Photo of the day March 2016

[kenoh]

The Newcastle Icon by Stuart Tarn, on Flickr
The original....and best!

The one true bridge. I try to walk over it everytime I go home. Due a visit to see my dad.
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Three rusty posts in the water.

Three???
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Wife says no. I understand!
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Look forward to it. Bring your credit card though!
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Well who is? But I still like this one.

Yeah the word no was in amongst what she said... But there were other more words too which arent for here...

 

[kallisti]

I haven't posted a cat pic here in ages (for good reason). Just got a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens (as I haven't been happy with any of my 50mm primes) and decided to share this pic of one of my cats I shot as I was playing around with the new lens.

[Edit: fixed white balance]

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Must be the day for pet images! It's taken me three and a half years (that's how long I've been photographing for) to get a decent image of Lucy and I finally got it yesterday. She is a fourteen year old Tenterfield Terrior.

 

[Educ8r]

Moraea grandiflora

 

[Laird Knox]

Working Late

 

[Apple fanboy]

Must be the day for pet images! It's taken me three and a half years (that's how long I've been photographing for) to get a decent image of Lucy and I finally got it yesterday. She is a fourteen year old Tenterfield Terrior.

Certinly got a good one. I remember trying to get a good shot of my daughters hamster when I just had a crappy point and shoot. The delay on the shutter meant I never did before it died.
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Working Late
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What am I looking at? Looks like some space scene!

 

[Laird Knox]

What am I looking at? Looks like some space scene!

You have obviously never vacationed on Rigel VII.

The location is an old cement plant. The small building is full of electrical panels and the light is the LED on my iPhone. Behind the building I have a flashlight set to tungsten white balance aimed at the piece of equipment in the background. The main building is a tower - possibly a water tower.

The tower has straight walls but because of the way I shot this they flair outward at the top. This is a 12 image pano shot with a 14 mm lens. The scene covers over 180 degrees and I was pretty close to the buildings (maybe five or six feet). The camera was set to ISO 3200, f-2.8 and 20 seconds with a tungsten white balance.

I stitched the image in Autopano Giga but I forget which projection I used. It was possibly cylindrical. This is part of a series call "Trip-tych" that I am working on for class. All of the final images will be two, three, or four panels (diptych, triptych, or quadritych). The distortion is where the "trip" comes in, hence "Trip-typch." The individual pieces will be titled "Trip #1," "Trip #2," etc. Each one will have a main 3x2 panel with the smaller ones being 2x3. For example, one I have printed out so far is made up of one 24 x 36 inch panel and two smaller 24 x 16 inch panels.

This particular image will be a quadritych something like this:


It is all experimental at this stage but I have been having fun with it.

 

[The Bad Guy]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.


Carly the Boxer by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

 

[Hughmac]

High Halstow Church BW by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[anotherscotsman]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.


Carly the Boxer by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

Brave move Adam but judging from what you show here I'm sure you'll do well. Good luck and prosper!

 

[stillcrazyman]

Along the shore

 

[kenoh]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.


Carly the Boxer by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

Good man! Quit the grind and do something for you. I envy you. If only Inwasnt so risk averse.

I hope it goes well.

 

[fcortese]

Good luck, TBG! Your portraits and your subjects are always interesting and your lighting, i find, is superb. It's takes a whole lot of guts to step away from a steady paycheck to pursue something you really find enjoyable and self-fulfilling. Wishing you all the best! Here's mine for today in honor of the first day of spring and a bouquet for success in your new endeavor:

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Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.


Carly the Boxer by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

My post above was supposed to be a reply to this

 

[Doylem]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.

You have a distinctive style. If you have the business 'nous' to match your eye for a picture, you'll do very well...

Mist in Glencoe...

 

[CmdrLaForge]

I hope spring is coming

 

[kenoh]

Girls got to go out today on the driveway on their ride along car.

kr

 

[Apple fanboy]

You have obviously never vacationed on Rigel VII.

The location is an old cement plant. The small building is full of electrical panels and the light is the LED on my iPhone. Behind the building I have a flashlight set to tungsten white balance aimed at the piece of equipment in the background. The main building is a tower - possibly a water tower.

