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I wish I had something else besides boredom to blame this on, but I’m afraid that’s all there is to it.

Peace.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

Today was Guy Fawkes Day. If you don’t know who he was, go watch the first five minutes of V for Vendetta. And then if you haven’t seen it, watch the rest. Because it’s a good movie. Or just be a lazy bum and click here.

But there were fireworks. And it was fun.

Danni said something about liking all the pretty colors in the sky, then Lee made some witty comment about liking grey fireworks, and then we went off on a tangent about watching fireworks in black and white. Thus the reason for the above photo being on the slightly desaturated side of life.

Anyways, it’s late. So I’m gonna go to bed. Or edit photos. Or watch a movie. One of those three…

Peace.

London in B-Dub

Hey folks, so new blog theme. I’m not really a fan of this theme either [but if you know me, you know that I’ve strongly disliked pretty much every blog theme I’ve had so far]. So why the change? Because this one lets me post my pictures even bigger. Party.

My parents have been in town the past few days. They decided to stop by on their way over to Armenia for a mission trip. It was great to see them, but man was it bad timing. Classes started this week, nothing went right in terms of Biola-Roehampton integration, I got sick, we have our first field trip. Oy. It was a little chaotic, but fun. I’ve been flying through tissues like none other thanks to my nose. I think it’s finally slowing down though, so hopefully I’ll be ready to roll for our field trip to Canterbury tomorrow.

My parents and I saw Wicked in London. It was good. The witch was most definitely Miley Cyrus though. I mean this chick looked, acted, moved, and sang just like her. That was weird.

I think London is a black and white city. Not because it’s old or classic [Although I think it’s both], but simply because the city looks really good in black and white. I’ll say right up front that I’m not the biggest fan of black and white photos. Of course there are plenty of amazing ones that do an excellent job of telling the story, but in general, I like my reds. And my blues. And greens. And yellows. So most of my work ends up being photos with bright, bold, sharp colors. But after going through my photos from this week, I think a good number of them [in this case, 4 out of 10 is a good number for me] told the story so much better when the color took its party somewhere else.

Roll out.

Aaron & Ira ::: Old Town Scottsdale

Heyo! Another married couple/friends of mine wanted their own shoot (for no reason whatsoever) so I happily obliged. We started off about an hour later than planned so we missed out on a lot of light.

They were a really fun couple to shoot. Just kind of goofy people. However I think they pulled off the serious shots pretty well. Ira is a photographer herself and helped me with this shoot.

Things I learned:

DON’T cut it close at dusk.
The nifty fifty + 5D2 isn’t always glorious (where the crap are these focus issues coming from?!)
Even with the focusing issues, and even with some nice L glass, I still love my 1989 50 1.8.
I need to invest in some Pocket Wizards ASAP, cause I’m totally fed up with Canon’s IR.
Post processing to the rescue!

Gearcheck:

5D2
50.8
135L
16/35L
3x580EX

This is them telling me there’s a car coming… While I’m telling them there’s a car coming. Haha.

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As for the flash shot from a few posts ago, the hotshoe on my flash broke so I finally got around to fixing it. I got my Eurail pass (2 days! Whoo!), and Steffi’s prints came in. They look dang nice.

That’s about it for now, I’ve been crazy busy trying to get ready for London!!! My next post might be from a different state, country, and/or continent!

Peace.

Aaron & Ira ::: Teaser

Next on the to edit list: Shoot from tonight with Aaron and Ira.

More coming soon…