Patti's random noise

See me at Root Division on Saturday

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:52:59 -0800

I'll be selling my photography this weekend at the Root Division Holiday Art Sale. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by to work on your holiday shopping, or just to heckle me. Over 30 local artists and craftspeople will come together for this...

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Playing with the new flash

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:39:40 -0700

So as I mentioned earlier, I got a new flash for macrophotography. It's pretty cool! Of course, the first thing I did was stick it on the camera and point it at something on my desk, in this case a stuffed animal. Here's the first shot: As you...

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Canon flash photography tutorial

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:47:50 -0700

This is mostly a note to self, but here's a really awesome tutorial on using flash with a Canon SLR. This is particularly useful to me since I just got a Sigma macro ringlight. Look for lots of flashy macro photos coming soon.

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Photos from my Vegas trip

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:26:13 -0700

I finally found an hour to process some of the photos that I took in Vegas last weekend. The net result is that I'm quite happy with the vantagepoints I found, but now I'm having severe glass envy. I want a lens that reaches to 400-500mm, but th...

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Painting with Light

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:10:31 -0700

Last weekend I bought a couple of OddBallz light-up DNA balls to use in photographic experiments. We were originally going to juggle with them, but that proved to be a bit difficult, so we wound up just waving them around in interesting patterns...

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Bay Bridge

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:33:53 -0700

Here are two shots that I got of the bay bridge on my way home tonight. The first is taken from the Embarcadero, and the other is on the ferry just as it was about to depart for Oakland.

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More Kaboom

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:53:16 -0700

I like both of these shots. The first one just has an interesting geometry to it. The second one has the way-cool smiley face fireworks, although the shutter speed makes them look demonic.

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Kaboom

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Sun, 14 May 2006 22:29:48 -0700

Fireworks are easy! All you have to do is set the right exposure, point the camera, and then figure out the right times to open and close the shutter. I got two out of three right on this one.

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Mothers' day

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:26:30 -0700

For mothers' day, a triptych of the San Francisco skyline at night as seen from Treasure Island. Each of the three prints is 18x12, which makes the set four and a half feet wide. This is my favorite of my panoramas by a mile-- I love the way th...

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Kaboom!

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:13:03 -0700

This weekend is Kaboom, the annual fireworks display put on by one of our local radio stations. I'm trying to decide between going to Treasure Island and going to the Port of Oakland to take pictures. In the meantime, here's a picture from Four...

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