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Archive for October 2011

Review: Sigma 10mm 2.8 Fisheye!

Today I’m reviewing my Sigma 10mm 2.8 Fisheye, I bought this lens in march and loved its use. I have used it for my club gigs and sometimes my urban shots, recently though I haven’t had much use for it but I love it none the less. I purchased it off B&H Photo.com and they shipped if fast for sure! Right when it arrived I was leaving for Maine to shoot some snowboarders and I took this little baby along to get some unique shots! I was loving the feel of the lens and the quality. Some say Sigma is known for its bad quality control, I say ” They are doing a great job!” I just love how it feels in hand and on camera. The lens has a perfect weight to it and the focusing ring is SO SMOOTH, It’s like a hot knife through butter! Focusing: 

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Out for the count!

I have been stuck with extreme leg pain, and Will not be posting a blog today, Maybe tomorrow! Sorry Folk!

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Tips for Breaking Creative Block

Let me tell you something, This has happened to me plenty of times! I shit you not, It happens to the biggest photographer down to us little ones. When you find your self in this hole its very hard to get out of it, I know how it feels, feels like you can’t get anything right or can’t think of anything to photography, IT SUCKS! Well, I have a few tips to help you get out and start photographing again!   Listen to music: I’ve never had a problem about breaking out of my block with my music, I listen to tons of different kinds of music to break out! My examples are: 우산-Epik High, Maputo-Bob James, Black-Pearl Jam. Grab your camera and go outside and take a photo of anything, ANYTHING within 50ft of your front door! I have

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Street Photography

I have always been fascinated with street photography, It’s raw, It’s life and it gives a look into humans in their natural habitat. I have followed Eric Kim, he’s is by far the best street photographer I know! He is a great inspiration and an awesome photographer. I check his blog every time he uploads something new, Which you can find here. Always hoping for a video of him doing what is he does best. I wanted to share some tips I thought were useful that I gathered from experience and the internet. Keep the camera to your eye. By that I mean put you camera to your eye and you don’t necessarily have to take photo’s just keep it to your eye until your inspired. Along with Eric, I feel as if you should use wide-angle primes, Using a zoom lens disconnects you from you

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Organizing My Hard Drives-How Too

Organizing My Hard Drives-How Too

Today is Monday and I think every Monday I am going to post a tutorial or tips and help for anything I feel is worth telling fellow photogs in an easy to understand way! OK Now let’s get to it. A few days ago, I was having so much trouble finding old photos I need for my wife’s scrapbooking project, the system I had for the longest time and thought worked wasnt. Turns out it doesn’t. So I sat down and tried to think of a different way to organize my images and keep them where they should, so I can find them fast, Either in Lightroom or not. I even searched the internet for some tips and I thought I would share some with you and show you how I did mine. How I organize my images is as follows: One Main Image Folder (Main Raw) then

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Mowielicious! A Introduction.

Mowielicious is a word made up by,  who I say is my greatest inspiration and a great success story. Mowie Kay. He started out just like me, From not knowing that much to receiving awards for his blog, Shooting magazines and Restaurants. Even being featured in the Times and the New York Times. In my opinion, He’s one of the greatest! Today I’m going to do a little review and status of my thinking lately. so get your coffee and relax.. Recently I have stressed over how to get started. I absolutely love food and I know that and I also love photography now all I want to do is make  the two one. I came across his website and blog, and gave it a good read. I love his images and how he writes about them. So After reading his blog, I decided

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R.I.P Steve, You make what I do possible.

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Things Are Changing… Fast.

Today I revamped my website and just wanted to let my readers of the new lay out and the reason for the change. As you may know, I changed my focus to food photography and am better off with it. I have the possibility to make more money and have more clients. I wanted to make my webpage really easy for people to read and to find info fast. I believe I got it the way I wanted and I think it will encourage more growth and further my career. I made the blog part of my site on the homepage, I wanted it to be right up in front, So you don’t have to click this and click that, Its right there for everyone to see! I am trying the new slides on the top, I think it looks

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Whoopie Pie Goodness and Photography!

Life doesn’t suck when you have whoopie pies. Especially when your baking them to take photographs of them. Anybody who knows me, Knows I love food. In high school I spent 4 years in our food shop and trained by one of the best chefs I know. He taught me to love food and taught me how to love cooking it. Recently I moved my photography focus to food. After that move, I really started to focus down on the craft of food photography. I browsed the internet for ideas, Bought Food Network magazine. I was hungry for tips, Ideas, and techniques. So my wife say’s “I think we should make whoopie pies” and I said “Oh yea we should!”  Now if you don’t know what whoopiepies are you are missing out on life! They are two pieces of cake with any kind of filling in

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