Photo of the day

Photo of the day

Old camera from the NEW Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

So my family and I went to see the NEW Indiana Jones tonight and it was Awesome. It brought back tons of old fun memories that I have from the previous 3 movies. We had a blast! We even bought the Indiana Jones popcorn bucket for life. It's a huge bucket for $8 and you can refill it as many times and as often as you like for .50 cents. Can you say heart attack! But not if you are reasonable, right? So I'm not a big fan of giving away any info on movies before you see them, pet peeve and I think it takes away the magic! But...@ the end of the movie you'll see someone using the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye and I won't tell you who is using this camera. I'd love to see you post it, if you spot it.

The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye was well known for being one of the best square film cameras of it's time. Kodak released it in the fall of 1950 and stopped manufacturing it in the summer of 1961. It takes 620 roll film, better known as 2 1/4 by 2 1/4. The model that I have from my vintage collection is the flash model. Unfortunately I don't have the flash but if I find one. I'll post it :)

Image above shot with 1D Mark III + Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro. Camera on the left was shot hand held with available room light @ 1/80th, 2.8, 3200 ISO. Camera on the right has been cross-processed, because I love it that way!

Michael having a Hmmmmmmmmm moment!

So here's the hmmmmmm moment. I just went through 2000+ emails I've been meaning to go through for the last year, spring cleaning in late May. As I looked through, trashed, and saved them I started to checkout a blog here, a website there and it occurred to me that I have to stop fighting within myself about the styles that I personally like, that I haven't been pursuing. I have been couping up my feelings about it for a while now. I have seen some real cruddy photographs, websites and blogs the last couple of years. I feel like allot of photographers are relying on actions to save their blown out images and just calling it art instead of having a properly exposed image to begin with. (just my opinion take it for what it's worth) But on the other hand I have been more inspired by the great photography that I have seen and discovered in the last 4 or 5 months. You know who you are :) I try so hard to give my clients and the moms exactly what they want and totally forget about me in the process. I live to make my clients happy and give them an awesome experience. Really since I switched from film to digital in 2004, I can honestly say that I miss film, but strongly believe that digital is tons better for my clients and 110% worth the reward! I love shooting 600+ images at a wedding. I really like digging deep inside of me to be more creative and less safe. I'll always love classic and candid photography and implement them into my shoots. I'm ready to be me again and I feel so strongly about this.

Photo of the day

Photo of the day

I love the way the dress looks with shallow depth of field, lots of contrast and tons of color.

Shot mid-day with Canon 1D Mark III + Canon 70-200mm 2.8 L IS + Canon 580EX + Gold Reflector.