Mobile Photo (2-3-09)

Here is this week's mobile photo, peeps!

My guitar doesn't have a normal sound hole, it has F holes...

-Dominic

Geno

So, today Geno asked me to take a new photo of him, so he could upload a new profile picture to Facebook. The following is the result.

Lightroom is pretty much my favorite...

-Dominic

Mobile Photo (1-26-10)

Here is this week's mobile photo!

Going Mobile

Recently I watched a very intriguing, inspiring interview on PhotoshopUserTV. Scott Kelby was interviewing Chase Jarvis about Chase's style, inspiration, etc. One of the issues that was prominent through the interview was "What is the BEST camera?" Chase Jarvis made a very interesting point when he said that the BEST camera is the one you have with you. He said whether it be a $8000 Nikon or an iPhone, the camera you have with you is the BEST camera to snap the photo with.

Chase has some truly incredible iPhone photography, and it inspired me to pull out my cell phone and see what kind of art I can create with my little 2 megapixel camera in my Motorola Rival.

The following were all taken with my Rival, and edited in either Lightroom 3 Beta or Photoshop.

I think now that I've discovered how fun and inspiring this is, I'll try to post a new mobile photo every week...That should be fun...

-Dominic

Ansel Adams

www.anseladams.com

Here's a very interesting and totally cool video I just came across.

Snow! (Kinda)

Well, here in the south, it doesn't really snow much... like, at all. So, we have to go to great lengths to create our own illusions of snow. Today, we created paper snow flakes.

And this bottom photo, ladies and gents, is the honorary Block One Studios snow flake. Can you kinda sorta make out our logo on there?

I was having flashbacks from my origami napkin-folding days while doing this...

Rembrandt Lighting

 Rembrandt lighting...

This is the result of my first tethered shoot. I used the free Windows application called DIY Camera Control. I would also eventually like to do one using the free Mac app Sofortbild... we'll see.

Shot on: Nikon D40, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8.

Specs: Aperture - f/1.8, Shutter - 1/200th, ISO - 200, Exposure Comp. - +1.3 stops, Exposure Mode - Manual.

-Dominic

New Post

Lightroom Musings

Here are several of my latest experiments in the new Lightroom 3 Public Beta.

Geno

Hey!

I just wanted to post a recent portrait I took of Geno. On Saturday he worked his last day at our local Sears Dealer Store before going into filmmaking full time. So, as a bit of inspiration for his new line of work, I got him an ivy hat!

I edited this in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta following Scott Kelby's latest class on Kelby Training. Lightroom 3 is a free Beta download until April, and so far I am absolutely blown away by it!

Lightroom rocks...

Dominic

P.S. Oh, I also wanted to mention I took this with some new glass I recently purchased: Nikon's Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D. I am really really uber pleased with it so far and I am hoping to do a post about it some time...

Block One Studios.com

Hey!

Just wanted to announce that we have officially launched our Block One Studios website! There is still much development to do to finish up the site, but we will be adding content regularly, so stay tuned!

-Dominic

BROS Is Out!

Hey all!

BROS is officially released today! Click here to view the entire film online for free!

Enjoy, and God bless!

-Dominic

New Look

Hey again!

Just wanted to announce the newest new design for my blog/site. I'm changing my design scheme quite a bit this time, as you can see. The site is not complete yet, but the blog images are here!

-Dominic

River Run Farms

Last week we went to River Fun Farms to pick up some beef we had ordered from them, and Dr. Oliver was kind enough to show us around his farm.

The Donkeys were great, but this was my favorite animal:

This is one great dog...

-Dominic

New Design

Hey all! Sorry I haven't posted on here this month - been really busy! But I wanted to make sure I got at least one post in this month, so I figured I'd announce my new working design. As you can see there is a new header image here on my blog, but, aside from moving my blog to a new address, I'm also working on my new site design, which I will hopefully be able to finish soon.

Since I'm working on a logo and site design job right now, my own site may have to wait for a little while, but I'm really excited about the changes.

I'm also really hoping to do some more shooting here soon - I haven't had much time to do it lately... so hopefully there will be some more content coming soon! Just wanted to update and say I have nothing to update about...

Toodles!

-Dominic