Alabama, Arkansas.......

 

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 Quick Pick 3 from recent road trip....All red states....

Tech Corner: Picture 2 (Middle Shot above, Bus Stop in San Antonio).. I ramped up the ISO on this one....1600 if I recall correctly.  Dark scene, overcast...saw this guy from afar having trouble with his shoes so I knew I had to walk by with camera low so there was no distraction as I didn't want his head anywhere but his hands..  One of the more difficult things is to hold my camera sideways and still frame a shot correctly.  I have learned that if you "softly" place your left hand flat behind the camera while you shoot with the right hand, you can judge the angle much better as the you are not fighting the weight of the lens in addition to the other angles...nearly every time I just 'drop' the camera down and shoot with my right hand supporting the camera and shooting, I almost always get a very very poor framing, even when it feels like the camera is 'vertical'...a lot of street scene shots I get of people up close are shot in the 'dropped' camera position, so you will see that they are from a center position of the subject..  Getting this method correct was a huge step.  I literally stopped for one snap and kept walking....just takes timing and getting your ISO or speed correct before you get to the spot you want to shoot.....

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Pickin on Phil Corner, Pt. 1
I want to thank facebook for allowing us to all follow Phil's evening last night during his bender.  Homework?  No Homework...which is it Phil??  You should tweet on bender nights......

9 p.m. Drink in hand. 

9:13 p.m.  Gunna stop, do homework
9:33 p.m.  Haven't started, homework seems far away, open wine now
9:50 p.m.  Shirt off
10:11 p.m.  Just realized I was staring and laughing at the hallway for past 2 minutes..
10:30 p.m.  Totally focused, starting homework
10:31 p.m.  Yikes...wine gone, headed out real quick before I get too far into my work...
11:50 p.m.  Phew....after leaving the Pink Elephant, I totally thought I left my phone in the Glory Stall....
12:11 a.m. Where is that damn light coming from.... too bright.
12:15 a.m.  Sorry bout that last tweeeet, I was using binoculars to look at my neighbor with big boobies and I somehow got focused on my desk lamp.
12:34 a.m.  Shirt on, but on my legs
12:44 a.m.  Legs off....the tripod I mean
12:59 a.m.  Painting my balls green....drink lost...bottle here
1:22 a.m. Found drink, bottle missing now
1:33 a.m. Gunna Facebook everyone to let them know I really want to do this homework tonight, but I am just fooling them.
1:55 a.m. Can someone read that last tweet back to me?
1:59 a.m. FUCK....only one minute left....last call......
2:00 a.m. No bell??  Maybe the bartender forgot....
2:10 a.m.  Angry the bartender keeps serving me.  Damn me Phil
2:40 a.m. I either passed out for last 30 minutes or someone drooled all over my desk
2:55 a.m. Man, my bed is really hard....and not very flat...
3:13 a.m. Just realized I was leaning against my dresser for past 18 minutes
3:58 a.m. Fucking tap water.