Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Panel 61W


Panel 61W, originally uploaded by mwenthold.

This is probably my favorite shot from the DC photowalk. I had a great time and got to meet some pretty cool people, I can't wait for the next one.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

skeleton crew update

FINALLY, I can update the blog. it's been a hectic couple of days.

Friday I wrapped up from work and ran down to the DC Photowalk. There was an excellent turnout, and I can't wait to see what some people came up with. We walked from the Lincoln Memorial down to about where the NGA is, by that time it was pretty late and everyone was tired. So I decided to walk all the way back. I thought that would be a good idea. I'm still paying for it, I feel like I had a rubber chicken implant into each leg.

I'm going through the pictures now, hopefully something will be worthy of posting.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Washington Monument in fog


The Washington Monument in fog, originally uploaded by mwenthold.

I remember this day. It was a couple of years ago and I noticed that the morning fog that we rarely get wasn't lifting as we got closer to lunchtime, so I grabbed my camera and hopped on the metro to see if there was anything worth shooting.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Drive by update

My life has been a bit crazy recently so I haven't updated this blog. I have been shooting every day but I haven't found much time to do anything with the photos. I've been trying to get really good with workflow - my real Achilles heel - but I'm still not comfortable with the whole end to end process yet. IDImager has been brilliant in this regard, it's already made a huge difference in how I manage and process my photos.

We just finished our "block" project and I think it worked well. I would like to have more pictures online, but other matters have taken priority in my life. We have started our next series of projects and I'm pretty excited about it; we are going through the projects listed in John Hegdecoe's excellent "Complete Guide To Photography". I'll get more into this later, but our first project is "Shape" - a 2 part project with the first strictly being silhouettes and the second being pictures where shape is a dominate element of the photo. We'll see how it goes! I'll try to finish up some of the block pictures and get them online. IDImager makes it really easy, so I don't have much of an excuse for letting it slide for much longer.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Chihuly Purple Reeds


Chihuly Purple Reeds, originally uploaded by mwenthold.

I love Chilhuly's work, his use of color is amazing.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Yellow Flower_edit_080805


Yellow Flower_edit_080805, originally uploaded by mwenthold.

This is my first completed image for the Mendota Project - AKA our block project.