Oliver Chong > 2008.06.28 - Day 77 :

Who knew sand castles could be so tasty?!  This went down a lot easier than those I remember as a little kid...

The couple I posted a picture of earlier in the year were married today.  Congrats Ryan and Jenna!  The reception was held just over the bridge on to Cape Cod.

I'm not too happy with the technical aspects of this picture, but the subject was super.  There's only so much you can do with on camera flash.
Oliver Chong > 2008.06.26 - Day 75 :

I took a few days off photographing for life and because I wasn't feeling very creative.  I got this little Japanese toy at a store in Northampton, MA while I was still in college.  The green guy's head moves side to side - powered by solar cells.

For this shot I used overhead flash lighting.
Oliver Chong > 2008.06.18 - Day 67 :

Irene's parents were kind enough to bring us some planters of herbs.  Three BIG planters and two tomato plants.  The lighting this evening was nice and diffuse, perfect for this shot.  I really liked the contrasting textures and shapes.

This is a 5 exposure HDR gone black and white.

I have also edited my first back fill picture.  I am starting with a photo from Elliot's graduation.  Sometime soon I will get all those photos online.... or so I will keep telling myself.
Oliver Chong > 2008.06.10 - Day 59 :

Inspired by Ratatat, a band that was featured on a recent All Songs Considered episode.  All Songs Considered is a program that airs on NPR and has recently become one of my favorites.

Ratatat is a duo from New York that creates electro-rock.  Take a listen to a track from their upcoming CD, Lp3.

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I am going to make changes to my self imposed rules.  Several times now I have taken photos, but been too busy (or away from a computer) and as a result, not uploaded a daily photo.  I am now going to allow myself to back fill as long as the day being filled in, is the same day the photo was taken.  It was in hindsight silly to impose an upload rule on myself.

So, look for missing days to be filled soon.
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.30 - Day 48 :

A forest of I don't know what...
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.29 - Day 47 :

The little lonely violin.  Not played for months it sits in its case, even there gathering dust.

So we just got home from seeing Esperanza Spalding at the Regattabar in Cambridge.  She was amazing.  Esperanza graduated from Berkley a year sooner than usual and at 20 became the youngest instructor ever at the school.  This was her cd release party and if you like Jazz, I recommend you give her a listen on iTunes or at her website  http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/  Ponta de Areia and Precious are two of my favorites.

Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera, but I saw two people there with SLRs so I will remember for the next time I am at that venue.
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.28 - Day 46 :

Playing with texture and a variation of the Orton effect.
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.26 - Day 44 :

A friend was in town this weekend so we went to Boston for a Duck Tour.  A Duck Tour, if you don't know, takes you around the city and into the water.

This is a picture of the shakers on the Longfellow Bridge aka the "Salt and Pepper Bridge" that links Boston proper to Cambridge.  It spans across the Charles River.

*Sorry John, the broken subjects didn't turn out as well as I thought.  I'll keep my eye out for a good one though.
Oliver Chong > 2008.05.25 - Day 43 :

This is my take on the Orton technique.  Created in Photoshop from a single exposure, but I'm sure you could get the same effect by directly replicating the original concept with two exposures.

"The original technique invented by Michael Orton was to overlay two or more images of an identical scene with very different exposures on slide film.[2] One image is sharply focused and the others are very out of focus. Orton has also experimented with similar techniques, substituting one of the images in the composition for one of a different subject, such as a texture layer, or combining a multi-colored image and a monotone one."
-wikipedia
2008.06.28 - Day 77 :

Who knew sand castles could be so tasty?! This went down a lot easier than those I remember as a little kid...

The couple I posted a picture of earlier in the year were married today. Congrats Ryan and Jenna! The reception was held just over the bridge on to Cape Cod.

I'm not too happy with the technical aspects of this picture, but the subject was super. There's only so much you can do with on camera flash.
Oliver Chong > 2008.06.28 - Day 77 :

Who knew sand castles could be so tasty?!  This went down a lot easier than those I remember as a little kid...

The couple I posted a picture of earlier in the year were married today.  Congrats Ryan and Jenna!  The reception was held just over the bridge on to Cape Cod.

I'm not too happy with the technical aspects of this picture, but the subject was super.  There's only so much you can do with on camera flash.
2008.06.28 - Day 77 :

Who knew sand castles could be so tasty?! This went down a lot easier than those I remember as a little kid...

The couple I posted a picture of earlier in the year were married today. Congrats Ryan and Jenna! The reception was held just over the bridge on to Cape Cod.

I'm not too happy with the technical aspects of this picture, but the subject was super. There's only so much you can do with on camera flash.
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