undocumented pizza

IMGP7345, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

This one's the best of a not-so-great batch because it embraces the blur as motion as opposed to other exposures that were blurry for lack of focus on the right thing. Had my camera hoisted above my head and could not focus well, I guess. Also like the pizza boxes in the background.

day 29: bummed

IMGP7298, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

My trigger battery was dead! So no off camera flash could brighten this scene with the best sushi I have ever eaten. I post this picture out of regret for what it COULD have been... Teaches me to charge these elinchroms up more regularly.

day 28: bitter

IMGP7290, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

this subtle texture caught my eye during breakfast yesterday. Color balance is tricky in long morning light on a warm colored surface with warm colored subjects. this could probably use some adjustment.

day 26: suspended

DSCN2212, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

I caught this one with a point and shoot garbage camera while on a foggy job-site for work. It seems like all my hobby time has been consumed in legal/ procedural business related to the house. I'm sad on days when I neglect the blog, so I'll try to do my best to keep up. Don't want to lose momentum!

day 24: offer approved

P1040294, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

We placed our first offer on a condo last night which was accepted today. My mind has not been on photo making, except insofar that I documented every neat thing about the house. This photo shows the front; ours will be the 3rd and 4th floors with the big arched/bay windows.

day 23: fingers crossed

P1040279, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

day 22: my brown eyed girl

IMGP7243, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.

This was fun. I read about this "heart shaped bokeh" technique on my friend's blog last year, and the opportunity to try it myself became available with the new fast 50 lens. The technique is simple and plain neat in its concept, but I found that the fixed lens made the execution of the actual shot to be quite a challenge: In order to really blur the background, you move your subject as far from the dangling christmas lights in the background as possible -- done -- and you use the closest focal range possible on the lens. Unfortunately the closest point in my fix lens would be less than a foot from the lens -- too tight for a portrait like this. Very frustrating, because I could see that if I had focused on something closer to my lens the hearts would be nearly double the size that you see here!

But alas, I had to fit in my brown eyed girl, so smaller hearts it is. Lesson learned: I think this would work easier with a fast and wide telephoto lens.

Works on street lamps and car headlights as well!

Here's a bonus picture from this afternoon.

IMGP7266, originally uploaded by elbowclarke.