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Week 52 – The Christmas Spirit

Flip — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:12:23 +0000

Food is served on Tuesday night at Tamina.

I was going to use a picture I took at a church Christmas event, but this image seems even more so in the spirit of Christmas: serving others with a great meal.

Week 35 – Tuesday Night Times

Flip — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:43:51 +0000

Melissa Booth paints the cheek of a girl at the TNT back-to-school event on Tuesday night at Tamina.

I’ve been working at Tamina on Tuesday nights for a while now (most of the year, I think) but have never taken pictures there. Well, with this big back-to-school bash, the opportunity presented itself, so I brought my camera and got some shots off! There were lots of kids, and we listed to some preaching and ate food– a southern church kind of thing. I was happy with this photo of Melissa, but the lady in the back had a distracting turquoise shirt, so I made it black-and-white. For original color, go here.

Week 13 – An Oklahoma Wedding

Flip — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:38:46 +0000

Karig and some of his groomsmen sing about friends in low places.

I got to go to Shawna’s brother’s wedding this weekend, which was fun, and (as most weddings do) presented lots of opportunities for good photos. It was dark as a womb in the reception hall, and my flash wasn’t recycling quite as often as I would like, but I did manage to catch this shot which I really dig. It’s not super-sharp and the noise is crazy, but I feel like it’s of “newsprint quality,” which is what I’ve shot for most of my photographic life. A quick black-and-white conversion fixed any other problems — those lit-up trees in the corner were an issue, but I couldn’t crop them out in a 2×3 ration and still keep the rest of the photo that I liked.

All things said, I’d say this photo became successful in post. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Week 3 – Phantom Pete

Flip — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:38:05 +0000

Stephen sits at Baker Street Pub at The Woodlands Waterway.

I shot this one on a whim while eating dinner, and it turned out pretty nice. The 1.8 prime helped out in that respect.

I’m always hesitant about making photos black and white, simply because I feel that a lot of the time people use it as a crutch. And it may be one for me here. But I like this more than the colo(u)r version.

I shot this one on a whim while eating dinner, and it turned out pretty nice. The 1.8 prime helped out in that respect.I’m always hesitant about making photos black and white, simply because I feel that a lot of the time people use it as a crutch. And it may be one for me here. But I like this more than the colo(u)r version.