.about.com/od/cartooning/ss/cartoontoughguy.htm
I failed at getting much of the in-air pencil shrapnel, and the little muscle man printed out a bit pixelated, but I was happy with the results overall. I did some focus stacking to try and get most of the muscle man and pencil tip sharp while keeping the rest of the image soft. I also used an off camera flash to the left of the camera shooting in to a reflective umbrella, to get a bit of a shadow off the back of the pencil.
On Tuesday I met up with Sam Henry to work on some Google Maps Street View work. We where both playing with the Sigma 8mm Fisheye lens so I figured I would make an image with it. Instead of just a single shot, I decided to make another small planet. I did not have my tripod on hand so I did this hand held which makes it less than perfect, but it is a cool view of the boats and the bridge. This was taken in Providence, RI over near India Street / South Water street, street view of that location here: http://goo.gl/maps/oZQne
I have a regular panorama from this location as well I will be adding shortly.