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In the studio with Amanda

colorblinded — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:51:57 +0000

Amanda and her MUA friend Liv joined me for a nice shoot back in February at the studio. We had a good time doing a number of things but this was one of my favorites. I tried to get a good balance of color and key off the red detail in the makeup by hitting the background with a blue gel to complement it. Hopefully the subtle difference in brightness is enough that you can see her hair separate from the background behind her head, but not every monitor will play nice with shadow details like that. [...]

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The full frame battle returns

colorblinded — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:35:48 +0000

It was a few years ago but Canon and Nikon have been here before. The two top dogs in the 35mmish world have brought out their new “mid-range” full frame DSRs within a month of each other. Both look pretty good to me although I’m not 100% convinced about either. I’m ready at this point to replace or at least supplant my aging 1D Mark II and the 5D Mark III looks promising, I just hope that it has the better noise control and dynamic range that its larger photosites should grant it versus the D800. It certainly appears it will outperform the 5D Mark II but it’s too soon to say what will really become of both new cameras. I’m not too big of a fan of pixel peeping but I do hope to see that the sensors in both cameras give each other a good fight. [...]

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January Randomness

colorblinded — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:18:14 +0000

January went by too quickly but I did get to do a little shooting, mostly with people. I’ve been rather disappointed with the weather this winter, it’s really killed my interest in shooting outside for some reason. I think that if it’s winter I just expect that there should be snow around to enjoy and take advantage of. Regardless of whether the weather continues to cooperate or not there are a few things I’m starting to work on again so hopefully those will pop up soon. [...]

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Big move done!

colorblinded — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:43:06 +0000

Huzzah, new host! Did some cleanup and whatnot but there’s more to be done down the road. At least we’re up and running for now. Please please please let me know if anything is broken! [...]

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Joe and I got rained on again in downtown Rochester

colorblinded — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:19:29 +0000

Clearly, if you’re experiencing a drought just have Joe and myself visit, you’ll get plenty of rain. We met up for the now almost customary lunch at Dinosaur and then set out on a meandering path around downtown. We didn’t really shoot much until we inevitably arrived at Rochester’s current high profile disaster: Midtown. [...]

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LockCircle is a practical choice for a body cap

colorblinded — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:29:14 +0000

And by practical I mean a waste of $100 (plus shipping). Check it out at LockCircle.com. In other news it’s been a crazy month. New things really will be coming up soon, I promise! [...]

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AMP HDR Video Camera

colorblinded — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:21:24 +0000

Not the first HDR video demonstration but perhaps one of the first video cameras built solely for the purpose. I’m not sure when my eyes started bleeding but I was definitely grimacing when they flicked the tonemapping switch, some of those settings were just awful. We definitely need overdone horrible HDR in full motion video, that will definitely be an improvement. They really know how to pick exciting demonstration videos too, don’t they? Video capture in HDR surely has its place but the tasteful application will separate appealing from obnoxious. It will be interesting to see if something like this sees wider adoption. As with photography, capturing a good HDR is one thing but the processing after the fact is another. Tonemapping is usually where people take an HDR with potential and turn it in to a giant mess. [...]

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First impressions of the Think Tank Retrospective 10

colorblinded — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:14:14 +0000

Retrospective 10 ready to go for a walk. I’ve owned a Think Tank Bazooka for a few years now but I haven’t had the opportunity to really use many of their other products. Every time I’ve come in to contact with anything they make I’ve always noticed it’s well built and often has some clever features. Normally I associate Think Tank with their backpacks designed for air travel and I know a number of people who use and swear by them. [...]

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No Such Thing As Color

colorblinded — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:18:19 +0000

I was recently contacted by the creator of the short film “No Such Thing As Color.” In it she features a colorblind musician named Evans Forde as he tries to identify the color of things and explains how colorblindness affects him and how he understands the concept of color and its perception. In some scenes Laura processes the colors to simulate colorblindness for ‘color normal’ viewers of her video. It’s a great 9 minute look at how colorblindness can affect someone and really touches on how it can feel to be colorblind. [...]

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Liza in the studio

colorblinded — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:17:06 +0000

On Friday the 13th (oooooohh) I finally got to shoot with Liza, someone I’ve been looking forward to working with for quite a while. She brings a great energy and enthusiasm to the shoot along with an excellent sense of humor. No matter what you’re up to with her it’s bound to be a good time! [...]

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