http://www.tailuxon.com/blog Tai's adventures in photography... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:28:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it has been a long while since I posted here! Although I didn't shoot a lot this past year, it wasn't a complete photographic drought as I worked on a large project with a friend last fall which gave me a lot of experience (perhaps more on that in ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=54 A few weeks ago my friend Erin and I spent a Sunday afternoon shooting some photos. Here she is alongside a cool wall in Mission Beach: Erin, Red Brick Wall It was overcast which made for great soft lighting without any equipment. I should have broken out the reflectors and brought along ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=50 On Saturday I attended a Julia Dean Workshop titled Crafting the Portrait. The instructor was Mark Edward Harris, an accomplished photographer whos work has appeared in publications such as Life, Harper's Bazaar, and Playboy. The class was very small, just four students, the instructor, and an assistant. After some classroom ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=47 Last weekend I took a day off of work and headed out to Eden, UT. I stayed with my aunt and uncle at their vacaction home and went kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, hiking, and even spent an hour in a Flowrider wave machine! My other aunt and uncle, two of my ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=44 Last Thursday at the end of the Siggraph convention here in San Diego, I met a photographer named Rick who also happened to have recently hired on with my company (Adobe). He suggested we take our cameras out for a shoot along with his friend, local photographer Lisa Smith, so ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=41 I know it's been over a month since I last posted, and it's not because of lack of stuff to post... it's just me being lazy :) I have been picking up my camera and shooting fairly often actually, I'm just getting stuck at the on-the-computer image processing step, which ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=31 Hello! While I am now back at home in San Diego relaxing on my couch in preparation for tomorrow's 4th of July festivities, I spent the majority of the time since my last blog entry up in Yellowstone, our first National Park. Yellowstone is similar to Grand Teton in many ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=24 The Southwest, and specifically southern Utah where I spent my first week or so, is amazing (the rock formations are awe-inspiring and gawk-worthy), and I love living in San Diego (how can you not like living in a beach town?). I think my heart lies in the mountains though. I've ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=17 Hi again! I'm hiding out in a cafe with free wireless here in Moab, UT, attempting to avoid the heat of the day. I got up at 4:45 AM this morning to go shoot in the Windows area of Arches National Park, then hiked out in the Devil's Garden section ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=9 I am sitting in my comfy camp chair next to my tent under a tree, in the dark... staying away from the picnic table which seems to be infested by black widows. It is the first time on my trip that I've had internet or much of a chance to ... http://www.tailuxon.com/blog/?p=4