Kathy's Head Shots

Our friend Kathy had some head shots taken a couple of weeks ago but then the photographer failed to follow through with files/prints. So yesterday I offered to take some new head shots for her. Melissa and Zach came along and both were very helpful. Melissa held the diffuser/reflector panel and Zach kept Kathy's son Jaden occupied during the shoot.

Afterward, I spent nearly 3 hours post-processing 5 shots (a color and monochrome version of each). I really like how these shots came out! Below is a select few, and you can click here to see them all.

So far this seems to be the favorite

Photo of the Day

"One Fine Day"

Seattle Underground Tour

I've lived in the Seattle area for most of my life but there was one thing that I had never done, the Seattle Underground Tour. Alicia and her boyfriend Zach are in town through Friday so I thought it would be a great time to finally go on the tour. The only thing I regret is not going on this tour sooner! It was pretty cool down there, I'd love to go down sometime when I have more time to take photographs (with a tripod perhaps) as opposed to trying to take shots without getting a whole bunch of other people in them. Here are some of my favorites from the tour, the rest can be found in the Seattle Underground set.

Night Photography at Log Boom Park

Went to Log Boom Park (one of my favorite spots) tonight for some night photography. It was a very calm night and you could clearly see the clouds moving in two different directions at two levels in the atmosphere, very cool!

"Thermal Wind"


"In The Still Of The Night"


"Reflections"


"Reflections II"

Firefox 3.5 Color Management

Some of you may remember that I posted a link to a Firefox add-on back in March to turn on Firefox's color management. Life was good.

With the recent release of Firefox 3.5 however, this add-on is no longer compatible. I've done a little digging to figure out how to turn the color management back on, it's actually very easy!

Step 1: Open a new Firefox window and type "about:config" in the address bar and hit return.

Step 2: Click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.

Step 3: In the Filter bar type "gfx" and hit return, you will see a much shorter list of variables.

Step 4: Double click the variable "gfx.color_management.mode" and type "1" (the default value will be "2"). Press OK.

Step 5: Quit Firefox and re-open, you have now greatly improved your colors in Firefox 3.5!

To illustrate the difference here is a before (left) & after (right) partial screen shot of my Firefox window. Notice the difference in the reds and greens on the can.

4th of July 2009

Melissa and I went over to Dave's place again this year for his big 4th of July celebration. This year we invited Kathy and Jaden to come along since Tommy is in Idaho. As always there was an awesome fireworks show and great BBQ'd food.

In post-processing I tried out a new technique that brings some of the mid-range detail out in the photographs. You can read more about it here.

I made a set for this year's 4th of July photos, click here to see it.
Also here are links to the 2008 and 2007 4th of July celebrations. It's cool for me to look at them to see how my photography has evolved!

"Liftoff!"


"Boys & Fire"


"Jaden the Pop-It Master"


"To Be Young..."


"Christmas In July"


"The Spectacle"

City Park at Alki Point

Before the sun set last night I was at a little (very little) park just south of Alki Point. I set up my camera and just sat there for a long time taking different water shots. I love shooting them it's so much fun! Here are the best ones.

"A Beautiful Evening"


"Moment of Impact"


"Forces at Work"


"The Little Things"

Sunset at Alki Point

Last night I went to Alki Point to take sunset photos. It was a GORGEOUS sunset!





"Evening Voyage"


I added a little diffusion effect to this one.

Night Photography with John

Last Friday John and I went to the Jose Rizal Bridge and Alki to take some night photos, here are the ones I posted.

Summer Lily