Eyes of Tanzania

Last week I was on a product photography shoot with Al and he was talking about some of the photography his son had been doing with a inverted loop at the end of his lens.

It got me thinking about the pin hole camera concept and what we could do with digital to try to achieve that in camera. This is one of my better results. One of these days I will take apart a digital camera and turn it into a diga-pinhole camera.

Till then…

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A major part of my trip is going to be story telling about the people of Tanzania. But the artist in me also want to take some time to experiment when I am there. Here is a test shot using the HDR features in Photoshop and pitching the colour.

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So how fast am I? Nothing better than testing my skill against my daughters soccer game. Not bad for freezing time.

It was also nice that they won the game!

My friend Paul asked me to document his dismantling and rebuilding of a barn near my house. It has been a fantastic opportunity to tune up the camera and eye, slow my process down and start looking. I hope to do this daily, we will see how long that lasts. But for now this is a great way to force me to take photos and process them.

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