Yesterday I spent about an hour and a half exploring a very old abandoned ranch out in the middle of nowhere near Elbert Colorado and of course taking plenty of photos. I wasn't all that thrilled with the end results but, using my camera is better than not using my camera. It was late afternoon and the light was really bright, so I found it hard to see what my exposure meter reading was saying. One thing I'd love to learn or figure out is how to expose for one part of an image and reframe for a different look. I thought I knew how but I don't think I do :(

Today's goals:

• Finalize editing of wedding and cruise photos (1 to 2 hours at most)
• Make print releases that differ for friends who got married, and everyone else.
• Copy to DVD and mail them.
• Decide on a Passersby Illustrated image.
• And as much other homework I can cram in.

Tim's Bio...

I just posted this on my Passersby Illustrated blog but I thought it would be fitting here as well. It is a consolidation of a couple different journal entries. My brother wanted a "short bio" so here it is:

I'm Tim Kippel, I am Steven's "big brother" and actually the oldest of 5. I was born and raised in Merced California, and I am the creator of a Facebook group called "Merced Natives" which as of today has 1,419 members. Let me get down to what I love. Sure there are several things, numerous things really; but for our purposes here: photography.

The timelessness of photos intrigues me. There is almost something magical in the process of capturing an image. The possibility that a photo I take today could be cherished by a great-great grandchild is very real. As a photographer I enjoy being a piece in this incredible and beautiful legacy. Maybe my images will be the very thing other people have dreamt of creating but didn't have the knowhow or courage to.

I'm beginning to realize there is much more to me than I've known or experienced, and photography seems to bring that to light. I have a deep sense of satisfaction when I create something, or capture the beauty around me. What joy there is in creation, I can't imagine how God must have felt.

04-03-10 = Didn't accomplish a dang thing...

Today's accomplishments (04-02-10):

• Edited wedding photos for about 2.5 hours, and I'm right on the verge of being finished, which will allow me to mail them, and order some prints.
• I am really enjoying the editing experience and am finally starting to figure out how Lightroom works. Plus I'm getting faster at editing.
• Otherwise I didn't get much done.
• I did get in a short pursuit at work. That's always fun. :)

Tomorrow's goals (04-03-10):

• Product photos - Cigar bands with my photos on them.
• Image for my Passersby Illustrated blog.

ISO 400 -- 30mm -- f/2.8 -- 1/250 sec

ISO 400 -- 27mm -- f/2.8 -- 1/250 sec

ISO 400 -- 24mm -- f/2.8 -- 1/250 sec

Today's accomplishments (04-01-10):

• Spoke to my first (paying) wedding client, and great friend Lydia about some of the wedding details. We talked for about 30 minutes about who all's going to be there, and the location. Oh yeah, and she's flying me to Georgia for her wedding!
• Edited photos for about 2 hours!
• Yep that's about it.

Today's goals (04-02-10):

• Write a bio about why I am a photographer for my Passersby Illustrated Blog.
• Finish editing photos from my vacation and get them sent off.
• Order a few prints.
• I keep saying this but, finish Fast Track Photographer.

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I'm on a waiting list for upcoming Amelia Lyon workshops!!! I'll get first dibs :)

Today (03-31-10)

What I accomplished:

• Edited photos for about 3 hours: trying to get the wedding/ cruise photos done so I can send them off as a gift for my friends.
• Yep that's about it.