Sharing The Roijoy

It's all very well that I've recently been shooting products, portraits and a wedding, but all those files need processing now! Primarily I shoot RAW . I have a RAW viewer installed on my computer so that I can scan through my images and choose the ones that will be processed and live :) For processing I use Phase One Capture-One , Nikon Capture NX 2 , or Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) which is integrated into Adobe Photoshop . I choose the software depending on the kind of shoot I'm processing. Generally speaking, for events like weddings, parties, dinners, etc., I tend to use Capture One. I also like capture one for processing my stock photography. For portraits and product shots, I go for NX2. If I'm processing for manipulated images then I go to ACR. I also use ACR for black and white image processing. They all have their strengths and weaknesses so it's just a matter of how they are used and what suits me best. NX2 is for Nikon only cameras. I use it for p...

I first met Dee Dee last August. It began with an email offering to to do a shoot for the company she is with. They're called ShinyTrinket and you can see the photography I've done for them on their site . As well as rings, earrings, and bracelets, there were some necklaces that would show off better if they were modeled. So we all agreed that Dee Dee would come over for the shoot and be the model. Dee Dee doesn't travel very well and she was in pieces when she arrived at the studio. However, it didn't take long for all of us to help to get her pulled together again and ready to model for us. The shoot went really well and  Dee Dee was the perfect model. When we were done, there were some circumstances in play and I said it would be fine for Dee Dee to stay with me for a couple of days before going back to the people at ShinyTrinket . It was very easy to have her as a house guest and she never once tired of modeling for me whenever I wanted to try out any lighti...

Chinatown soon became a heaving mass as celebrations marched toward the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco yesterday. I was contemplating shooting some editorial of the parade but the throng was growing by the minute and the actual parade route was already at least 12 people deep by 5pm. I wasn't the only person taking pictures The CW were there too filming obliging passers by to feature in their TV advertising jingles. I got in quite close for some of the shots I took :) Had some green screen shots going as well It was a little odd not being able to hear the music while the people were dancing about, but the sound girl was really getting down as she kept an eye on the levels with her Tascam . After scouting around to see if I could find any openings in the crowds that would give me a useful shooting position and not finding one, I decided to call it a day. But even though I didn't get to see the dragons, I heard loud, strong talk of fir...

A trio of mottled aluminum heads by artist Ugo Rondinone that was provided in compliance with the 1% for Art Requirement of Planning Code Section 429. Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky . Yesterday was another beautiful day in San Francisco. So after an early morning gym session, I wandered around SOMA with my camera . The light was amazing and I was being seduced by the way it bounced and reflected from the glass, brick and concrete textures of the area. I'll post some of them another time. What really caught my interest this time though was the space in front of 555 Mission Street. I ended up spending about 30 minutes here getting different angles and views of the art in the little plaza. It's really cool how the shadows change as the sun moves giving all the pieces multiple characteristics. The other piece installed here, and well worth seeing, is Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky . Its a very cheerful and inspiring installation and don't be shy if y...

Not only is it February, it's also a leap year! Valentines day should be quite an occasion this year! As predicted, I've had a flurry of sales of "lurv" related images and I expect they'll tail off toward the end of this week. This month has kept me busy with corporate shoots and portrait work. I've been pushing images to some new areas and have been added to The U.S. Yahoo Editorial Collections and have also had some really good new enquiries through Yahoo's flickr site. I was also able to shoot some new stock imagery which has been successfully submitted to the image libraries. And here are my first and last image sales of January.