#29. Gear gear gear!

Here's a list of gear that I currently have and want to get.

Current Gear:
- Canon 450D (XSi)
- 50mm MkI f/1.8
- Kit lens 17-55
- 75-300mm III
- SB-50DX Nikon Flash (borrowed)
- Lowepro Nova 180 AW
- SLIK 512QF Tripod
- Canon Battery
- Opteka Battery
- Two 4gb class 6 SD card
- One 2gb class 6 SD card
- Two Vivitar UV filters
- Lens cleaning cloth & brush

Gear I want to get:
- Monopod
- Attachment head
- Lens hoods
- Battery Grip (Maybe)
- 1 or 2 extra batteries
- Two 4/8gb class 8/10 SD cards

#28. Post Editing & 365 Project 9-15

I've been editing my photos in Lightroom, and trying to make my photos look good. I almost always add vignettes. While editing my Christmas photos, I found myself raising contrast and saturation in a lot of my photos, but they did look a lot better. I've also been trying out a lot of the Lr presets. My favorite so far is Color Preset 2.

Here are my photos from my 365 Project.

Day 9/365. 12/19/10
Keighty in Norristown. A car turning left shone light on K80's face.
This might be one of my favorite night shots.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ 1/50s ~ ISO 1600

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/Iwrmd

Day 10/365. 12/21/10 (1am)
Stages of the moon during the eclipse. Stayed out from 1am-4:30am.
300mm ~ f/11 (f/6.3) ~ ISO 100 (400) ~ 1/25s (2.0s)

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/X4GlY

Day 11/365. 12/21/10
Light Graffiti Christmas Tree. Merry Christmas!
18mm~ f/11 ~ ISO 100 ~ 25s

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/bFEFq

Day 12/365. 12/22/10
The Beserkers in the greenroom.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ ISO 200 ~ 1/100s
Used Photoshop to do a high pass layer, and then added the Sepia effect in Lightroom. (High Pass tutorial - http://strobist.blogspot.com/2010/02/after-light-high-pass-post-production.html)

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/9277U

Day 13/365. 12/23/10
Septa train at Market East. Playing around with shutter speed to get the trail effect.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ ISO 200 ~ 1/4s

Day 14/365. 12/24/10.
Christmas Eve Present!
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ ISO 100 ~ 1/200s
SB-50 hotshoe flash

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/uFeSj

Day 15/365. 12/25/10.
Christmas fun with Ben!
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ ISO 1600 ~ 1/50s
Lr3 - Adjusted from CP2

See on Flickr - http://goo.gl/r0Gn2

#27. 365 Project. Day 4-8

Day 4/365. 12/14/10
Jackson the puppy!
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ 1/800s ~ ISO 1600
Lightroom Color Creative - Direct Positive

Day 5/365. 12/15/10
Freezing Cold...
50mm ~ ISO 100 ~ f/4.5 ~ 1/200s
SB-50 Hotshoe Flash

Day 6/365. 12/16/10
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
28mm ~ f/9.0 ~ 1/200s ~ ISO 100
Used Photoshop to layer
Lightroom - Old Polar

Day 7/365. 12/17/10
Christmas Lights.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ 1/50s ~ ISO 1600

Day 8/365. 12/18/10
Sweets from mum! My mom got these for me from Singapore.
50mm ~ f/22 ~ 1/200s ~ ISO 100

#26. 365 Project!

Wow, I haven't posted in over a month!
No new toys yet, but I am researching Speedlights for my Christmas/Birthday present.

I started a 365 project on 12/11/10.

Here are the first 3. I am currently working on a craaaaaaaaaaazy show, but I'll try to update as much as I can.

Day 1/365. 12/11/10
Taken at Xmas Carol rehearsal.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ 1/50s ~ ISO 1600
Lightroom Saturation Mask Post-Processing

Day 2/365. 12/12/10
Taken at Xmas Carol rehearsal.
50mm ~ f/1.8 ~ 1/40s ~ ISO 800
Lightroom Color Creative - CP 2

Day 3/365. 12/13/10
Delaware Riverfront Market
18mm ~ f/3.5 ~ 1/800s, 1/200, 1/3200 ~ ISO 100
Photomatix Pro to make HDR