The tower has straight walls but because of the way I shot this they flair outward at the top. This is a 12 image pano shot with a 14 mm lens. The scene covers over 180 degrees and I was pretty close to the buildings (maybe five or six feet). The camera was set to ISO 3200, f-2.8 and 20 seconds with a tungsten white balance.

I stitched the image in Autopano Giga but I forget which projection I used. It was possibly cylindrical. This is part of a series call "Trip-tych" that I am working on for class. All of the final images will be two, three, or four panels (diptych, triptych, or quadritych). The distortion is where the "trip" comes in, hence "Trip-typch." The individual pieces will be titled "Trip #1," "Trip #2," etc. Each one will have a main 3x2 panel with the smaller ones being 2x3. For example, one I have printed out so far is made up of one 24 x 36 inch panel and two smaller 24 x 16 inch panels.

This particular image will be a quadritych something like this:
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It is all experimental at this stage but I have been having fun with it.

Thanks for the info. Interesting stuff. And no I've never shot on Rigel VII!
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Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good. Here's a shot from a session last week.


Carly the Boxer by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

Can't imagine it won't work out for you. Good luck with it.
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You have a distinctive style. If you have the business 'nous' to match your eye for a picture, you'll do very well...

Mist in Glencoe...

Beautiful.
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Girls got to go out today on the driveway on their ride along car.

kr

I think she needs a bigger car!

 

[kenoh]

Thanks for the info. Interesting stuff. And no I've never shot on Rigel VII!
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Can't imagine it won't work out for you. Good luck with it.
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Beautiful.
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I think she needs a bigger car!

Lol... Thats is what I thought! Last time she used it, she could sit in it alongside her little sister. Now she is way too big to be in it alone!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Lol... Thats is what I thought! Last time she used it, she could sit in it alongside her little sister. Now she is way too big to be in it alone!

Shame you spent all the cash on lenses!

 

[kenoh]

Shame you spent all the cash on lenses!

Lenses and...

Skirting boards
Monoblock
Floor boards
Carpets
Tools
Kitchens
Downstairs toilets
Windows
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[Cheese&Apple]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good.

Living the dream Adam. I won't say "good luck" but will say "enjoy" because I have no doubt that you'll do well.

Besides, I can't see you in a retail job putting on a fake smile for the customer.

~ Peter

 

[someoldguy]

Recently got brave and retired from my day job (Apple reseller of 14 years) to do my portrait photography full time. So far so good.

Good for you !!! I'm jealous !!! Many years before my retirement I came real close to telling my employer to shove it , and moving on to an enterprise of my own . But I didn't , and stayed with the same employer for 40 years . Good luck , get rich , be famous!!!

 

[hallux]

My favorite picture from a trip to Mexico City (and the Teotihuacan Pyramids on the weekend).

 

[AlaskaMoose]

 

[The Bad Guy]

Brave move Adam but judging from what you show here I'm sure you'll do well. Good luck and prosper!

Good man! Quit the grind and do something for you. I envy you. If only Inwasnt so risk averse.

I hope it goes well.

Good luck, TBG! Your portraits and your subjects are always interesting and your lighting, i find, is superb. It's takes a whole lot of guts to step away from a steady paycheck to pursue something you really find enjoyable and self-fulfilling. Wishing you all the best! Here's mine for today in honor of the first day of spring and a bouquet for success in your new endeavor:

You have a distinctive style. If you have the business 'nous' to match your eye for a picture, you'll do very well...

Can't imagine it won't work out for you. Good luck with it.

Living the dream Adam. I won't say "good luck" but will say "enjoy" because I have no doubt that you'll do well.

Besides, I can't see you in a retail job putting on a fake smile for the customer.

~ Peter

Good for you !!! I'm jealous !!! Many years before my retirement I came real close to telling my employer to shove it , and moving on to an enterprise of my own . But I didn't , and stayed with the same employer for 40 years . Good luck , get rich , be famous!!!

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement folks, guess we'll see how it goes. Basically I've gotten to a point in my life where I feel if I don't give it a shot, I'll regret it. That and well...I don't want to go through the rest of my life making money for someone else.

Plus Apple these days. I can't sell their stuff anymore...I don't believe in it like I used to and have watched the client base get steadily stupider since the iPads release.