Ummmm...Yeah...I Have Too Much Stuff!

I got my new rolling suitcase for all of my photography equipment today. And shortly after filling the bag to it's capacity...I realized....I have too much STUFF!

LOOK AT THIS SUITCASE! It's full! If I buy anything else I will have to start hauling my equipment on a donkey cart (as my pal George from the UK said).



And that's not the end of the equipment...yes, there is more! It's taken over the corner of this room. How many backpacks, cases, or bags does one girl need (apparently many!). The backpacks shown are not full but they do serve various purposes (depending up where & what I'm doing) so I have deemed them all necessary.

The tall bags in the back hold my backdrop "stuff" and my lighting/tripod "stuff" (all necessary as well).



Honestly, what you see here is very organized (organized being my middle name and all). I've actually helped myself tremendously to bring my traveling circus down to the rolling suitcase and 2 long bags (and a step stool sometimes) so this should make "on-location" photography a bit easier to handle all of the equipment. Thank goodness for "crossover" vehicles!!

I guess I can't buy anymore equipment unless I find more room for it..."hey wait! didn't that one bag have a little room left??" *giggles*

More of Historic Griggstown, NJ

I pass this spot everyday on my way home so I decided to take some photos for 20 mins on my way home.

I featured this area of Historic Griggstown, NJ back at the beginning of March in this blog entry and this time I decided to bracketed shots for HDR processing.

Below are my favorites of the day:


I love this one!!


I'm on the fence about these two. A LOT OF GREEN HERE!





While I was photographing one of the windows I snapped my reflection just to be silly:


To be even more strange I snapped a photo of my new hot pink shoes with the camera looking down my tripod. I love the shoes so I figured why not snap a shot? *LOL*

This is especially for *Bri* since I promised to show her them!



There are a number of others but this is all that I actually liked the results of. Sometimes HDR is hit or miss depending upon the lighting conditions.

Building Your Blog: 10 things to consider when building your rockin’ photoblog

"Natalie Norton recently authored a post entitled Blog Power: Why you should consider setting up a photoblog. This post is a follow up to that article. Here Natalie discusses 10 ways anyone can create a photoblog that will really shine!" (excerpt taken from the article linked below)

Click this link below to read Natalie's article on Digital Photography Shool blog:

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/building-your-blog-10-things-to-consider-when-building-your-rockin-photoblog/

Office Inspiration

Ever find yourself looking for photography inspiration?

When you can't think of what to photograph just look around you - the inspiration is there - you just have to SEE it! It doesn't always jump out at you, you have to experiment and take a risk.

Lately my macro lens has been inspriring me to try looking at normal objects differently. I brought my camera to work with my yesterday because I planned to go to the park after work (which I did).

I was changing the lens to get the camera during my lunch so I could be ready for macro shooting after work and I decided that I would play around taking a few macro shots at my desk. Well, it turned into a whole series... "around the office" (or shall I say Cubicle!)

100 Wonderful Photo Effects Photoshop Tutorials

Take a look at this link if you're into post processing of your photos in Photoshop. The tutorials are great!

The creator of the list said "I gathered what I consider 100 of the best photo effects Photoshop tutorials available on the web."

Click HERE: 100 wonderful photo effects Photoshop tutorials



Thanks to Brian Auer at www.Epicedits.com for this link in his LINK ROUND UP 4-5-08.

Vintage Processing

I love how these photos of Amy came out with the Vintage processing.

I toned the opacity down quite a bit to get them to look like this:




I also love how this one turned out:

Previous posts of AMY can be seen HERE.
The entire gallery can be seen HERE.


More to come from this shoot!

Contemplating the Nikon Normal AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D Autofocus Lens

I'm really interested in the Nikon Normal AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D Autofocus Lens.

B&H is out of stock on this lens right now (booooo!)

Features:

One of the most widely used autofocus lenses in all of photography. Fast enough for shooting in just about any type of light. Distortion-free images with superb resolution and color rendition. Weighs only 9.0 ounces. An ideal first lens, perfect for full-length portraits, travel photography or any type of available-light shooting. Accepts 52mm filters; HR-2 lens hood.

The reason I love it is because of the 2nd sentence. Fast enough for shooting in just about any type of light. This will be excellent for indoor photos at parties, weddings, anything where you'd prefer not to you use your flash when there is available light. A flash isn't a bad thing but avoiding the need with an awesome lens like this is a great thing.

Blog Power - Why You Should Consider Setting up a Photoblog

Take a moment to read the latest article from Natalie Norton of www.natalienortonphoto.com regarding why you should consider setting up a photography blog of your own:

Click here: http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/blog-power-why-you-should-consider-setting-up-a-photoblog/

More BLUE DOOR Shots

Hey Jen. I hope you love these!

(Jen loved the blue door during this photoshoot and was excited to see them edited) :)

Prior posts from: Psychiatric Sundays Photo Series

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The BLUE DOOR!

Especially for you Jen... The Blue Door! Hopefully more to come soon!

Prior posts from: Psychiatric Sundays Photo Series