Entries Tagged as 'HVL-F58AM'

For The Love Of Prime

A few shots from Thursday night. I took with me my new flash, my Sony 50mm and my Sony 16mm fisheye.

The 50mm has not been seeing a lot of use lately. I favor the Sigma 30mm for a bit wider angle. I forget how glorious this lens can be. Handheld, no flash portrait of Craig Kinsey of the Sideshow Tramps.

Craig Kinsey

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View On Black

Only now beginning to play with the fisheye. Of course, on a cropped sensor camera like mine, the fishseye does not give you the full 180° field of view. It actually comes out to 120°. You need a full frame camera like the Alpha 900 (which I am successfully resisting at this time) to get the full effect. Still, interesting. Wireless flash on the floor to my left. Check out the shadows!

Craig Kinsey

Craig Kinsey Close

View On Black

This was shot at point blank range of a very three dimensional art piece by Nicole Nasso hanging at The Upstairs Gallery.

Nicole Nasso

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Check out the detail when you View On Black

What really strikes me about the fisheye is the color reproduction and the spectacular sharpness and depth of field.

I’ve a lot to learn about he fisheye and the flash.

New Quilt

Cynthia has completed her latest quilt. It’s called “Jay’s Shirts Travel The World.”

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

During the course of creating my many custom shirts, Cynthia has ended up with a lot of unusual scraps of fabric. One of her goals is to make a quilt for each room and she created this one to hang in the laundry room. Each panel represents one of the shirts she has made for me placed in a situation that is in some kind of contast to the theme of the shirt.

Click on any of the panels below to see an enlargement







There are only 12 shirts represented, but my collection is well over 30 at this point.

Here are some additional detail shots to show the stitching and the buttons that were added to each panel

Jay's Shirts Travel The World
Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Jay's Shirts Travel The World

Jay's Shirts Travel The World Close

Photographing this quilt was a great opportunity to use the new flash unit.

El Orbits - Casual

Dazzling Pete Gray, Eric C. Hughes and Allen Hill

Dazzling Pete Gray, Eric C. Hughes and Allen Hill Close

Experimenting with the flash at the back bar of the Continetnal Club. Possibilites are starting to take shape.

Dooley Dooley Doo!

As I was pondering our possible fate when IKE approached I considered a “worst case scenario” in where I was holding the pet carrier with Dooley cowering inside high above my head while the water rose up and destroyed my material possessions. I am glad that it did not come to that.