dwrd.net » photos http://www.dwrd.net Photography, Leatherwork and Costuming Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:27:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dragon*Con Prep Begins http://www.dwrd.net/2010/07/27/dragoncon-prep-begins/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/07/27/dragoncon-prep-begins/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:18:44 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1940 Well we are at 37 days until Dragon*Con, and I have been trying to narrow down plans for what I want to try and shoot while at the con. I should be shooting for Geeks of Doom again this year, so once the final schedule is out, that will determine what panels etc need to be shot, so that leaves the various group shoots to sort through.

As of now I plan to go to the Ladies of DC photoshoot on Friday evening, and then the slave Leia shoot on Saturday. Other than that, I am pretty much undecided about what other shoots to attend. Any shoots that you suggest are can’t miss?

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The rest of the pictures can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/july-4-2010-fireworks/

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/07/07/july-4th-fireworks/feed/ 3 Tennessee Ren Faire Memorial Day Weekend http://www.dwrd.net/2010/06/06/tennessee-ren-faire-memorial-day-weekend/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/06/06/tennessee-ren-faire-memorial-day-weekend/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:24:50 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1924 Well the final weekend of the Tennessee Renaissance Faire was held over Memorial day weekend. There was a little bit of rain each day, but overall, the weekend was very enjoyable. The International Gath of Baal jousting tournament was great to watch as always, and it is now time to look forward to the 2011 ren faire season.

Here are a couple of pictures.


The rest of the images can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/tnrf-memorial-day-weekend/

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/06/06/tennessee-ren-faire-memorial-day-weekend/feed/ 0 TNRF May 22, 23 2010 http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/24/tnrf-may-22-23-2010/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/24/tnrf-may-22-23-2010/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 14:00:12 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1915 I made it out to most of both days of the faire this weekend, and I have to say that it was definitely the hottest weekend to date. The temperature topped 91 on Sunday, and there was little breeze to speak of either day. I only stayed half of the day on Sunday as I didn’t feel like dealing with the heat anymore, and I wanted to make it home to catch the series finale of LOST.

I combined both days into one gallery, as I didn’t shoot much on Sunday.


The rest of the pictures can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/tnrf-5-2223-2010/

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/24/tnrf-may-22-23-2010/feed/ 1 Outside with Studio Strobes http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/21/outside-with-studio-strobes/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/21/outside-with-studio-strobes/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 19:29:54 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1908 Back in April, I was able to try shooting outside in bright sun and try controlling the light by using one of my AlienBees 800 studio strobes. This is something that I see all of the time on photography websites etc. but had never really been able to try.

This was definitely a learning process in regards to where to setup the lights, what power it needed to be on, dealing with wind that wanted to constantly blow over my light stand and more. It was good practice and there were some decent pictures that resulted.

This was also one of the first days that I had my Canon 16-35 2.8L II lens which I got to try out as well. The wide angle lens is definitely a great tool to have in the arsenal.

Here is a shot of Jess from that trial.



This was shot at 16mm, F8 at 1/200 sec on my 7D.

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/21/outside-with-studio-strobes/feed/ 0 TNRF 5-15-2010 http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/16/tnrf-5-15-2010/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/16/tnrf-5-15-2010/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 02:04:13 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1906 Well I headed out to TNRF again on Saturday, and had a great day. We went there for Steve’s birthday, and as soon as he arrived, he brought the rain with him. Luckily I had my Think Tank Photo Hydrophobia with me and I was able to put it to the test. It worked great. I am still waiting for my eyepiece to arrive, but I was able to make it work for the day without the eyepiece attached. My camera stayed completely dry and I was able to easily use all of the controls.

Here are some selected pictures.


The rest of the pictures can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/tnrf-5-15-2010/

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/16/tnrf-5-15-2010/feed/ 0 TNRF 5-9-2010 http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/12/tnrf-5-9-2010/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/12/tnrf-5-9-2010/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 12:37:40 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1899 This past Sunday I made it out to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival for the first time this year. After a long week of doing demolition due to flooding, I opted to go with camera in hand instead of dressing in garb. The weather was perfect, and I had a great day. Here are some selected shots.


The rest of the images can be seen at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/tnrf-5-9-2010/

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/05/12/tnrf-5-9-2010/feed/ 0 MTAC This Weekend http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/29/mtac-this-weekend/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/29/mtac-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:33:10 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1891 I already wrote this over on the Conphotog site, but I will be shooting staff for MTAC this weekend. I am ready for a con fix, and ready to take some pictures. I will try to update from my iPhone throughout the weekend on Flickr which cross posts here and to twitter.

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/29/mtac-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Nashville Roller Girls 4-3 Doubleheader http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/05/nashville-roller-girls-4-3-doubleheader/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/05/nashville-roller-girls-4-3-doubleheader/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:54:01 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/?p=1881 This past Saturday I was able to make it to the Nashville Roller Girls doubleheader bout. I had a great time as always. I had to shoot at high ISO due to the crappy light, but I didn’t have to use the flash, which I think helped the pictures in some respects.

I seperated out the bouts into two seperate galleries this time, so be sure to check out both of them.


First bout, NRG Brawl Stars

The Gallery can be found at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/4-3-nrg-brawl-stars/

Second bout, NRG All Stars

The Gallery can be found at
http://www.dwrd.net/photography/galleries/4-3-nrg-all-stars/

Current Mood: artistic

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]]> http://www.dwrd.net/2010/04/05/nashville-roller-girls-4-3-doubleheader/feed/ 0 Iphone picture test post http://www.dwrd.net/2010/03/29/iphone-picture-test-post/ http://www.dwrd.net/2010/03/29/iphone-picture-test-post/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:45:43 +0000 deweese http://www.dwrd.net/2010/03/29/iphone-picture-test-post/ Just a test post of an image from my phone of the atrium at work this morning.

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