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Plastic 52: A 2010 Project

Published on January 31, 2010 in photography. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Plastic 1: Trapped

I have decided to do a 52 weeks project this year (one photo each week for a year) and it’s been fairly enjoyable thus far. I had given brief consideration to a 365 (photo a day for a year) but quickly dismissed it for fear of it becoming an absolute bear. I enjoy photography, but it has its limits. Setting myself up for failure is something I strive to avoid.

There are a lot of approaches to this little project. Many people choose to do self portraits, some choose to do landscapes, a number of people choose an object to focus on. I’ve gone with the latter as you can see. Batman and The Joker are now on the loose!

You can watch my progress at my 2010 52 Weeks Set. I would also recommend checking out the Triangle 52 group and the Plastic 52 group.

I have more concepts for photography in 2010 as well. Hopefully I can execute and you will see more of that here in the future.

Plastic 4: The Streets

Raleigh Time Lapse

Published on April 30, 2009 in photography. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

I recently got the bug to try and do some time lapse photography when I saw this post over at Digital Photography School.  It’s a good intro to what you are getting into and links to various attempts around the web.  I had considered doing this previously but never really got around to it.  This work by Ross Ching is pretty much the ULTIMATE time lapse I have seen out there.  It’s combining the use of tilt shift lenses and telescoping mounts along with crop panning to create an even more unique and dynamic experience.  Amazing.

I don’t own a dedicate intervalometer at the moment.  I will soon.  Using my laptop with the Canon EOS software hooked up to my Canon XSi allowed me to employ the basic concept of doing time lapse.  The result is interesting, it does not really meet my artistic vision though.  The biggest issues was that the fastest interval I could accomplish was a shot every 5 seconds.  This combined with a 1-1.3 second exposure time just didn’t give me the shutter drag I really wanted.

So there will definitely be more to come on this topic.  I have a big plan in my head of exactly where I would like to go with the concept.  I’m looking forward to implementing it and sharing it with everyone.

Housekeeping

Published on January 29, 2009 in Tech and photography. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Manhattan Bridge
Since I finally got around to looking at this place again I decided to do a little housekeeping of the ‘ol blog. Mainly I just tweaked the CSS a bit and tossed up a new header image. It’s a shot of the Manhattan bridge I recently took while visiting my sister in NYC. You can see more of my photos from New York in this set. Still many more shots to post from the trip.

My other exciting addition is a new sidebar widget for displaying my recent flickr shots. It’s a hacked together combination of Lightbox 2 and Flickr Photo Album.  Very excited about this little bugger.  Took a while to get it to properly link back to the flickr photo pages and all that, but totally worth it!  Check it out to the right.  Click on an image and enjoy the lovely browsing.  Yes, I am totally geeking out on that.