EWU Athletic Lettering

I found a tutorial on creating athletic lettering at The Design Playbook . I created an example of my alma mater Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA.

Merchants Use flickr to Feed Sites

Here is an example of an online merchant that uses flickr to propagate their web pages. In this instance Bike Mate uses it to feed a flash rotator. Using this technology, a business could make an online catalog of current products using item numbers as metadata tags within flickr. You could start with an excel spread sheet of current products with quantities and item numbers. You convert the spreadsheet into an html table and have the item numbers pull in the photos.

Kittitas Sunset Over the Oats

Here is a series of photos I shot in Kittitas this summer. Kittitas is the epitome of rolling hills and wind-swept prairie. I shot it with a slower shutter speed and from a tripod to emphasize the movement. My Nikon D60 captured the oats as they flowed in the breeze. In Lightroom I did something I seldom do which is to reduce the Clarity of an image below a value of 0. Clarity values below 0 create an edge softening effect reminiscent of old large format board cameras.

URC Architectural Details

Here is a photo I shot yesterday while walking around campus. I was asked to get photos of architectural details for the back cover of our alumni magazine. The concept is to use small thumbnails of various buildings to form a grid. Then the reader must guess where the photo was taken.




Here is a shot of Monroe Hall. The giantic Sugar Maple towers over the hall.

Fall EWU Photo Walk

I shot this on a photo walk last week. It is of an architectural element of the University Recreation Center at EWU. I used Lightroom 2 to pull out a more punchy, dynamic exposure. The cranked Saturation and Vibrance make this pop.



Here's a shot of Showalter Hall. I love the way a 17mm lens distorts the perspective.



Here's a shot of Patterson Hall. The oak trees turn a nice orange color in the fall. The 80mm lens setting forces the background nicely out of focus.

Candid Portraits

A candid portrait of Dr. Rodolpho Arévalo I shot during a faculty awards ceremony. The mixed lighting gave a bluish halo to the subjects.I like this kind of photography I like. It shows a subject engaged instead of staged.

Audio Post Work

I just finished another audio mix for a television commercial to air regionally in the Inland Northwest. I mixed it on Apple's Soundtrack.