Toni’s page was actually done a while back, but I just got the OK from her to open it up. Enjoy.
Toni’s page was actually done a while back, but I just got the OK from her to open it up. Enjoy.
I counted up the number of people who are waiting on me for photos.
The number is embarassingly high.
Slow, steady progress *is* being made, though that might not be visible to the outside world. I anticipate this week finishing off one, perhaps even two, of my backlog entries, at which point I will dance the happy dance, then go heads-down back to work.
I should never have gotten so far ahead in the photos, though of course one hates to pass up any opportunity to shoot.
But post-processing takes time, and attention, and labor, and persistence. And the reality is, I don’t have the time for this I once did.
There’s no question that I’ll be doing fewer shows, and far fewer shoots, this coming year. Even if Ian (or anyone else) wants to pay me to do so, I’d have to think long and hard before letting a pastime that I enjoy so much become a “job” again.
It damn near ruined photography for me, last time I did.
In the meantime, I appreciate everyone who’s been so patient with me so far, particularly Tim and Pete, who have publication deadlines to deal with.
Those who *haven’t* been *quite* as patient should consider that distractions can actually *slow* the process considerably.
I updated the Perl and PHP engines for the site, and that broke practically everything.
At this point I’ve got a lot of it back up, including all the 2006 show shots, most of the individual shots, the Perl-based site search and several ancillary functions.
I still have the modeling shots, mini-shoots, and stock photos to do, and I haven’t been able to figure out the problem in the contest schedule yet. So I’ll be looking for hidden problems for a while.
Thanks for being patient.
Got most of the public site fixed, including the Atlantis memorial site and the contest search page— the global variables I had been using had been disabled for security by the update. Still have work to do on some of the maintenance pages, but I think we’re back in business.
Just noticed that the mail page function hasn’t been working for some time. Seems to be up again. Sorry about that.
Sheesh, that took a while. Variations in lighting across a stage are absolute murder on shot consistency. Another big show, great work by promoter Chris Eaddy, and finally finally FINALLY I can work on the other backlogs.
Did a quick shoot with Debbie Barnes, looking great for an upcoming show; ran into Ellen Woodley, prepping for the same upcoming show– we may be able to sneak in a quick shoot right before or right after. Saw Belle Turell in the audience, too, looking good after her performance at the North Americans, but her attention was elsewhere.
Anyway, the shots from October 7th’s Southeastern Classic show in Orlando are up on the site. Enjoy.
Shots from the 2006 Hurricane Bay/Typhoon Bay show are up on the site.
Because I was sitting off further to the side than usual, and due to the wide variations of colors behind the competitors depending on where they were standing on stage, I had to open a real can of whoop-ass on the saturation and brightness levels on most of the shots, which is why I’m so late with these shots and why there’s such a wide variation in the color levels.
The Canon seemed better at the auto-white balance during the Southeastern last weekend, as I was making a conscious effort to keep my finger off the button until I was ready to shoot. On the other hand, Ian says just set for tungsten and fuhgetaboutit. I think he may be right.
Anyway, the Southeastern should go more quickly, and I have no shows for the next three weekends, so look for some of the backlog on the portfolio shots to get cleared out and lots of updates on that part of the site. Enjoy.
New shots of Gail are up on her page, she looks awesome as always. Hoping to do some more with her soon. Enjoy.
New shots from October 2005 are up on the site. Carla was just a few weeks out from Nationals and is looking plenty big and as cute as ever.