Random Friday Stuff

After having a look at my blog and seeing the ads that are automatically placed by Google, I realize that I need to post something different!  There are a ton of Christmas Ads!  OK, I'll try to ramble on about photography.  Maybe if I mention photography enough times, my ads will bring up photography related sites.  Again, support the sponsors, support for them means support for me, just keep in mind, The ads are generated automatically and I may or my not actually support what is being advertised here (if that makes any sense).

Today is the last day for 15% off Mpix orders.  It was a 2 or 3 day promo because they were having system problems early in the week.

I read an interesting article online today.  Check out the links Here , and Here to see details.  Apparently, someone purchased glass negatives at a garage sale for $45 that may be from Ansel Adams and worth millions of dollars.

Scott Bourne has a great article up on his blog today called "Five Things You Can Do Right Now To Grow Your Photography Business".  Have a look, it seems pretty basic, but but some stuff you may not have thought about.  Scott always has a ton of great advice.  I suggest following his blog at PhotoFocus.


I think that should just about do it.  Photography was mentioned a few time, and even a couple of Photographers and a Photography blog.  There was even a Photo Printing Service mentioned.  Lets hope the Google ad gods will be kind and reward us with Photography related ads.


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Medical Photo Shoot

Well, it wasn't much of a photo shoot.  It took all of 10 minutes.  I'm not sure what the test was but the liquid started out clear and it turned red on the index card.  If you are completely lost at this point, see yesterday's post.

That's all it was.  A few drops of the mystery substance on the card, swirl it around for 3 minutes, little flecks appear.  I know, exciting right?  I used my 180mm Macro with a 2x teleconverter and a 12mm extender.  All that jazz let me get really close so I could get all the little flecks.  The circle is only about 1 inch around.  A little photoshop to add the blown up detail.  If this really excites you, feel free to order a print at my gallery site.

I told the people in the lab that I could take photos for them through their microscopes after I saw them and realized that my t-adapter is the right size.  Some comment was made that I would probably want to charge a fortune (jokingly... I hope) and I went on my merry way.  That one event actually made it a pretty good day at work today.  I guess you never know when an opportunity will knock.

The weather is holding... for now

When I woke up this morning, I was expecting it to be another nasty, rainy weekend, ruining any possibilities for photographing scenery. To my surprise, it wasn't half bad out today! When I started out this morning, the sky was changing from patchy clouds to a solid grey sky. Could the weatherman be right? Is it going to rain all weekend? Fortunately, not. The clouds started to break and the sun came streaming in. While I was out on a trail, I spotted a white tail sprinting through the woods in the distance. I swapped out my lens to my big boy (which is actually not a very long lens) but, Bambi was gone.