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2007 Southeastern shots up

Nov 18
Contests, G'ville, Individuals, Ramblings, Schedule, Updates

Shots from the 2007 Southeastern are up on the site.

There weren’t that many competitors, actually, but since they got to compete in multiple classes this one took a bit longer than anticipated.

On the plus side, the lighting was good and I was really able to bring some of the shots to life, I think.

One more show to go, then look forward to seeing some individual shoot updates and even some new pages.

Sanction Saturday is December 1. I think I am going to go. I’m desperately curious as to whether there will be a 2008 show in Gainesville– I need to train for another one soon.

Follow-up: Yes, this year will mark the First Annual Greater Gainesville show in mid-October.

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2007 Lakeland shots up

Nov 12
Contests, Ramblings, Updates

Florida Southern College architecture
Shots from the 2007 Lakeland show are up on the site– which means I am finally working my way into the backlog.

Florida Southern College architecture
I always enjoy Deb’s shows, they’re well-run and entertaining. And if you’ve never been to Florida Southern College and seen the amazing architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, you should make the trip. I love having the chance to geek out for a few moments. :)

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Hurricane/Typhoon Bay shots up

Nov 5
Contests, Ramblings, Schedule, Updates

Shots from the 2007 Hurricane/Typhoon Bay are (finally) up on the site.

I may have mentioned that the only thing I like better than speed shooting is speed shooting when it really isn’t necessary.

I think it stinks that some competitors get fewer, and worse, shots because of an accident of geography that puts them in the far corner of the stage when their class (or portion thereof) is called out. *Usually* the head judge will swap them around– but not always, and there’s no way to tell until it’s too late.

Part of this is my own fault– since the Dexter Jackson show, I’ve let myself be swayed by what other people think about how shots should look, instead of shooting what I know I’m good at. At the All-South I realized that, and not only got *way* better shots than the last few, but enjoyed the process a lot more as well.

That’s for a future rambling post, though– this one’s hopefully made the point, and I’ve still got to get the Lakeland and Southeastern shots up before I can get to the All-South, then start in on the backlog.

Apropos nothing, I finally got fed up with the games my ISP has been playing, continually losing my counter files on the “virtual host”, so I created a database-driven version that seems to be working a lot better. I fed in the last-known-good value, just over 600K visits, and we’ll let it run from there- though I suspect I’m well over a million hits by now.

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Florida shots up

Sep 30
Contests, Schedule, Updates

Shots from the 2007 Floridas are (finally) up on the site.

It’s been nuts here to say the least. Not sure if I’m going to make it to the Southeastern next weekend or not.

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Dexter Jackson Classic shots up

Aug 29
Contests

Shots from the 2007 Dexter Jackson Classic are up on the site.

To say I am disappointed in myself over the quality of these shots is an understatement.

Ian was unable to shoot the show, and as we’d discussed the possibility of him contracting out to me in the past, we thought we’d give it a try.

Unfortunately, I was already exhausted, and you can see that in some of the shots– it’s camera blur, not motion blur. To complicate matters, UNF is a dark pit, and someone apparently had an uncontrollable urge to fiddle with the few lights that *were* there.

But most of all, I wasn’t shooting the way *I* normally would have– I was trying to shoot what someone else wanted, and within those constraints, I didn’t do a very good job.

As if that weren’t enough, due to muddled communication I found myself an uninvited guest at the after-show dinner. Had the shots been magnificent works of art, I wouldn’t worry so much about it, but as of now I feel like a moocher.

So I think we’re going to can the concept of “contracting out” for now.

I did better at the Floridas, and those shots will be up soon.

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Ancient City 2007 shots up

Aug 18
Contests, Updates

At long last, shots from the Ancient City in St Augustine are up.

I’m not delighted with the color, the wonderful on-stage architecture that seems to help the white balance had been removed this year.

Next up: Dexter Jackson Classic.

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Gateway Classic shots up

Apr 30
Contests

Shots from the 2007 Gateway Classic are up on the site.

The overlap between that show and the concurrent local Lake City show was somewhat blurry, as was I, so I didn’t bother trying to sort it out. Everyone in each class got shots on the site.

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