SBJPG – Get To Know Your Camera – Manual Flash

It was two Wednesday ago we had another edition of Get-To-Know-Your-Camera, workshop on Manual Flash with basic photography. Coffee Cat was our regular destination for part one: THEORY.  We played with exposure control, and basic workflow.

カメラやフラッシュの使い方を楽しく学ぼうってことでやってる、カメラ明白会（カメラを知りましょう会）。露出や機材の使い方などのベーシック。コーヒーキャットでの美味物
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コーヒーキャットの後ピーバディーという酒場に向かう。黒人友人のロッドのバンドS.P.O.が演奏すると云う夜に会わせてのパート２はスピードライトフラッシュのデモ、上手い具合にビールを飲みながらスタートした。
PART 2 FLASH DEMO: After Coffee Cat we went down to a bar to try out our cameras and flashes. A friend of mine Rod’s band Stiff Pickle Orchestra was playing for the night.  Good times as usual.

Rod’s Stiff Pickle Orchestra with Tom

I like this shot with camera shake better than the one below with properly exposed image.  Rod and Tom from Stiff Pickle Orchestra, and SBJPG members, Bob, Marianne, Travis, Lynnie, Greg and PJC.

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SBJPG – Swimsuit Shoot-Out (update 1)

Additional images from SBJPG Swimsuits Shoot-Out:

 

Swimsuits Shoot-Out
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SBJPG – Full Moon July (update 1)

追加の写真群は今月の満月撮影会初場所のゴレタビーチよりAdditional images from Full Moon July Shoot-out at Goleta Beach
FULL MOON JULY

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SBJPG – ALL ABOUT IMAGE EDITING 2 (AKA PHOTOSHOP)

Lynnie: why are you taking pictures of meeeee??

I am far from calling myself a photoshop power user (not that I want to be as such), but I have been doing alright with what I know for what I need to do. I have always had “just do it” approach with it like many other new things in my life, and it may not be the best way to do things but it sure has worked for me; however, after having this edition of IMAGE EDITING WORKSHOP (so-called PHOTOSHOP), I would probably feel better to help others establish their own digital imaging workflow. It is fun to play with photoshop, but understanding and creating (establishing) your own workflow is whole different thing, and probably the key to successful and efficient learning process of image editing.  SBJPG‘s next “Image Editing Workshop” will be repeat of this, as I plan to have similar materials for establishing one’s own workflow.

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Downtown Santa Barbara, there’s a staircase with flavor of art deco that tickle my sense of bauhaus.  Every time I drive by there my eyes are like “schwing!!”, so I grabbed Lynn and Martin as soon as I met them at one of the room in the SB public main library.  I was excited to see the site with the light I wanted.                   photos by Martin.

Muy buena visita del pasado / 過去からの訪問者

過去からの訪問者たって別にタイムマシンとかでの訪問なんかじゃなくて、ただ単に１２年前に会った以来の集まりだから過去なのであって。。。大人はそんなにでも変わるもんじゃないけど、やはり子供の１２年は見覚えがない様なある様な、やはりもの凄いかわりようだよなあ。おどろいた。A pesar de que decir “muy buena visita del pasado”, no significa nada que ver con la ”Time Machine” o cualquier cosa, pero yo vi mis amigos doce años antes, este es por que yo dijiste “del pasado”…. No grande cambiar por adultos, pero doce años por niños es mas grande crecer ay caramba! Yo no poderîa decir quien chico y chica es quien.

SBJPG – Flamenca Loca (update 1)

Additional images from Flamenca Loca Session

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SBJPG – Good Morning Santa Barbara (update 2)

Few more cute images of Good Morning SB session – Hair Curler Shots

                 Good Morning Santa Barbara (update video clip)
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SBJPG promo piece

A promo piece for SBJPG using an image from GTKYC workshop.

GTKYC: Get To Know Your Camera

SBJPG – Get To Know Your Camera VIII “Manual Flash with Sunset” (update 1)

This edition of GET TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA was on “Manual Flash with Sunset” at SB’s famous Stern’s Wharf.  These were photographed over a month ago, but her purple hair color was so strong, and our Sunset was so weak, my images were not talking to me until I played with blue-tone, and then everything had started.

Straight forward original image was too blend looking and contained very low impact level, and I didn't want to work on them for over a month until the color blue did some trick.

Straight forward original image was too blend looking and contained very low impact level, and I didn’t want to work on them for over a month until the color blue did some trick.