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On the same day that I was doing that self portrait, I was also testing a couple of new optics I got for my Lensbaby.  A fisheye optic and a soft focus optic.  Neither of these types of lenses would be something I would use very often, so it was never worth it to buy expensive full fledged auto focus ones.  However, once in a while I would see a shot that makes me wish I had one of these lenses, so when Lensbaby released these optics recently for very reasonable prices (both together were under $250) I snapped them up.  Test shot gallery after the break.

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Normal I don’t like self portraits for obvious reasons (I ain’t that pretty). However, I had an idea for a shot a couple nights ago and I didn’t have a model around. I think it turned out pretty well, but I still don’t like pictures of myself. I always think I look strange in pictures.

A few images from a wedding I shot a couple of weeks ago.  I wanted to title this post Fall Wedding, but being in LA the pictures don’t really convey Autumn.  On the other hand the wedding was in Pasadena and it still amazes me how many great shoot locations there are in Pasadena.  Turn any random corner in the old town area and you’re likely to find some old building, park, or even just a nice brick wall.  There were a couple more locations I wanted to shoot at for this weddings, but we just didn’t have the time.

Gallery after the break.

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I use Adobe Lightroom to adjust my RAW images and when Adobe introduced the ability to use different camera profiles I played around with them as any camera geek probably would.  At that time I found that I preferred the standard profile to the custom camera ones, so I promptly forgot all about them.  Until recently that is.  (The following is really only meant  for camera geeks)

Update: After some more research I realized I made a mistake when I created the profiles.  I’ve uploaded new profiles that were made correctly.

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