It was a beautiful, but long day. I figured I’d try to release some stress by taking my camera for a long walk. I didn’t actually think that it was four miles from my house to the Horicon Marsh… but it was. My feet hurt. 

I asked Phil to come out and help me with some lighting stuff tonight. He didn’t realize that I was going to have him be my subject. Thanks Phil!

Ashley and I shot at Studio 611 in MKE today. Here are some raw, out-of-the-camera shots for your viewing pleasure:

While I absolutely love the quality of prints from White House Custom Color (WHCC), I’m ticked off at their idiotic ordering system. ROES is perfect if you’re ordering one style of photo, but if you want some photos on lustre paper and some on metallic, you have to make two separate orders. That means 1) you’re not getting your photos at the same time, and 2) you have to pay shipping (or meet the minimum $12 order) on both.

So, my little $10 order just cost me $18. Nice.

The Fuzz Martin Media site isn’t quite up and running, yet (because I’ve been so busy with work! Sweet!). You can get a little taste, though, by going to my new photo sales/proofing area: The Fuzz Martin Media Store

Feel free to buy something, if you’d like.

Tracy bought me a Lensbaby for my graduation. A Lensbaby is a lens that you tilt and shift (squeeze) to focus only one part of the photo. I’m still toying around with it, and it takes a lot of getting used to, but it’s pretty fun.
Here’s one, of the junk in the neighbor’s yard, that I just took for giggles.

And here’s a photo of my lamp – the three photos to the left are separated by two inches a piece. It’s pretty cool!

…and one more because I’m having fun.

I took some photos of my stepsister’s prom. Check out the photos here:

http://www.fuzzmartin.com/photography/2008/prom/

If you ever need any photography – email me at the address located at the top right of this page.

If I’m not careful… this will turn into a photography blog… and that’s not what I’m going for, here.

Let’s see if this works:

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1. Get insurance on your camera gear.

2. Don’t stand this close to a jet.

Just a couple of tips from your Uncle Fuzz…

I’ve been busy… too busy to write up the details on our engagement.

You wanna hear it… here it goes…

[UPDATED] – added photos and the story after the jump…
(more…)

Microphone:

Pineapple:

Here’s my latest series of photos…

…she said “yes,” btw.

Tonight, I built my own lightbox using a tutorial from Strobist. I have to say that I am a) impressed with how nice and easy it makes lighting stuff, and b) I wish that I would have done it a long time ago, when I first read the tutorial.

Here are some of the shots that I took tonight in the new lightbox:

Hollow Points on White:

Macro Closeup of a Hairbrush:

Just messin’ around with my new reflector… I thought I’d play around in the basement shower. Haha…

In my absence, lately, I have been adding a lot more photos to my iStockphoto.com portfolio. In fact, I’ve added nearly 100 photos in recent weeks. Here are some of the images I’ve uploaded recently:

Two weeks from tomorrow, I start my final semester as an undergrad! I’m pretty excited to get this isht done ! As you can tell, I’ve been kinda laying low here in my off time. Lately, I’ve been working on my photography portfolio basically any moment that I am not at the radio station or on location. I’m trying to supplement my income with extra income from my photography portfolio. It’s not going too badly, but it could definitely be better. You get back what you put in, for the most part.

I’ve been toying around with becoming an iStock illustrator to compliment my photography portfolio. Over the last few weeks I have been practicing with the pen tool, and I finally think that I am getting the hang of it. On Sunday night, I finally submitted my illustrator application. Wish me luck.

And now… a tracing of my beautiful mug.

Original:

In Process:

Finished Product:

Best. Girlfriend. Ever. (and some good photography on my end. )

I just got my new iStockphoto.com business cards (left). On them is a code that will earn  you three free credits if you sign up with iStock. If you want three free credits, sign up today, and enter this code: 54D63200593528. Sign up is free, too!

I’ve got my first set of flames on iStock. I guess I got them two days ago and didn’t even realize it! How sweet is that? Flames, for most of you who don’t know, signify a single file that has been purchased 100 times or more. The color of the flame changes at 500 and 1000 downloads, as well.

Here’s the proof: