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Aug 11

Play with IR Filter

The video above is for our ol’ co-worker J.Swartz, it was her last day at the Firehouse. It was awesome working with you, joking around with you, and learning from you. May the wind gently guide your sail wherever you go. Aloha until we meet again.

Last week I just got the B+W 82 mm 099 Infrared Glass Filter for my 7D. I was inspired by my friend Dai as he mentioned about IR photography. As we were talking I recalled a few IR film photography I saw in high school. Back then I was really drawn into it but faded due to being a high schooler. This time I wanted to explore this option.

Thus far the looks has been interesting and yet eery, but the experience has been playful. My co-workers call this the “Zombie Filter”. I tweaked my setting on 7D (custom white balance and picture style setting), to make it more dramatic. Overall I didn’t get the IR effect (foliage being white)* I was looking for, but the joy of re-approaching the same subject with a different view has been more than fun. I look forward to doing more shots with this.

* I am thinking of getting the BW IR filter that will require a tripod for most shots. Perhaps this might get the result I was thinking of.


12
Aug 11

Mini-Clips of Still Motion

These are mini clips of some still motion I have been experimenting lately with my friends.

One day a co-worker asked me to photograph him in our office. Every time I step out of the room for a second I hear click, click, click behind me. These are collection of photos he took of himself. He went loco in front of the camera.

Music: I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones

 

We went to Calvert Cliff one day to look for fossils and shark tooth–I have this things for wearing claw like object as a necklace. The sun was welcoming and the water was just right. As we were leaving there was this tactile glow on her I had to capture. Instead of finding tooth or fossil I got some nice shots of CeeDubs.

Music: Coastal Break by Lusine

 

After doing a photo session for two hours we had some beer and wings afterwards. As we were crawled out of the pub I decided to get some more photographs of him on the streets. I only wish we had more cars in the background–preferably a Delorean going at 88mph.

Music: Face to Face by Daft Punk