back from storyland

so, as you may have heard over on my wife’s page, storyland is not for pussies.

that’s ok, though, because according to the litany of accusations, i’m much more of a dick than i am a pussy.

we had a great time. i got yelled at a few times for always having the camera in my hand, but i reiterated that everyone will be enjoying the pictures for a very long time. i don’t mind being the photog: it started a long time ago when my parents bought a VHS video recorder. there aren’t many shots of me.

in any event, i’m going to pull out some of my own favorites from the trip. hold on tight…
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on some technical notes, i finally made the jump to an all RAW workflow, and started using adobe lightroom as my primary photo organizer/publishing tool. nothing beats photoshop as a per-pixel editor, and it is far more powerful, but LR has some definite advantages for quick global adjustments. i’m using version 2.0, released a few days ago, and i’m liking it a lot so far.

compared to jpegs which comprise about 99.999% of my archived shots, i do enjoy working with RAW files. in particular the B+W conversions have more depth and detail to the grey tones. the non-destructive LR edits are enough for the vast majority of pictures. all of the above were processed and converted with LR; none of them saw any PS, which is a big change for me. plus LR has a really slick flickr export plugin so you can go right to flickr with the shots.

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7 Comments

1. Essentially Me, August 11, 2008:

   Those spinning pictures are awesome!

2. Nilsa, August 11, 2008:

   You’ve got a beautiful family. Even when they are screaming!

3. Rachel M., August 11, 2008:

   I man, those curls and blue eyes are going to give you sooooo much trouble when she is 16

4. stoogepie, August 11, 2008:

   Great pics. I almost couldn’t get past the first picture. It’s awesome. Great, rich greyscale and you can really feel the motion. My eye wandered onto the bolts and wondered how they could all catch the light so differently.

   All are beautiful shots and, aptly, they all tell a story. The BW shots in particular strike me as sheer art. 8, 11, 15, 16, and 17 are haunting. Amazing.

5. anerino, August 14, 2008:

   ken,

   so glad you commented on my site because i found yours! F ing inspiring stuff man! love the energy of 3, 4, and 7 here. also love the innocent look of amazement of 13. i’ll definitely be back.

   anerino

6. Ken, August 14, 2008:

   rachel m: no kidding. i just hope she doesn’t turn into a whore like her mother (she’s a lot better now after the intervention).

   stoogie: thanks for the comments. i tried very hard to get a little motion in all of them. it’s a lot harder than it looks to get things blurry in just the right way–very easy to go too far and get a muddy mess.

   anerino: glad you made it here! if there’s one thing i’ve learned about blogging it’s that you have to go out and view and comment on other people’s work if you want them to do the same. pay it forward! you’ve got some pretty cool stuff of your own and i want to see more…

   ken

7. Adam Moore, October 5, 2010:

   photoblogs are cool and i maintain at least two of them-`.