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Ah ha – I’ve spent the last couple days painting my Zarias door.  I thought the reason photographers got into this line of work was to avoid manual labor, not to do even more of it.  So work on the inside studio space progresses well and aside from some small setbacks due to rearranging furniture and trying to get rid of a coffee table, the studio is looking good.

My portrait section is revamped and finally very polished looking.  Considering the number of creative people out there it is amazing how many use some sort of crazy flash jambalaya screw-up to marginalize their work instead of a nice clean interface. I can’t say enough good things about SimpleViewer, a flash program I’m using to showcase my work.  It’s very easy to use , has a clean interface and foolproof.

I had a great time helping Ashley out last week. There was this dilapidated farmhouse in South Jersey that she had eyeballed for some practice shooting. After Ashley and I finished a set of pictures inside we attempted some outside with the sun in the background.

This shot is one of my favorites from that day; it captured her great personality and the only major edit I added were some clouds behind her to punch-up the image and add some contrast. It also used my new Alienbee gear. I’ve already decided I’m keeping the AB800 and added a second this week. I’ll probably use them for a couple months and decide again how well they address my versatility needs.

Details: Canon 40D with 100/2 prime at 1/250 @ f8 and AB800 as main light at 1/4 power.