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Bill Pador > Fish Eye Frenzy 10-17-09 Well I finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 Fish Eye that I have wanted for a very long time for weddings & landscapes (OK I wanted it for FUN Too) LOL but if I blame it on the business expense it justifies the almost $800 price tag on this little lens. I was out in the field all day with it yesterday after buying it and I had a BLAST ! I knew it was gonna be fun but not nearly as much fun as I had with it already. I shot this in a open field by my house, my hand is about 3' off the ground and nowhere near the leaf but I was learning how to manipulate the distortion of the lens and came up with this little creative shot. I'll be using it on a live shoot tonight shooting a rock band client of mine on stage, so I should be able to get some really colorful & creative shots using this bad boy. If you've always wanted a fish eye I say don't wait any more, just go get it, it's THAT MUCH FUN ~! Have a Great Weekend Everyone ! ~Bill~
Bill Pador > "BLACKBERRY USERS" Join My Blackberry Messenger Group "Bill Pador Photos" now by using your Blackberry Cell Phone & New "Blackberry Messenger" version 5.0 or Later, scan this bar code into your phone by activating BB Messenger, choosing the "SCAN GROUP BAR CODE" option in the menu and holding your phones camera lens up to this bar code for instant joining. You will then be able to receive important live updates on my Website & Blog Updates, Contact me via BB Messenger for live photography help or assistance, business inquires for clients or just to say hello ! Don't you just love technology ;) PS: You can also send a invite request using my BBM PIN: 30CDD995 If you don't have Blackberry Messenger 5.0 yet just go to Blackberry App World or point your phones browser to http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/3729 to download it for free
Bill Pador > The Something Old Challenge...02/23/09 The Challenge:Show us your interpretation of "Something Old." The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, MSpencer, Trevlan, FotoEffects, Hillary, and myself. The Result: An old 1940-50 ish 35mm ARGUS CINTAR box camera I had laying around, I left the dust & dirt on it for originality and shot it on a block glass light table and used a warm WB not sepia. Lighting was provided by 5 small halogen lamps in various positions to subtlety highlight each component of the camera PS: It does not work any longer, the film gear is frozen :( UPDATE: After some FIGITING I was able to Free up the film gear and it is now WORKING! I'm going to get myself a roll of 35mm and see if this thing actually takes pictures LOL Wouldn't that be a hoot to see what this little gem can produce ?
Bill Pador > "Smiling Joe Hits Some Skins" Yes this is my Drum Kit that JOE has jumped on, it's a 'GRETSCH' Birch Custom with a few extra pieces added on with 10 cymbal's mostly SABIAN AAX cymbals with 1 Paste and a Zildjian 'CUSTOM' 20' PING RIDE (Sweet Cymbal) & 'EVANS' "EC2" