heavy metal rules

On a trip out to Stolze Printing today for a press check on the SCC annual report, the press folk gave me clearance to walk around with my 40D and take photos of the printing and binding machinery. There was, of course, a lot of hi-tech, newer equipment, but what I was interested in capturing was the older, cooler-looking stuff.

Ultimately, I am trying to compose/make/select images that might look cool on the walls of our newly painted and redesigned office at the college, rather than buy some generic Target or Gordman's pre-framed art... The final product would be three or five black-and-whites, not 16 green, black, and whites. Other offices in our hallway are hanging campus pictures and student images, which I find rather boring and, well, easy.

Suggestions?







PS: Everything was shot at 1600 ISO to give texture and to give a slightly more aged appearance. No flash. Various shutter speeds and apertures... Curves and color tones adjusted in Lightroom 2.4.

a saturday of firsts in st. lou'

Saturday was an evening of firsts: First time out of the house with our new Canon 5D and 17-40mm ... first time to see Matt Holliday in a Cards' uniform (and he didn't disappoint) ... first time at the new City Garden in Downtown St. Louis (see other public photos HERE)... and the first time (as far as I know) that someone I know made the big screen at Busch Stadium...

To see the :12 video, search YouTube for "081509 Val Becca Cards Game"
or click HERE.

excitement and anticipation

Dear BECCA MUNSON,

This e-mail is to notify you that your order # 31644247 has been shipped. You should be receiving a follow-up e-mail with your tracking number within the next 24 hours.

Yes. I should.

... of our favorite things

Just skimming through recent images over the past 2 months and found these ones (not that they were ever lost) and decided to share them. They're some of our faves that never posted.

There is one image that is totally random, we know. Ben saw it in the airport in Albuquerque: a shaker of hot stuff securely fastened to the wall. Them New Mexicans sure like their peppers.

someone's having twins...

... and no, it's not us. Becca and I experienced another first this past month: maternity photos. In about an hour-and-a-half, we put together about 50 shots inside and outside of Rachel and Brian's home and had a great time doing it. Yeah, it's always a bit stressful to shoot something you've never done before, but once you get going... And when you have such a great subject (or two... or four, in this case), it all comes together.



All of our inside shots were taken using two Alien Bees (except the silhouette). The outdoor shots shown here were all done with a prime 1.4 (if I remember correctly) ranging from wide open to f/8, no artificial light.

smile, it's the weekend.

It's official: our weekends are becoming more and more like weekdays. But it's nice to be busy. Reminds me of a recent Facebook status update by one fellow Hazelwood Central alum: "(Paula Rhodes) isn't crazy about weekends, but acknowledges that this is odd. Every day is potentially a weekend as an actor, and she looks most forward to the days she works."

And so, this is how we kept ourselves busy this weekend (in addition to hanging out with Los Maddox and Los Morgan to score some killer Mexican food):




Kinda' wish our blog lent itself to something more than just squares. Some pictures just weren't meant to be chopped down to a 1x1 box... Oh well.