Let There Be Light
- At February 22, 2014
- By Jay
- In Architecture, HDR
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Early morning game today, first of the playoffs. At an out of town rink that I detest because it’s a) freaking freezing, and b) has craptastic light (slow and dim). I was glad to see the latter of those issues has been resolved as of late. Brand new, stable lighting that’s a good 2/3rds of a stop brighter than most of the other arenas I shoot. What I’ve always liked about this one, however, is the architecture. The ceiling is amazing. And now with that new blazing path of lights even better. I struggled between this wide crop and the original which reinforced that perspective of lighting with the reflection off the ice. Ended up going wide as just too much empty space otherwise.
Bracketed exposure set merged to a 32-bit HDR TIFF in Photoshop and then processed back in Lightroom with some final seasoning back in Photoshop (my vastly preferred HDR workflow compared to dedicated software like Photomatix or HDR Efex Pro).
All lighting aside, it didn’t help my fingers. Which I couldn’t feel by the end of the game.
Mexican Blues… And Yellows
- At February 15, 2014
- By Jay
- In Abstract, Architecture, Color
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Photographically speaking I’m a sucker for a) color contrasts, b) interesting graphic forms, and c) negative space. If one or more of these fall into my line of sight I’ll generally stop and shoot or curse myself for not having a camera handy. Such was the case with the latter while exploring the beautiful RIU Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Read More»The Vatican
- At September 08, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, Travel
- 1
Summer has come and gone, as has vacation time. Our trip to Italy is now well behind us, and I’m no further along in transposing my shots into a photo book. Likewise Blog Negligence has set upon me with too little content. Both due in large part to the unfortunate confluence of an out-of-date computer and larger image files; the whole process of reviewing and developing photos is now such a chore punctuated by waiting-for-things-to-happen that I no longer enjoy it. But I digress. Figured it was time do something at least with the blog. And as it’s Sunday I figured The Vactican would be as good a choice as any.
Read More»Italy Precursor: Rome Fave
- At July 20, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Travel
- 0
For the record, I dislike Rome.
In our time there I found it overly crowded, noisy, hot, loaded with people hawking cheap crap, traffic constantly roaring and threatening to mow you down, impossible to navigate ancient streets. I could go on.
Read More»The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- At June 25, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, Travel, Urban & Street
- 1
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
That would have been me during a recent trip to beautiful Montreal. With my camera firmly resting on a tripod (Really Right Stuff – you guys rule), aimed up at the monolithic structure that is the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. And yours truly bent down trying to frame the damn thing. Even with a 24mm lens it barely fit.
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