Ok since Sabrina, Jeff, and Mark have all posted portraits this week I figured I should jump on the bandwagon and get one online myself. Visit Sabrina and take a look through the last few posts for a great series of people photos that she made during her recent visit to Africa. Jeff got to attend a workshop with Kirk Tuck that I would have loved to go to and came back with some great studio portraits. Mark is adding to his 100 Strangers project both here and abroad with some great street portraits.
Great stuff from all three of my friends and a little unfair as now I want to travel, don’t really care where to but I want to go. The above image was an outdoor shot with a 42″ diffuser held between the sun and Katie, I can’t remember for sure but I may have had an SB 28 cam right for a touch of fill. Few more of the outdoor shoot of Katie over on the flickr site.
Katie
Just had to add one more from that shoot.
Been a little busy here and I had another idea all ready to post but decided to save it for after the holidays when it may make a little more sense. So here is a little bit of what all I have been putting in front of the lens.
For Me
Katie
For Katie
Katie
For Me
Early Morning Diner
For work
Homeward Bound Board Members
So that is a little bit of what has been going on around here. Hope you all have a great holiday and as they say more to come soon. For an ongoing update visit the flickr stream now and then at www.flickr.com/rlketcham
I was going to write something about digging out of something but seem to have misplaced the thought. What is forefront in my head for several days has been the whole social networking idea and experience. For a fairly short time I have jumped into this whole flickr, blogging, twitter, facebook social media thing, and it has been enlightening in a lot of ways.
Living in the boonies, it is a little difficult to meet other photographers that have the same interests and ambitions. The people I have interacted with online in the social media world have really opened my eyes, taught me a lot and become friends. Bouncing ideas around among creative people is the fastest way I know of to elevate your own vision. There is an energy that is created that I envy when I hear about the folks I follow are in the same place at the same time. Second best is the one that happens when you share those ideas online with others. Not really sure what all I wanted to say here except, thanks to all my friends online for the extra incentive and free flow of ideas and info.
As for digging out, there is a notebook full of ideas that need to be photographed that should take me into the next few years, and it is added to daily. In addition to the photo ideas I am going to add a writing class to my list of things to do this winter, skills that I haven’t used since college have rusted badly. In fact a lot of things have rusted badly………
more later
Edit: the “how I made this image” is in the comments…….
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