[1stGenRex]

Stopping in to share some photos of my vacation



























I have a lot more, but these are just some of the ones that I thought were pretty cool

[fallen9210]

love the sail boat shot

[reddogphoto]

Originally Posted by 1stGenRex

Stopping in to share some photos of my vacation

I have a lot more, but these are just some of the ones that I thought were pretty cool

Building shots and sailboat shot are balls out. Nice work dude.

Skip those zoo shots are killer, I was at the Norfolk Zoo a couple weekends ago and didn't come back with anything near that good. Didn't help that it was hot as hell there and all the animals were in hiding.

[1stGenRex]

Thanks!

As a side note, after about $500 worth of repairs on my 70-200 F4L, 5D, and 24-70, I decided it might be a better idea to just leave my stuff at home, and not bring it back with me to Afghanistan.

[Little_PB_Newb]

diggin the spices shot too.

[TOM_458]

i take it those are from dubai?

[Little_PB_Newb]

Signing the lease on the studio space today, it's small at 745 sq feet, but it's a good start for me. Going in 50/50 with another local photog, she's about my age and works on The Framed Life with me, so I think it'll be a good business partnership.

1) The front room - This is going to be the room used for the shooting, against the far wall we're setting up backdrop stands with a white paper roll, going to ask the property manager about building a cyclorama wall further down the road. The walls are being painted N7 neutral grey, and if allowed, the ceiling will be black (though the ceilings are high so reflection isn't a huge concern)



On this other side of the front room the plan is to replace the drop down curtain roll with a black paper roll and use that for the black backdrop area, we're not 100% sure this will be possible since we haven't been able to take it apart yet, if not we'll just have to switch out the white for the black whenever we need to shoot it. As for the windows, they're going to be masked off with a frosted white vinyl with our two business logos that my design studio I work for is going to make for us, this will allow for privacy while keeping the big window look.



2) The Office - This is going to be our office room, it looks rather small at 24mm but it's big enough to fit 2 computer desks and chairs on either side very comfortably. This room is going to be colourful to contrast the black and grey of the studio, going light green and sky blue. Looking into getting a mural painted in as well, that or a giant sticker collage in a corner. I'm also going to hook up my spare tv on a wall mount and my xbox since I don't use either at home and I want some break-time entertainment. This room is also going to have a mirror and rolling clothing rack on the door side to double as a change room.





3) The Bathroom - As of right now this is the worst room in the place, as per our lease agreement the toilet is going to be replaced (along with some drywall patches and a complete replacement of the flooring in the entire place) and we're likely going to use the same light green for this room as we're using for the office. Going to have a bigger mirror, as well.



Only thing I don't have to show is the small hallway leading from the front room to the bathroom, right now it's full of old wooden standup shelves that will be replaced with some modern black wall-mount shelving and some black and white framed portraiture, also going to be the same grey as the studio.

Anyway, thought I'd share some before pictures, we hope to have this all completed by the end of July and I'll post up some progress photos along the way. Pretty exciting for me.

[1stGenRex]

Originally Posted by TOM_458

i take it those are from dubai?

Most from Dubai, some from San Francisco.

[TOM_458]

Originally Posted by 1stGenRex

Most from Dubai, some from San Francisco.

Awesome. That's one tall *** building

[1stGenRex]

Interesting fact about that building is that it allows you to see the sunset twice. Once from the ground level, and again at the very top.

[SparkyGT]

wow nice pics rex. would be neat to go there

[1stGenRex]

I was just passing through. It's an OK place to go if you have fun by spending money. There's really not much else to do there, and it's not somewhere I'd pick as a vacation spot, but plenty of people are into that sort of thing

[evolancer]

Untitled by martin L photography, on Flickr

[Skipperdawg]

[cjpaintballer]

if any of you are going to psp chicago and are not fully booked, please pm me. willing to pay for individual pictures VIA paypal tonight, or cash at the event.

[IplayforRelentless]

Try PMing Stretch (sixsixsix69, has a thread in the PSP section), I know he's going.

[Pakistani]

Larry, sick pics brotha

Pic i'll be using for my for sale thread. I think it turned out nicely.


Octane NXT Shocker by AliZaman, on Flickr

[courter_man_08]

random thought of the night. i recently realized that i have more than double the amount of money in my camera equipment than i do in my car.

[fallen9210]

Can anyone shed some light on the difficulty of getting a media pass for a PSP event now? And how do you go about getting one?

[Grommzz]

400 2.8.. worth here what my car is.

ahh shi.. :/

[Little_PB_Newb]

I know that feeling, in the next week I'm putting almost 2x what my car was bought for into this studio..not that I drive a mercedes or anything, but this isn't a cheap industry.