Meaningful Inspiration

If you're having trouble getting started on your project, you might try looking at examples of meaningful photos on Flckr. Here's one photo stream that I really like (follow link at the bottom):

See the entire stream of photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidhobby/favorites/

Fixing a broken leg in Photoshop

I selected one person from each sports team for Fall sports here and with a little scheduling miracle I was able to get them all together for about five minutes to take this photo. It's not an HDR, and the only thing Photoshopped about it is the left leg of Dan, the football player (see below). The trick to the photo was that I scheduled it right at sunset hour on one of the few cloudy days here in Redlands, and I calculated all of my exposure and lighting powers ahead of time. The result was exactly what I wanted.

Before Photoshop:

After Photoshop:

28mm, 1/20", f/6.3 at ISO 640

Grummer en Francais: Last Light & Shadows

Okay this is my last submission for this theme. I think the light and shadows are pretty obvious here. I took this picture in the Pantheon in Paris, with my flash sitting in front of the statues with a diffuser. Right after I took the picture a security guard shoutted at me from across the room... "Monsieur! Il est interdit!" and he came running over to explain to me that you are not allowed to take pictures with a flash or a tripod, even though there were no such signs posted.
It looks like Annika and I are the only ones rocking this theme, which is pretty sad seeing as how I'm thousands of miles away. Where the rest of you at?
P.S. Jessica is short and has a tendency to do embarrassing things when drunk. That is all.

Grummer en Francais: Light & Shadows

You're going to have to give me a little bit of creative slack on this one... This is a picture I took today here in Strasbourg of the old prison on the river, and the "light" is obvious but for the "shadows" I was thinking of the memories of all the prisoners who were held in those cells and all that's left of them is shadows... like I said-- you can roll with me on it or not, c'est la vie.

Grummer en Francais: Light & Shadows

While in Brugge, Belgium, I snapped this photo of my friends (in the top left of the frame). It was very cold but it's a very interesting city, with a very distinct design theme.