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Manscaping 101 From Gillette

I stole this video from my friend Yvette’s Facebook page…it’s a great introduction to manscaping. I recommend it.

Willie :: Jul.02.2009 :: General :: No Comments »

Google Reader Shared Items for June 18th through June 28th

This is my Google Reader Shared Content for June 18th through June 28th:

Honduran leader forced into exile – No Bolivean revolution in Honduras…for now
Tokyo and Seoul in sanctions call – Oh North Korea, what are we going to do with you?
Honduran leader forced into exile –
Tokyo and Seoul in sanctions call –
Photograph Your Food Without Being a Jerk [Food] –
Tweak Your Way to a Better Finder [Mac OS X] –
Battle of the Desktop Note-Taking Apps: OneNote vs. Evernote [Lifehacker Faceoff] – Evernote, I choose you.
BookSeer Tells You Which Book to Read Next [Recommendations] –
Go Plate – Um. Genius.
Evernote 3.0 Makes Syncing Instantaneous, Improves Capture Speed [Downloads] – I love Evernote

Willie :: Jun.28.2009 :: General, Syndicated :: No Comments »

Recently I caught an article talking about the shoe brand Superga coming to the USA. Since they are originally from Torino, where I lived for awhile, I thought I had to at least check them out. I ended up liking the clean, simple look of canvas and rubber and ordered their Torino model shoe in black. They just got here today. Really cool packaging and so far, a really comfortable, fresh shoe.

Willie :: Jun.26.2009 :: General :: No Comments »

RIP Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009

The man was amazing and flipped the entertainment industry upside down. Bye Michael.

Willie :: Jun.26.2009 :: General :: No Comments »

New Flickr Sets: Lynchburg: A Revitalization (B&W) & Sex, Angiosperm Style (Macro)

I have two new sets up. First off, I recently visited my hometown for business and wanted to take the opportunity to shoot the revitalization of our downtown. There is a small movement of people who are redoing a lot of warehouses and old buildings in downtown Lynchburg and with it being located on the James river I though it might be quite a dynamic spot for photography. Unfortunately, I only had one afternoon free and the weather wasn’t exactly cooperative. For the majority of the time, the sky was a bright white, not the blue skies studded with clouds that I had hoped for (as in the Tones of Chicago set). Anyways, despite the sky and my time restrictions I snapped for a little bit and pulled four that I think were fairly good. You can see the full set by clicking on the photo or the link.

Lynchburg: A Revitalization

The second set I actually did on the same trip. When I go back to Lynchburg I stay at home. Since I only see my family a few times a year, I try to take advantage of it when I can. My mom has had a garden as long as I can remember and a few of the flowers were in full bloom one night so I pulled out my ring flash and macro lens and decided to capture a few images of one of the flowers. I tried to mix up the perspective and make them more abstract than just straight on flower photography and I can say that I’m pretty satisfied with the results. I actually thought about having these framed as a series…a little color to offset the amount of monotoned photography I have been doing. Again, click on the photo or the link to go to Flickr and view the full set.

Sex, Angiosperm Style

Willie :: Jun.21.2009 :: General :: No Comments »

Google Reader Shared Items for June 10th through June 17th

This is my Google Reader Shared Content for June 10th through June 17th:

Dingoes 'could help rare species' – Here is a horrible idea in the making
Harry & David International Sausage Sampler – Mmmm delicious animals
Harry & David International Sausage Sampler –
Lifehacker Pack 2009: Our List of Essential Free Mac Downloads [Downloads] –
Optimize Your New HDTV [HDTV] –
Set Up a High Speed Photography Studio in Your Garage [Photography] –
FALLEN PRINCESSES by DINA GOLDSTEIN –
Superga – Pretty sweet.
Kinny Stereo Acoustic Guitars – Crazy. I wonder how they sound…The look awkward to play.
Speed Rating Images in Apple Aperture – Great quick tip from Scott Bourne
Kinny Stereo Acoustic Guitars –
Eye-Fi Pro wireless SD card hands-on –

Willie :: Jun.17.2009 :: General, Syndicated :: No Comments »

New Flickr Set: Amanda / Hope Photoshoot

I just recently got to spend an overcast Sunday with a amazing model, Amanda, and a chic stylist/designer, Hope, to help update the model’s comp card. The weather wasn’t very cooperative and we were limited to shooting in and around Hope’s apartment building, but I think we ended up with some really nice shots. I posted a few of them on Flickr to share with the world. As always, click the photograph below to view the full set.

Willie :: Jun.12.2009 :: General :: No Comments »

Google Reader Shared Items for May 27th through June 9th

This is my Google Reader Shared Content for May 27th through June 9th:

aM laboratory – Thank you Chris for helping destroy my productivity with this link.
Swedish pirates capture EU seat –
View Master: Diorama Photography by Lori Nix, Jonah Samson and Grace Weston – Awesome.
PF Flyers Windjammer –
David Lynch: Dark Night of the Soul –
Turn a Five Gallon Bucket into a Rust Removal Tank [Weekend Project] –
Cool Hunting’s Summer 2009 Playlist –
A Ring Light is the Right Light for Macro Photography –
Bagua Shoes –
Florida sinks a WWII warship in a bid to attract tourists –

Willie :: Jun.09.2009 :: General, Syndicated :: No Comments »

New Flickr Set: Electric Sun Tanning

Just uploaded a few shots that I did recently for Electric Sun Tanning Salons. A few were done with one of the girls who works there and then two shots of one of the beds. It’s a beautiful tanning salon and if that’s your thing, I’d definitely recommend checking it out. They have a new website coming soon and a commercial that will be airing in the next few weeks.

Shooting was a lot of fun because it presented some really big challenges. Lighting was either very dim when the tanning bed lights were off or very extreme with the lights on. This definitely created plenty of issues since I was only using a single flash. Not only that, but it also made shooting a bit hasty because you can’t keep your eyes open very long with the tanning bed lights on (something about burned retinas) and you get very hot, very fast. Tough for the person modeling. Besides the lighting, the rooms in tanning salons are small and even with a 17mm lens on a full frame camera, it was hard sometimes fitting the whole subject in. Shooting a person that wide also isn’t ideal so finding a balance of showing off the equipment and getting the model in the shot with a longer lens added more complexity.

The end results turned out very good in my opinion. I had to use photoshop for color correction in certain shots, but that was about it. This was also the first shoot using my 5D and L lenses and I couldn’t be happier with how they performed.

Click to view the set on Flickr.