To tell me a lie...

"So is the truth a lie?"... Yes very little post this week, i was inteded to write a long post about the purporse behind this picture and how I owe my sister a cookie. But my fellow ninja's, i digress that after the ordeal to recover this image, i'm just not in the mode to give you any insight into the photo. I leave the rest to you...

Until next time my fellow ninjas,... shunpo...

Photo info:

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens mounted on a tripod

F4.8, 3", iso 100, WB AUTO at 32mm

Manual focus

Taken at 11:15pm on Thursday

Edited levels, brightness and contrast, cropped the image to remove distracting elements. Used the clone stamp to fill in unwanted things in the background. Sharpened near the end. Came back into photoshop and increased the hue satruation to make the colors have "life".

To dine with darkness...

A such dark photo I give to you today, my dear fellow ninja's. I was in such a fuss in what I wanted to do with my next photo. I decided on a nice candle lit scene that adds dramatic lighting to the whole scene. I found some candles around my house and used them to the light the area in front of the camera. I then used the candle in my hand to provide light for my face. The book next to my arm is not about ninjutsu or anything of that matter., though the book was used to provide for accurate manual focus at the position I was sitting at. I'm quite pleased in what I accomplished with this shot, I hope I can do more dramatic lighting shots down the road.


Until next time my fellow ninjas, ...shunpo!

Photo info:

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens mounted on a tripod

F6.3, 3", iso 100, WB INCANDESCENT at 33mm 

Manual focus

Taken at 10:17pm on Thursday

Edited levels, brightness and contrast, cropped the image to remove distracting elements. Used the clone stamp to fill in unwanted things in the background. Sharpened near the end.

Photographers note:

Always make sure to back up your work. When doing this project, the original post production file got corrupted and was not being able to be read. Fortunately I saved a psd file and had the original photo in TWO spots for safety. Just remember to be careful with your images.

Le sigh...

It seems like life gets to you eventually with all the work you have to do. As a ninja, I go through the same things like everybody else, somewhat... This photo summarizes all these stresses into one heaved sigh while holding my head in thought. I just hope things get easier down the road...

Until next time my fellow ninjas, ....shunpo!

Photo info:

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens mounted on a tripod

F8, 1", iso 100, WB INCANDESCENT at 35mm 

Manual focus

Edited levels, brightness and contrast, changed to black and white closely similar to yellow filter, and sharpened the photo to remove lens blur. Used a single 100 Wat bulb with my dark blue top sheet as a background.

Now you can see....

Ah, my face...! Not many people see my face and live to talk about it none the less! The most interesnting thing about this shot is that it would not have been possible if I didn't get a tripod right after the meeting. For self portraits, tripods take some of the hassle out of it. It may look very simple, but it took about an hour of prep work before I could get a nice enough shot of myself.

So now you see my face, so keep it a secret! If you can't, then I will 'help' you keep it...;D

Until next time, .....shunpo!

Photo Info:

Nikon D3100 with a 18-55mm lens

F5.3, 1/2, iso 100, WB AUTO at 48mm

Blurred the background, edited the levels, brightness/contrast, and sharping in Photoshop Elements 7