Archive for December, 2009

• 12.31.09
  

  paints, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  In the studio of Vernon’s mother, in San Diego. Ever since Ted’s and my photo class, I’ve wanted to take a picture of paints with a large aperture. I took many photos of this setting before settling on this photo. Unfortunately I didn’t realize I was using an unnecessarily high ISO (3200) and the image has quite a bit of noise, which is disappointing.

  posted in Shayna
• 12.29.09
  
  
  Fringe, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  We’ve had a lot of nice cloudy sunsets recently. They aren’t always super colorful, but they really produce a nice fringe of clouds along the skyline.

  posted in Ted
• 12.27.09
  

  unhappy kitty, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  My cat after a trip to the vet yesterday. I rotated/cropped this photo; warmed up the tone); did a bit of sharpening; and played a little with the lights and shadows in curves. She looks like she’s in kitty jail.

  posted in Shayna, animals
• 12.26.09
  
  
  Locked, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  Taken along the wild space near my home in Goleta.

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• 12.25.09
  

  ribbon, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  Christmas present for V with my family tree in the background. The depth of field here is slightly too shallow, but the angle works and the bokeh is cool.

  posted in Shayna
• 12.24.09
  

  Portrait #2, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  This picture came out interestingly. The focus was good, but the original was too red. I found a new way in Lightroom to adjust the colors (using the photo to identify which hues to adjust) , and was able to bring it down about the amount I wanted without too much trouble. I’m excited about playing with color adjustment in the future.

  posted in Ted, children, portraits
• 12.16.09
  

  deep creature, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  A jellyfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium, August 2009.

  posted in Shayna, animals
• 12.12.09
  
  
  Grandpa, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  This is my first attempt at taking a portrait shot and converting it to greyscale. One important thing when framing/editing to greyscale is getting sufficient contrast between the subject and the background. In this case, my grandfather’s shirt was a pretty bright blue. I had to tone the blues down so that he stood out from it properly. It was an interesting challenge.

  posted in Ted, portraits
• 12.10.09
  

  sugarplums, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  From a photo shoot we did with two local girls for family holiday pictures. Not a fan of the hand being cut off. I feel like the angle is interesting, but could have been better. I do like their expressions, the color contrast, and the orientation. This was a super fun and challenging project.

  posted in Shayna, children, portraits
• 12.8.09
  
  
  SoClouds, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  We’ve had a lot of pretty clouds the last few weeks. This was early in the morning on my way to work. Like my last cloud picture, I just couldn’t help stopping a snapping a few off on my way.

  posted in Ted
• 12.5.09
  

  salon tools, originally uploaded by Shayna Ingram.

  The tools of my stylist, who has cut my hair for 21 years.

  posted in Shayna
• 12.4.09
  
  
  Portrait #1, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  According to Lightroom, this is the only photo I took on this day, which seems strange. However, I like the depth of field here quite a bit. The point of focus is about halfway between her nose and eyes, which works well to accentuate the size and width of Christina’s eyes, as well as the mid-expression that she’s been caught in here.

  posted in Ted
• 12.2.09
  

  off guard, originally uploaded by slingram.

  A “surprise” portrait of a dear friend who I’ve known since first grade. This photo captured her personality. The focus is a little off, especially in her eye. I’m going to work on street and people photography more — I realized I need to work on it after Ted was clearly more successful in our photography shoot two weekends ago with a local mother and daughter.

  posted in Shayna, portraits
• 12.1.09
  
  
  Expance, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

  This is the content-aware-scaled version of Expanse. I am posting it for comparison to the previous version, and the original. This one is both square and preserves the gray strip at the top. Looking at both, I think I like the cropped 1:1 version better, although this one is interesting as-is.

  posted in Ted