Life Through the Lens

DIY Mini Flash

So I finally accomplished a task I've been putting off for almost a year now.  I had gotten some disposable camera shells from Walmart with the intention of stripping out the flash module.  I put the guts into a little project box and added a couple different options for connections.  Not only does it have PC, but also 1/8" mono plug.  I can trigger this thing with Cybersyncs, PC cord, optical slave, or a plain old mono to mono 1/8" cable.  And it almost fits in the palm of your hand.

And yeah, I know the flash head is a little crooked, but its version 1.0...and I was tried by the time I had to drill the last hole to mount the PC board to the top panel.

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Mini Bruce Lee

Just bored and playing around with some lights at work.  Shot with a Canon G10, ST-E2 transmitter and Canon 580EX speedlite.  Bruce is a 1" tall plastic toy that I picked up in Canada nearly a decade ago.  Shot on a dark wood credenza.  Ambient killed with an exposure of 1/60 F8.  TTL flash comp set to -2.  Macro mode on the G10...Hotness!

Mini Bruce Lee

Corvette driver got a Ram

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TWS - The Happier Times

Here's some photos pre-wreck...things were actually going pretty well...except for minor cooling issues with the other F1000.

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And of course, who could forget the girls.  Talk about the pit crew I need.

Weekend at Texas World Speedway

Helped crew for Jeff and TMG (The Motorsports Group) this weekend at TWS.  The weather was crazy this weekend with rain on and off.  Things were going pretty well, until Sunday on the second to last lap of the Formula race.  David Burkett driving Jeff's car got hit passing up lapped traffic.  David was fine, but the car was in bad shape.

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We got everything packed and started heading back as this was coming through College Station.

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Rock Climbing in Austin

My friend Jessie had asked if I would help take some photos of her and her friend Ranjit for their website For Everest.  I couldn't pass up a weekend of hanging out in Austin and I had never shot rock climbing before, I said  what the hell...why not.  Here are the results.

Rock Climbing - Barton Creek Greenbelt

Rock Climbing - Barton Creek Greenbelt

Rock Climbing - Barton Creek Greenbelt

G10 with 580EXII

Here's the top of the line Canon compact with the top of the line Canon Speedlite....LOL, I couldn't resist.  I had to tilt the head up, otherwise it would fall over.

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New Toys

My Canon G10 arrived this morning.  How sweet it is.  Definitely one awesome little compact point and shoot.  Picked it up for song on FM forums.  For some reason the retail price keeps rising on that camera.  Not surprising considering how awesome it is.

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Here's the first HDR done with it while I was leaving work today.

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And I also got my new Nokia 5800 Xpress Music.  This is Nokia's first touch screen smartphone.  Definitely rocks and its the perfect size.  The nice thing is the screen resolution is double what most current Nokia's are.  Awesome for web browsing.

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Nokia 5800 Express Music

His Friends Must Not Like Him

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Wedding Dress...Do Over?

Its not everyday I get a request like this.  My friend Nicole asked if I would do a shoot of her in her wedding dress.  As it turns out, it was pouring down rain on her wedding day 3 yrs ago and they only had a 10 minute window to actually do the ceremony.  Needless to say she was disappointed.  I was honored that she asked me to shoot this for her.  I guess I've got quite the imagination and she wanted a cool urban chic theme to the photos as well as some of the traditional type shots.  Her husband Ryan was a good sport.  He had to wear that black suit in 85 deg 80% humidity Houston weather.  Anyway, have a look here for all of the shots from the shoot.

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Of course, the shoot wouldn't be complete without at least one jumping shot :)

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