After a lengthy bid proposal process, today I learned that Jamie Rose and I have been awarded a contract with the European Union delegation to provide photographic and video services for the EU for the next 12 months! HOORAY!
Stay tuned for more exciting news…
Thanks to my friend (and awesome photographer) Jamie Rose, I have discovered the Expo Disc.
If you’ve ever walked into a room and the light was just ugly ugly ugly and no matter what you did the exposure just wasn’t coming out right, or if, like me, you’re not so hot with setting your own custom white balance, man is this thing for you.
It’s basically a filter that snaps onto the front of your lens. You’ll have to set a custom white balance, but if you’re not sure how to do that on your camera they offer very easy-to-follow tutorials for just about every camera out there.
I am telling you, I just tried this out in my dining room, taking a picture of a plant using the “tungsten” white balance setting and then using the Expo Disc custom setting.
Check out the results for yourself.
I heart you, Expo Disc people! No more spending HOURS in post-production trying to fix color issues! Man, if only I had had this thing when I worked at The Gazette and was always shooting in those horribly ugly high school gyms…
picture taken using tungsten white balance on my d3
picture taken using the Expo Disc custom white balance–neutrals are NEUTRAL, not yellow! hooray!
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Today I photographed the Tea Party Express, which has been touring the country since March 27. According to the movement’s website, each stop was to “highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending, higher taxes, and government intervention in the lives of American families and businesses.”
The Washington, D.C. stop included a press conference at the National Press Club, a rally at Freedom Plaza, and later a meeting on the National Mall.
Here are some images from the event.
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Congratulations to Mary F. Calvert (my former colleague from The Washington Times), who was named a finalist in the Pulitzer feature photography category for her amazing story on women in the Congo and how rape is being used as a tool of war. It’s fantastic work, shot by a really classy lady.
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My friend and fellow photographer Gary Fabiano was one of the many photographers who went to Haiti following the earthquake of Jan. 12. Gary recently completed a book, called “Fractured Earth,” that documents just how horrific conditions were in the country in the immediate days following the disaster.
While his images are sometimes tough to look at, they show the important truth of the situation in the country. Too often we Americans like our news (and news images) cleaned up for us, or we only want to see positive images. Sadly, this often leaves us with a skewed and undeveloped understanding of the world.
Gary is now selling his book in an effort to raise money for the many aid organizations on the ground working to rebuild and restore Haiti.
You can purchase his book here. I strongly encourage everyone to consider buying a copy, if for no other reason than to do something to help rebuild a nation that was devastated on Jan. 12.
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