“Have mirror ball, will travel” is Starskee Suavé’s slogan and it says it all. “Starskee Suavé is a Los Angeles area Disc Jockey who specializes in the 1970s. In fact, he thinks music from 1986 is “new.” Starskee believes that the 1970s began in about 1967 and ended around 1983-84. Go figure. He has over 20 years of experience spinning vinyl Funk, Disco, Soul, and R ‘n’ B for FM radio, clubs, public events, and private parties. In addition to mobile DJ duties, he offers his services for hire in the areas of Dance Facilitation (often considered inseparable from DJ-ing), Master of Ceremonies, Public Relations, Upholstering, Editing (text and sound), and Fashion Consultation. In his spare time, he is a legend.”
Importing images into Adobe Lightroom 5 is pretty straightforward, I’ve been asked by many people how to do it, so here are a couple of videos that excel in explaining this process.
In the following video, the wonderful Julieanne Kost explains how to import images into an Adobe Lightroom 5 catalog
Here’s a link from Adobe that explains how to move photos from iPhoto into an Adobe Lightroom catalog
Shooting portraits is not only a job for me, But It is also something I really love doing. The two most important aspects of photography are lighting and composition, in Portrait photography and headshot photography, unlike other forms of photography I’m commissioned to do, I need to connect and understand how to get my subjects into the mood needed, to get the expressions I’m looking for, I find it to be the most important aspect of portraiture.
I shot this headshot portrait of lovely Caroline Johansen, last Thursday, In the Hopewood location near Hollywood, California.
Terra The dog is my neighbor’s pet, She loves running around our back yard with her little companion Archie, Playing with her toys and barking at squirrel’s. She always runs to me when I’m coming out to the yard, She knows she’ll get a good rub.
Like many, I’m fascinated by animals. When I was about 5 years old, I was attacked by a large dog. I never gave up on them and actively fought my acquired fear of being attacked again, by seeking their company.
I think dogs relate to the human emotional range better than any other animal. We bond with them like with no other animal. Every dog I meet is different in character, I’ve met tiny dogs with an attitude of a lion and large ones that behave like lapdogs.
A few days ago we met in the back yard, Terra was back from the doctor, He discovered she had some bad tumors. She was operated on and the sight was heartbreaking, Stitches, tubes and all, still, I felt I have to document it. Sep 1st 2012 – Update I’m happy to say, Terra is back to her old self, Cone free and happy.
Expanding into DSLR video shooting, I realized that focusing on “live view” can be very tricky. Accurately focusing using a 3-inch monitor is problematic. I found the solution to that in the “Hoodman cinema kit pro“.
Today’s technology, allows pro photographers to produce high-quality videos, with the equipment they already have, and feel comfortable using. The attachments that will transform your DSLR into a movie-making machine are many, and choosing the right product was not easy. While searching, I found that many of the magnifying viewfinders required gluing an attachment to the camera’s body. I don’t like gluing things to my camera, These glues have a tendency to soften in hot weather and leave a sticky residue. Another solution offered is a fancy rubber band, It may be the cheapest solution but it didn’t feel very solid and may get in the way.
What first attracted me to the Hoodman cinema kit Pro was the concept. It’s a solid rail system that’s attached to your camera’s hot-shoe and allows you to accurately place the rubberized viewfinder over the LCD panel, in seconds. Focusing the viewfinder on the screen took a slight rotation of the eye-piece. As soon as you’ve aligned the viewfinder, You’re free to move it up and out of the way, and then back in place, It’s consistent, fast and easy.
This kit can be moved to another camera as fast as you can move a Speedlight flash from one camera to another. It took about 5 seconds to remove from the package, and about 30 seconds to set-up and master!
I really appreciate solidly build, modular equipment, not to mention great German optics, It looks like this unit will serve me for a long time.
These impressionist sunflower images are favorites of mine. Wherever I am, There’s always something that catches my eye as frame-worthy, And even when I don’t have my SLR camera, I always have my phone with me.
Using a smart-phone to capture quality, memorable images is challenging because phones have fixed wide-angle lenses, It makes every little move more critical to the composition, I always work until I get what I want. after all, The best camera is the one you have at hand and I made sure I’ll have the best phone camera I could find! Looking at these images later, I’ve seen the potential for making Impressionist artwork of them and so I worked the images to express this style.
I shot these beautiful sunflowers at “Hopewood”, At my friend Jamie’s new concept B&B in Hollywood, California.
I’m involved in an animated video clip for “Some Like it Hot” by Club Des Belugas, And we need your help! This project may not save the world but it will surely bring joy to many, and we need more joy, people :)
