The Bird in Flight - Photography

Bridge

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:52:42 -0600

I feel like I've lost most of my inspiration to photograph. I don't really know why. Anyone else ever feels like one is in a slump that just can't be gotten out of? I just feel like every shot I take is the same...

Anyways, this photo was from vacation. (yay!) back to the grind, intern year is quickly coming to a close. Of course, I'm gonna end the year with bang - MICU, followed by medicine wards. My last two blocks promise to be the most painful of my entire year. True to form, however, I will then proceed into child development, NICU and outpatient pediatrics to kick off my second year. Yay!

Oh, and congrats to you matchers! I hope intern year will treat you all as well as it has treated me.

meme's!

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:21:17 -0600

I went nuts and entered a bunch of photo challenges this week (entered under "Ectopic Lens"). Take a peak:

absent. #42
embracing. #50
fast.
boy. #501
school. #77
reflection (posted under "kollins"). #60
violet (one under ectopic, one under kollins).

I also added thumbnails and a bunch of new pictures to my photo site. I'm sure the thumbnails will take a while to load though.
THUMBNAILS.

real quick

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:02:06 -0600

Rumaging through photos I found this:

I figure there could be two interpretations:
1) The REAL Randall. We hear a lot of talk about Sony VEGA TV's and state of the art technology..... but it's really just an old 10" tv sitting on a cooler.
or
2) You just can't keep a good man down. Take away his TV. Take away his stereo. EVEN take away his tv stand. But he's still going to find a way to FTP "things" from a laptop to an xbox hooked up to an old tv sitting on a beer cooler!

Anyway, I posted some pictures of recent iChat's in case anyone wanted to show people how cool "the other side" can be. And by that I mean Apple computers, not homosexuality. Not that ......never mind, not even going to go there. Click on the picture of Randall to link to the iChat pics.

San Diego at night

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:38:42 -0600

Purty, huh? The night before Jason graduated from pharmacy school. Click here or above for a larger version.

Growing up fast

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Mon, 15 May 2006 09:37:10 -0600

Lucia and Claire posing for the camera for a special Mother's Day photo. This photoshoot was both fun and an exercise in frustration. Dan had taken them to a professional photography studio in the local mall, and while they had gotten a few good pictures, we just had to try to get more. So we bought some sheets at target along with white card/tracing paper, and grabbed all our desklamps and set up a studio in the girls' room. Guess what, desk lamps aren't nearly bright enough for reflected or diffused light. I had to shoot at 1/30-1/40 and brighten everything on the computer, killing a lot of the detail. Also, the kids were going crazy, and Geoff had to help out with coaxing the kids to stay still.

Shortly after producing a few useable pictures, we found out that framing/matting the photos would cost a small fortune. So we bought a premade frame, a mat cutter, some measuring tools, and uncut mat, and went to work. The final product, over two days in the making (one for shooting and one for matting), turned out pretty nicely. I hear Margot liked it, although I haven't seen it hung up just yet.

Click here or on the picture above to see the larger version.

Through the Window Glass

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Tue, 2 May 2006 22:59:58 -0600

An image I originally intended for SeeItSunday's glass challenge, only I was too late to post. This is a shot of the Crystal Cathedral in Irvine, CA. You can see the sun shining through the glass, illuminating the complex framework inside the cathedral. I like this photo mostly because the photo doesn't look rectangular; it plays tricks on your eyes (particularly the larger version). Click Here or on the photo for the full-size version.

more photo challenge entries

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:17:11 -0600

Here's a snipit of a picture montage I entered for one of the photochallenges. I'm getting to like this photo montage/story thing. You will have to click on the picture to go to the entire image.

You can click HERE to see more recent entries.

..And voting has begun on the word kinetic. GET OUT THE VOTE HERE! (I'm entry #89, if you would like to cast a vote for the entry).

Towering Inferno

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:14:31 -0600

Remember when Kevin posted the ferris wheel picture? This was what I was shooting at probably the same time... Not really my best shot from the night, but it looks cool. Would you want to ride that crazy thing? Click here or on the photo above for a larger version.

kinetic

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:06:17 -0600

Just a sampling of the photo I posted for Lensday theme: "kinetic"
Click on the pic to see the whole thing and for a link to vote for it (if you are so inclined).

Also, voting is open for PhotoFriday "full" from my last post about "Slaughterama"...I'm #386.
Oh... shameless, shameless plug.

Lomo in the Car

nospam@example.com (Amit) — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:38:16 -0600

A Lomo shot from Mark's visit...

Slaughterama!

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:41:06 -0600

I posted this for TWO photo challenges. Click on the image for the larger version and the links to the challenges if you'd like to vote for them.

The event: Slaughterama!
The contest: Lots of people on bicycles riding in narrow circles chugging a six packs of beer as fast as they can. The person to finish first and not fall off their bike wins. This picture is near the end of this particular contest. At the start there were probably ten times this number of bicycles in a circle measuring maybe 20 x 30 ft.

Heidi, my Dad, my sister Eileen, and I stumbled upon this event in Richmond while going on a walk on a popular island/park near Heidi's apartment. Lots of custom bicyles, lots of crazy events. Good times, good times.

Cloud Porn

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:44:09 -0600

Just a random photo. Because every photoblog needs a little cloud porn.

Actually, I'm posting because I recently started following Hong Kong Daily Photo, a cool photoblog centering around posting photos of Hong Kong. I found out today that it's actually part of a large network of similar blogs, from Greenville to Rheingau. When I saw that there's even one for Aliso Viejo, I almost spit my drink out! Aliso is little more than a small suburb in orange county, but I have to admit it's pretty cool the guy loves his city enough to focus a photoblog within its city limits...

Continue reading "Cloud Porn"

Mountains & Ferris Wheels

nospam@example.com (Kevin) — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:54:52 -0600

I posted a picture for the photo challenge site PXITE for their theme "mountain" which you can view (and vote for if you like it!) HERE.

Here's a picture from the photo excursion Randall & I took yesterday to a carnival we found in Norfolk:

Click on the photo to view a larger version.

I'll post some other photos from the same shoot after I get the chance to touch them up a bit.

Plume Street

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:11:13 -0600

My first black and white challenge submission, for "architecture." A shot of one of the new developments in downtown Norfolk, a testament to the revitalization of the Hampton Roads community. Exciting stuff, too bad I'm leaving just as things get good... I'm happy though, it means that EVMS will have a strong community for years to come. Click here or on the photo above for the larger photo.

Sorry no text posts recently, not a whole lot interesting going on in my life. Just gearing up/down for graduation, and returning to California. Really, I should be doing things like packing and throwing away junk, but that stuff is just so easy to procrastinate on...

nospam@example.com (Randall) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:28:38 -0600

My photofriday entry for 'organized.' Click here or on the picture for the larger version. I figure nothing in my life is organized, except maybe for the texts I keep on my bookshelf.

So the noise in my camera is killing me. I found out tonight that I had been using "fine" instead of "superfine," so the JPG compression was set to 8/12. Ouch. I bumped it up to superfine, and really, I can't tell that much of a difference. It's still noisy. Grr. I need a nicer camera.