The Bokeh Wednesday Pool, with geodata

Shobha

nobody@flickr.com (Russell John) — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:29 -0700

After dating nearly 50 girls, my friend settled with this girl. LOL.

Wall of color

nobody@flickr.com (Seldom Scene Photography) — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:47 -0700

Seldom Scene Photography posted a photo:

Seen along the River Walk; San Antonio, Texas. Read all about it and more, over on my blog.

HBW, everybody!

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nobody@flickr.com (Just Basic) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35:59 -0700

Just Basic posted a photo:

Fujifilm X20

nobody@flickr.com (DodogoeSLR) — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:50:26 -0700

DodogoeSLR posted a photo:

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This is one pretty amazing little camera. Sangeeta bought this for me for my birthday. I haven’t quite figured out how to work everything just yet and I’m still making mistakes while shooting with it, but it’s definitely packs a pretty powerful punch. I took it with me this weekend to San Diego and it was just nice not carrying around a 7 pound DLSR. That said, I’m still not giving up my DSLR. I’m just going to use this little guy for the random fun stuff where I don’t need $4,000 of camera firepower.

Anyway I'll upload some photos soon from my trip to San Diego taken with this little guy. Hopefully they look as nice on the big screen as they do on the digital display.

By the way, LOVE the new Flickr! And yeah, maybe the prices went up... a lot. But hey, I'll pay to play. I already do that with a shit load of camera gear.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

Since we are on a food theme...

nobody@flickr.com (Huey Yoong) — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:31 -0700

Huey Yoong posted a photo:

HBW!

Great pint to unwind after an arvo of shopping. A pint of Dead Guy's Ale to be exact :P

Slow Beer, Melbourne

Spineless!

nobody@flickr.com (Seldom Scene Photography) — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:12:54 -0700

Seldom Scene Photography posted a photo:

Spineless Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia ellisiana), actually. Seen at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; Austin, Texas.

HBW, everybody!

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Bokeh in the city

nobody@flickr.com (Huey Yoong) — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:44:41 -0700

Huey Yoong posted a photo:

Federation Square, Melbourne

After the twists and turns

nobody@flickr.com (Seldom Scene Photography) — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:40:57 -0700

Seldom Scene Photography posted a photo:

Seen at the base of San Francisco's famous Lombard Street curves.

HBW, everybody!

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Seaside drama

nobody@flickr.com (tataAnne) — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:21:31 -0700

tataAnne posted a photo:

HBW!

pebble-keh

nobody@flickr.com (Sabinche) — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:12:46 -0700

Sabinche posted a photo:

hbw! :)

coming to life

nobody@flickr.com (Ian Muttoo) — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:58:13 -0700

Ian Muttoo posted a photo:

Mississauga.

Erica

nobody@flickr.com (DodogoeSLR) — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:26:46 -0700

DodogoeSLR posted a photo:

marcuslam.tumblr.com/

I’m torn between this version of the shot versus the one on my Tumblr. I love the way the light from the strobe hits Erica so much more here but her smile is nicer on the Tumblr version. I struggled with getting the right exposure and mood given how much light was coming from the French doors. Plus Erica kept complaining about how dirty the floor was. She’s such a high maintenance pain in my ass. It’s a love / hate friendship which is why she gets put in the “ex-wife” set.

Over lunch we were arguing over the strategic challenges of me taking photos for her. Erica has her own fashion blog, www.fabuloustuesdays.com, and her primary concern is the outfit. My primary concern is coming out with a really cool photo and I could care less about the outfit (as long as it’s not ugly). So with our different goals, we’re constantly debating photo styles.

So the room where Erica is modeling in is my guest room. It’s this huge room with a bathroom and French doors that I’ve always rented out to my friends who needed a place to stay. After my last roommate moved out and with the wedding coming up, I figured after all these years, I’m going to have the house to myself before Sangeeta moves in. In the last few months Sangeeta has talked about making this room her personal closet, Anisha (soon to be sister in law) has talked about turning the room into her personal San Francisco weekend crash pad and Erica wants me to convert it into a photo studio.

I was thinking man cave.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens
Nikon Speedlight SB900 Direct Right (1/25)

Magic hour

nobody@flickr.com (Huey Yoong) — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:30:06 -0700

Huey Yoong posted a photo:

HBW!

My bestie & I somehow just love ferns. So when I spotted this beauty basking in the late arvo light, I could hardly resist shooting it to death :P

Absolutely glowingly gorgeous, on this trip the light has been kind to me more than once - lovin' it!

Dorrigo National Park, NSW, Australia

Infinity

nobody@flickr.com (DodogoeSLR) — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:08:09 -0700

DodogoeSLR posted a photo:

marcuslam.tumblr.com/

Does anybody else see the infinity sign? I think this is a pretty cool photo. Does anything ever beat window natural light? I edited this entire series black and white so stay tuned for more photos.

I got Erica a couple of really good tickets to the Giants game so she swung by to pick them up and grab some lunch. I wanted to go for ahi tuna tacos but she flat out told me no and then she goes, “actually I really want American food today” on Cinco de Mayo of all days! So, I took her to this popular little mom and pop diner nearby and then headed to Pete’s Coffee for a latte. She ended up grilling me on a bachelor party I went to last week and then I helped shoot for her blog.

When I showed her this photo after I finished the edits, her first response was… “damn, my booty looks ghetto!” If you saw her in real life, you'd notice she literally has no ass.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor Lens

Working on the fleabane

nobody@flickr.com (Seldom Scene Photography) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:24:06 -0700

Seldom Scene Photography posted a photo:

Honeybee on Prairie fleabane (Erigeron modestus). Seen at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; Austin, Texas.

HBW, everybody!

Interested in some good Lightroom presets? Scoot on over to my blog, where I've written up a review on some that have just been released.

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Leopoldia comosa

nobody@flickr.com (macropoulos) — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:49:25 -0700

macropoulos posted a photo:

Tassel Hyacinth (Leopoldia comosa, synonym: Muscari comosum)

www.macropoulos.com

Smile 3929

nobody@flickr.com (frankjuarez) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:57:15 -0700

frankjuarez posted a photo:

Erica

nobody@flickr.com (DodogoeSLR) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:24:30 -0700

DodogoeSLR posted a photo:

marcuslam.tumblr.com/

I believe her response to this photo was… “Fuck you asshole, I’m not your retirement plan!”

We'll revisit this the next time she's buying me a sandwich.

So there’s apparently been a bit of a discussion about Erica’s hair. If you’ll notice from previous photos, she chopped it down to shoulder length. I personally think she looks pretty but apparently not everyone’s a fan. I don’t know if this is a proper way to describe her in this photo but I would say the mood is very... retro chic. It’s like seeing a good looking modern car with a bit of a classic touch. But instead of precision engineering towards something that brings joy to peoples' lives, it's an angry high maintenance 5 foot 3, 95lb Asian girl. Yeah, I like that analogy.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor Lens

Save the Date

nobody@flickr.com (DodogoeSLR) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:30:25 -0700

DodogoeSLR posted a photo:

marcuslam.tumblr.com/

Believe it or not, Sangeeta and I actually used this as our save the date photo. We decided on fridge magnets which we still haven’t mailed out yet. With only a few months to go before the wedding, we might as well send this out with the actual wedding invitation. We had a few designs going around between the two of us. But then the trash talking started as we each ripped each other’s design in half. I believe my exact words were, “I could make a save the date with my BMW better than you can with our photo.” I made a design, sent over a screen shot and her mom really liked it!

My family calls this more of a BMW advertisement than a save the date but they don’t really care. Plus this probably will have longer fridge lasting power than our mug shot.

This photo was actually taken a mile away from Sangeeta’s house. It blows me away because she lives in an actual city with 1 million people and she has these back roads.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor Lens

These Hands

nobody@flickr.com (Russell John) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:15:19 -0700

Russell John posted a photo:

These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love, that hold yours on your wedding day. These are the hands that will work along side yours as you build your future together. These are the hands that will passionately love you and care for you throughout the years. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief torments your mind and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will give you strength when you struggle, and support and encouragement to chase down your dreams. These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children, and help keep your family together as one. These are the hands that will, countless times, wipe the tears from yours eyes, tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.

And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled with age, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch, a touch from these hands.