More Tilt Shift

The Canon 24mm  TS-E is awesome.  It's a bit different from using a view camera; takes a little getting used to the knobs and controlling the axes (took some brainpower to realize I needed to use the tripod head as a rear standard, not the lens).

Part of the the fun / trouble, is choosing between getting the lines vertical, or using the low depth of field (f/3.5) and miniaturizing things.  For the image with the statue, I took the image "out-of-whack," then corrected the lines in photoshop to try and achieve both effects.

Another cool use is to merge photos.  The image below of the door is actually three separate exposures - I simply shifted the lens, left, center, right.  In photoshop, I chose File > Automate > Photomerge - then followed the dialog box.  There's an article on this in the July/August Picture Magazine

Athlete Portraits

Thanks Josh and Lukasz for modeling.  Luke graduated and rowed with me, and Josh is a senior at BU this year.  Let me know what you think.

Executive Portraits

I called in the talent last weekend, for an "Executive Portrait" shoot in Boston. Harrison and Mike, both friends from the BU rowing team, met me at the School of Management dressed for success. Thanks for modeling.

Fort Point Open Studios

If you're in Boston on these dates, Fort Point Open Studios is usually a fun event.

Unicycle

Biking back from seeing Ian's new apartment, as unicycle passed me the other way and said,

"Nice training wheel."

Getting made fun of by a unicyclist on monday, makes me curious to see how the rest of the week plays out.