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Portrait of Batman


Photo-A-Day #3193

Decided that I’d use my Samsung NX300 with the 60mm Macro lens to take some portraits… of my toys. I started with a Batman figure. In addition to the camera and macro lens I also used a gadget that I got from Kickstarter, the Kick. It is a light that I can control with my iPhone. So I shot a bunch of images of Batman in the same position but changed the lighting via the Kick. Here is what that looked like plus what the Kick looks like mounted on a Gorillapod. Continue reading Portrait of Batman

Duncan Just Goes With It


Photo-A-Day #2163

Today we saw Allison’s parents off with some breakfast at SweetWorks. I was there because I woke up pretty sick and so took a sick day. We enjoyed breakfast and my Dad came with us as well. SweetWorks has amazing breakfasts and Eva loves it there. They are always so nice to her and make sure that they put in her order early so she doesn’t have to wait too long, little kids get hungry and bored quicker. Eva was pretty well behaved too and that helped her get a few marbles in her behavior jar. Something new we have started. For every instance of good behavior she gets two marbles. When the marbles get to a certain level then she can pick a prize or wait till they get higher to get a bigger prize. Continue reading Duncan Just Goes With It