*Sigh*
This week while in Irvine for business I happened to pass by the Canon Factory Service Center and decided to drop off my XT and EF 28-135 IS for a little "SPA" treatment. I figured I might as well have the sensor cleaned by Canon, although I have done it in the past, as well have the lens calibrated considering i had some minor focuse issues.
I must say, it has been tough to be without my camera. I am chomping at the bit to go out and take pictures...especially since Lowepro sent me a replacement for my Sling Shot 100. I called up last week and told them my strap was tearing...the CSR took my information politely told me that I would either have to wait to get another Slingshot 100 b/c they were backordered, or choose another bag from their lineup that is in stock. I explained how I was close to outgrowing the Slingshot 100 and probably should have gotten the Sling Shot 200...I offered to pay the difference for the more expensive 200...the CSR said it would not be necessary, it was in inventory and he would send one out immediatley. This much I can tell you...I am a Lowepro customer for life! Excellent customer service and they truly stand behin their products!!!!!!
Since I am on the mend form a bad back and have not had a chance to shoot I spent a little time going through some pictures from over the last nine months and decided to upload a shot from the past. This shot was taken early one morning near the Santa Monica Pier last December. I have a whole slew of surf and beach shots in my flickr photostream. Enjoy!
I had hoped to update the blog more frequently, especially because i have a whole new look. Unfrotunatley my back has gone out on me again and prevented me from shooting much over the last few days. Sure I have shots waiting to be post processed, but I have not gotten around to those because it is hard for me to sit for very long...oh well. Here is a shot from last week in my office. I applied a LOMO filter in CS2 to give it the LOMO effect. It is not overexposed even though it was a long shutter release...I had incences burning in me office...enjoy!
I have been meaning to change my blog header for some time now. Yesterday was a lazy day for the wife and I, and I managed to get some time in front of the computer to catch up on some stuff. Post processing of old photos, I created thank you's for some generous friends and I got around to updating my banner. Everything I have learned in Photoshop has been self taught, so the old banner was one of my first creations using CS2 and you can tell I was really winging it:
I decided put Zooomr in the title with flickr because I have begun using Zooomr also...and they gave me a free pro account.
I have not yet really caught on to the Zooomr community, but I am anxious to do so soon. I like the geotagging feature, but have not yet been able to find groups...I guess I just need some more time behind the keyboard examining Zooomr which I intend to do as time permits...anyway, I hope you like the new banner!
Last evening was the perfect evening for a Luau on the beach! Some very good friends invited us over to their house for a fantastic pre-party before the actual party, a Luau, at their beach club.
Let me start by saying both parties were a blast!!! The Mai Tai's at the beach party were fantastic and the fun just kept better and better as the night progressed!
I did not bring the Rebel along, however we had my wifes Canon SD450 and managed to capture some very interesting moments. One of my favorite shots of the night was the Neon Tiki God I took at Sunset pictured above, as well as a shot of "The Funky Hippies" perfoming on stage.
