Justin 2/9/11 Justin 2/9/11

Finally!

Below is a photo of what arrived at my doorstep today! Yes that is Lee's graduated neutral density soft filter set. I've had my eye on these for a few years now and FINALLY clicked 'submit order' instead of continuously adding them to my cart then putting them back into my wishlist. They got here just in time for my trip to Hawaii! I still don't have the foundation kit and adapter to attach to my camera, since those are still backordered, but I'll be happy to hold the filters until those come... let's just hope I don't drop 'em

I'm patient with LEE as a company because looking at their history and also the way they make their filters, it's obvious that most of their products are made-to-order. Here's a little YouTube clip to give you some more info on how these filters are actually made... by hand! How it's made

I head to Hawaii on the 26th, for 8 days, with Laura so you should see a barrage of tropical landscape photos following the trip.

-Justin

Justin 2/3/11 Justin 2/3/11

a little fun

Over the past few days I've been keeping myself busy by playing around with Squarespace. Squarespace is my new website host so far has been working great and it's also fairly simple to use. Tonight I made my banner and little logo guy. That's me jumping at one of the places I have visited. I like to take a jumping photo once I reach a certain peak or location on a trip. I'm pretty sure I took this logo from a photo in Death Valley. It's just a thing I do...

I'm looking through my catalog of images to find a good shot someone took of me with my camera on a tripod. I know I have to have at least one somewhere on my hard-drive. If not then I will just get Laura to take one of me next time we go out.

The photo's below are from Balboa park, outside the botanical garden. Every time I visit Balboa park I always find something new to photograph. Balboa park is also a very popular place for photographers to take clients for portraits because of the historic architecture and other picturesque surroundings. If you are ever visiting San Diego make sure to check the park out.

I also posted these two photos as a test for my watermark/logo on the photos. I think the logo turned out pretty well, but I'm sure I will change it fifty more times. The more I look at it the more I think I'm roller-blading...

On the subject of roller-blading, Airborne just became available on Netflix Instant Streaming. Getting stoked to roll down Devil's Backbone!