Circular Logic

Project 365 – Week 3

Week 3 has arrived. It is a little difficult at times getting good pictures. A few of these, I phoned in, and were not nearly as good as I would have liked. But, I did keep doing 1 picture a day. Woods in HDR: Idaho City Woods and ...

January 17, 2009

Recipe – Sausage-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

For dinner, I threw together some sausage in a portobello mushroom. It was QUITE delicious, but with my girlfriend's garnish, it turned into not only a feast for the stomach, but also a feast of the eyes. This was set up on a grey foam board background, taken ...

January 14, 2009

A Depth of Field primer.

After a recent conversation, I really got into thinking about Depth of Field, and thought I would post something about it. My girlfriend was taking some pictures and we got to talking about depth of field. Well, it seems that she had been taking pictures at f/1.8, from ...

January 12, 2009

Project 365 – Week 2

Here are this week's photos from Project 365. This week has seen me taking pictures of my cats, miniature painting, dinner, friends in Boise, and the Boise Depot, at night. So, from this point on, I will be posting photos from Sunday to Saturday. That means that ...

January 11, 2009

Recipe – Grilled Meatloaf

Yesterday, I made grilled meatloaf for dinner. It is one of my favorites, though I don't make it often. I also submitted this picture for my Project365 image, for yesterday. Here is the recipe: Grilled Meatloaf 4# hamburger 1# ground pork 1# Itallian Sausage 4 egg 1.5 cup croutons 6+ tbs garlic a bit of mrs ...

January 9, 2009

New filter that my giflriend found – Topaz Adjust.

My girlfriend pointed met to a new Photoshop plugin called Topaz Adjust. It can take a picture and process it very similar to HDR – High Dynamic Range. It took some pictures that I had taken that looked ok to good, and made them look quite a bit ...

January 9, 2009

How can companies with terrible support be #1?

This is the story of a poor Sandisk SD Card. There was a rebate some months ago that I took advantage of. I picked up 3 sd cards by Sandisk. Well, from almost day 1, one of them began falling apart. No big deal I ...

January 6, 2009

Project 365 – Week 1

So, Tanya and I have decided to start on Project 365, starting on Jan 1. Today marks DAY 4. I will attempt to post my pictures weekly, on this blog. DAY 1: The Owyhee Mountains, in HDR. DAY 2: Artificer Miniature painted by my buddy Dave Stinger. DAY 3: Macro of a Microphone. Day ...

January 4, 2009

Photographing a miniature

I woke up today, with a layer of snow over everything. So, what was the first thing that came to mind? PHOTOGRAPHY! So, this one is pretty weird, I will admit. I have been wanting to photograph this miniature for a while. It was ...

December 14, 2008

Books, Books, and MORE BOOKS! (Very Long)

In a forum I frequent, someone asked about what books we suggest for learning photography. After listing all of my books, and giving a quick critique, I thought it would be good to add here, as well. So, without further ado, here are the books I have and recommend, as ...

December 10, 2008