Incessant Expressions

Savior for a day – Photo of the Day #63

February 21st, 2010 • photography • No comments

This is Bubba, a dog we rescued today on the north side of Boca Raton. Found him running around with his walking leash on and a collar with no tag. After about two hours we tracked down the owner’s apartment and left him a note to call us. No call yet . But if he doesn’t call soon, we’ve got good leads on where to take this adorable dog to get adopted and not put down!

Party it up – Photo of the Day #62

February 21st, 2010 • photography • No comments

This was a random shot of a wedding party at The Dubliner in Mizner Park. I have no idea why they were *there* of all places, but they were and looked to be having some fun. I believe this is the bride and groom.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/2.2
ISO400 @ 1/8s
Matrix metering
Auto WB A3

Spaten Ice – Photo of the Day #61

February 19th, 2010 • photography • No comments

As a continuation of yesterday’s picture, I had the great idea of using my Spaten steins from Zanetoberfest. I had about 8 or 9 others before this that did not turn out just right then I figured I’d just take the diffuser off and strobe it straight into the back of the glasses. I thought it looked great in camera but the larger resolution just screamed to me. I really like this, with the light diffraction through the glass in the center to discolor to a light purple/mauve and then the diffusion across the floor.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/4
ISO200 @ 1/15s
Matrix Metering
Flash WB

Strobist info:
Nikon SB-600 @ 0deg iTTL BL, approximately 2 feet from glasses with slight bounce on the floor.

BONUS SHOT: Scooter jumping into frame, wanting some beer!.

The back-lit hookah – Photo of the Day #60

February 17th, 2010 • photography • No comments

This was shot for reddit’s /r/photoit subreddit: http://bit.ly/cJYZHb . The idea was to simply take a picture of something that would look different backlit and this was it. The hookah is my 36″ tall Khalil Mamoon that I received for Christmas two years ago. You can just barely make out the words near the top of the photo itself.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/5.6
ISO250 @ 1/15s
Flash WB

Strobist info:
Nikon SB-600 TTL w/Sto-fen white diffuser, bounced off kitchen door @ 60deg zoomed to 35mm

Calm before the storm – Photo of the Day #59

February 16th, 2010 • photography • No comments

This was taken next to a canal by our house. It was my last shot of the night and I was happy to be standing up and no longer lying in the dead itchy grass with ants crawling on me, however I was weary of the canal since there have been past reports of alligators living in this one.

The lights are reflections of a street light about 50 feet away, with a slight breeze right before it started raining. This was a lucky shot for sure given the conditions.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/2.2
ISO800 @ 1/40s
Spot metering
Tungsten WB B2

Undulating motion – Photo of the Day #58

February 14th, 2010 • photography • No comments

An accidental snap I took while walking to Starbucks in Mizner Park. The up/down wave motion is the result of taking a few steps, I rather like it. It’s underexposed because I was shooting for "sunny 16" earlier in the day and didn’t adjust my f-stop for the dusk sky.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/16
ISO200 @ 0.6s
Matrix metering
"Shady" WB

One is the loneliest number – Photo of the Day #57

February 13th, 2010 • photography • No comments

A lone washed up sea urchin on Deerfield Beach…beach. It was a beautiful day down at the pier today and despite the wind, lots of fun! Until I got a handful of sand down my pants!

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/16
ISO200 @ 1/160s
Sunny WB
Matrix metering

Blog maintenance pt 2

February 12th, 2010 • blog, chatter • No comments

Doing some more maintenance this week, trying to get crap optimized for the new influx of traffic.

White light bursting forth – Photo of the Day #56

February 12th, 2010 • photography • 1 comment

This is a fountain in a complex about a mile from our house. I thought the blazing white center light was a great focal point and I think this turned out well. Funny thing is this is a “private residence” with “no trespassing” and I walked right in, real private eh!

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/2.2
ISO800 @ 1/6s hand-held
Tungsten WB
Matrix metering

What shall we watch tonight? – Photo of the Day #55

February 10th, 2010 • photography • 1 comment

This is most of my girlfriend’s DVD collection. We had to move everything off of our new Ikea cabinets so we could put doors on them! I don’t know what was more tedious, taking all her DVDs down or mounting 30lb melamine doors, ugh!

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/2.2
ISO800 @ 1/10s
Matrix metering
Tungsten WB A1