Long Shadows
2011-09-08 Ugh, over 3 hours of my life were essentially wasted today. I went down to the Annenberg to see Jodi Cobb speak, but it was cancelled at the very last minute due to 'technical difficulties'. I'm skeptical, because come on - don't they have a projector and screen they could have set up? Hopefully it wasn't anything too bad. I took this shot of another attendee walking away after we learned it was cancelled. The shiny buildings are so cool in that part of Century City - I see something different with the light every time I go. [last year] I'm ready for iOS 5... anytime...
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![<span id="date">_10/24/10_</span> <span id="title">Brass Weights</span>
These four cup-type things are brass weights that all fit inside each other in a larger brass container, babushka-style. I used the same setup as yesterday where I put them on a black cloth in a dark bathroom and used a small flashlight to paint the light during a long shutter speed. I feel like I could have placed these a little more creatively, but it's late and I'm tired with a touch of sick. Hopefully tomorrow I will wake up rested so I can get back to my day job as a... um... person who manually weights things?
Yeah, I don't really know what these are for.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#691523103_SSUBi">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-rhts5Hm/2/56a84538/Ti/2010-10-24%20Brass%20Weights-Ti.jpg)
![<span id="date">__01/09/11__</span> <span id="title">Sphere</span>
<em>Water Drops, Day 2</em>
My second attempt at water droplet photography. Today I used off-camera flash and a bigger bowl than <a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/11272102_ACXDJ#1150062728_VAfLo">Friday's photo</a>. Embarassingly, I had my off-camera flash set up on Friday but I forgot to turn it on. I was so focused on the timing of the drops that I didn't notice the only light was coming from on-camera.
I added quite a bit of contrast for definition and noise reduction for smoothing. I would have done a setup photo but it's a little late, sorry! I'll do one eventually.
I'm still a bit in shock about yesterday's attack. I learned that in addition to the man who was 2 years ahead of me in my high school, Giffords herself attended, and the deceased includes a member of my parents church. Tragedies like this affect so many people.
Read my <a href="http://blog.jawsnap.net/2011/02/water-droplet-photography-lessons-learned/">blog post on water droplet photography</a>!
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![2011-07-20
I came across this chair today, it seemed sad. It's definitely seen better days.
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![2011-07-24
This is my wife, riding an escalator in a store. You might notice there is some weirdness going on. That's because it's actually 10 photos stitched together using AutoStitch. I waited about 6 steps after my wife and just started taking a bunch of photos at different angles. The app is looking for common elements to make a panorama, but in this case it was just a blob of photos with the only commonality being my wife and the escalator itself. Fun stuff.
Speaking of AutoStitch, I have a blog post that's 80% done about my experience with various iPhone panorama apps. Stay tuned for that!
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/11272102_ACXDJ#946317093_ye6Pb">[last year]</a> <em>hey, it's Rusty...</em>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-zddqn6F/1/26903408/Ti/2011-07-24%20Messy%20Escalator-Ti.jpg)
