Sunday Panorama Shooting! Whee!

Ok so I’ve been learning to shoot spherical panoramas for work…. it’s tres cool, so I’ve taken it upon myself to give it a whirl on my own too.  Feast your eyes on some panos that I shot last Sunday.  I shot some HDR stuff that day too, but it takes ages to process, so I’ll post those later.

So, click on the image and it will link to the panos.  Click and drag in the image window to look around.  Oh, give it a minute to load, my web server is painfully slow at times.  You’ll know it’s loaded when there’s no black and white portions left.

Enjoy!

Some hockey shots

I've been working on weekends for a company that shoots minor tournaments in the Ottawa area. It's a lot of fun and the extra bit of cash is nice. Here's some samples of my handywork. Enjoy!

Mr. Edward Jones

Here's Ed, Lisa's (well, actually he's sorta everyone's) cat. He's quite talkative and not a big fan of staying still for photos. Yes, I realize that everyone takes pictures of their cats and posts them online, but none of them are of Eddie, so eat that! 

(In trying to clean up the code I lost 2 of the images… to be posted later!)

Vice Family - January 3rd, 2009

Ok here's some selections from the first (and currently only) family shoot from 2009. I'm reasonably happy with the results, although I find it really difficult to compensate for my surroundings in client's homes. I think I'm getting spoiled by having a studio with top o' the line lighting at work. However, it's a good exercise in thinking on my feet. All that being said, I think it's a little too flatly lit, could have been a bit more dramatic, but it was tough with all the ambient light. Still learning!

Photo Bank shoot - Feb. 11, 2009

Ok, so I have this cool project going on at work... basically the department would like people to stop using stock photography of people in our publications/presentations/etc...  So, here's where I come in!  The good people in Communications have started gathering folks interested in being "models" and I'm shooting them in groups, and doing individuals as well, with silly props and whatnot.  So here's some samples of the first bunch that I edited today.

As with the previous post, these images are copyright protected, and can't be used anywhere for anything without permission.

Enjoy!

Old Bank of Montreal Building - Ottawa

Alright! Here's some samples from a shoot I did a couple of weeks ago. I'm a little bummed about some of the colour shifts, but in any given picture, there were at least 2 sources of light, each with different colour temperature... so I kinda had to eyeball it to get the colour as close to what I saw as possible. These shots are of the "Great Hall"... it's really a great old building, it's a shame it's been sitting collecting dust for about 5 years. It'll get pressed into service again shortly however, as it gets renovated to house what is currently Room 210 in West Block on Parliament Hill... which as far as I know is used for official functions, large meetings, conferences etc. I have to go again and do the basement, which houses all the vaults and deposit boxes, which are really cool... so stay tuned...

The photos are tagged, but please note that these are copyright protected and can NOT be used for anything. Ever.

Enjoy!

Mmmmmm Thai...

They very recently opened a Thai Express place here in the food court at work.  If anyone reading this has a Thai Express near them, go there.  Now.  I mean it.  If you don't have a Thai Express near you, you have 2 choices:  1)  Get in your car, and go to a place that has a Thai Express   or   2)  Open a Thai Express, and reap the benefits of on-demand Pad Thai!

 

Don't get me wrong, their Pad Thai is probably not as good as most non-ghetto Thai restaurants.  But then, I can't honestly say a 1/4 Pounder can even hold a candle to most restaurant burgers, but it still sells cuz it's fast food!  All that being said, their Pad Thai still kicks ass.  Don't just take my word for it... examine the attached photo!!!  Remember to wipe the drool from your monitor and keyboard...