366 Photography Project

Wow, Now while i have very active on Google+ and Facebook, i have neglected my Blog. And for that I apologize.

First off Happy New Year.

At the beginning of 2012 I decided to tackle the 365 Photography Project. Which, for those that don't know, is taking and posting a photo every day. But since this is a Leap Year, i will be doing a 366 Project. I started it at my Google+ page, then realized I should also be posting at Facebook, which then posts a link to my twitter account. I figured I would take the Social Media aspect in baby steps, so now that I have posted everyday for the last month, I figure it's time to get my Blog back in the mix.

This is the first of many posts. While I don't plan on posting here every day, I certainly will post at least once a week to keep you up to date with my ongoing photo project, for those that are only following me here. You know who you are, Jason.

THE RULES:

Must post a photo everyday.

That's it, now 90% of the time it will be an image that was shot that day, but I am not making that an absolute requirement. And as it has turned out, every image so far has been shot with my iPhone 4S and processed using various different apps. On Google+ and Facebook, I give a little run down of the Apps I used to process the image. But since I am posting 31 images on the Blog, I won't break them down individually.

I will have to say I have been pretty happy with what I have shot and posted. If I see a trend beginning then I try and switch it up, so they don't all look the same, and I rarely ever apply one effect, I usually go from app to app, which requires saving to the library then re-opening in another app. I love the quality of the camera on the 4S.

So here are the first 4 weeks of my photo project.

enjoy

thanks for stopping by.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

New Google+ Page

Today, Google has made Google+ for Business available. I have just created a page and haven't quite had time to populate it with content as i am buried in processing several thousand images for a football slideshow i am doing. So be sure and add me to your circles on google+.

thanks

Ryan

Jets and Meatballs

I’m fortunate to have close access the military flight line from time to time. But I’m not really able to choreograph the shoots, beyond asking the pilots to “take off by this point,” or “try to land by this point.” So I just get in around the runway and try to get the most unique perspective I can. At one point when I was in a good position, I was bummed that there was a large orange machine in the foreground, decked out with lights. But I took this shot of the jet just beyond it.

I was considering removing the distracting orange device in my post processing, but I showed the image to my brother-in-law, a Navy pilot, before I did. To my surprise, he thought it was awesome that I was able to get the “meatball” in the shot. He explained that every pilot who lands on a carrier relies on this device to help gauge their landing. The bottom two lights are red, and if you see those, you are too low and will land below the flight deck. Suddenly the lines “Call the ball” and “Roger ball” from Top Gun make sense. Once I learned this, I realized what a potentially cool shot I had. So the following week when I had the opportunity to shoot again on a different runway, I made sure to discuss with the pilot where I wanted him to take off. This time I wasn’t messing around: I was all about proper framing of the meatball. As an added bonus, this day the squadron was flying their flagship jet or CAG as they call it. It’s painted with special detail to separate it from the other jets. Just one additional feature that made this shot even more unique, and more special to the pilots--one of whom is my brother-in-law, so it matters even more to me. That day, this was my shot. Better, more meaningful, and more meatball-centric than the one before.

Thanks for stopping by.

Ryan

Light It Magazine for iPad

Hey Everyone,
The fine folks over at Kelby Media have come out with a new publication dedicated to Lighting for photographers. This is strictly for the iPad, and has an amazing collection of great photographers writing for it. The first issue is free. (Seems a little like a Crack Dealer, "The first hit is free") Trust me, this thing is gonna be as addictive, i mean if your looking to learn about lighting, if your not then you would probably care less. But if you are and own an iPad, head over and pick up the first issue.

"I'm on a Boat" Images.

Last weekend I took the ferry to Orcas Island, which is one of the San Juan Islands north of Seattle. As you might expect, everyone crowded to the rail to shoot the standard landscape/water “I’m on a boat” shots. Here is one that i took.

This cleared my way to head down to the underbelly of the ferry, where the grungy inner workings and structural elements were going completely unappreciated. 

It was a beautiful hour-long ride. Rich textures and patterns in the steel led to meticulously arranged pipes and hoses. Unique valves were their own art objects. And much of the parking deck was unoccupied, exposing a vast expanse of concrete with brightly painted lanes and captivating symmetry.

Zenfolio Featured Site

Here's some good news. A few weeks ago Seven One Studio was contacted by Zenfolio who inquired about the possibility of featuring our website on their front page. Who, you may ask, is Zenfolio? Well for those photography novices, Zenfolio is a well respected web hosting provider for professional photographers. In addition to hosting photography sites, they manage all the sales, printing, and shipping of photographic works of art. Apparently, they were in the midst of redesigning their website and wanted to feature some of the more well designed websites, like Seven One Studio, on their front page. To say this is a compliment, is sort of an understatement. So of course I said yes!! Who doesn't want a little free publicity? Here is a picture of how the "spotlight" looked. And for those who haven't yet seen my website, just visit www.sevenonestudio.com. Let me know your favorite photos and maybe you'll see them on the front page.

Choices

Hey Everyone,
I have been going through thousands of pictures that i have taken in the last couple of weeks and need some help choosing between certain ones. So if you could leave in the Comments which image you prefer and possibly any reasoning behind it, i would appreciate it. And if say you like the composition of one, but don't love the color, let me know that too. And you can just use numbers, 1,2 or 3. Or NONE, i guess would be an option, if none of them do it for you, thats ok too.

Thanks

Ryan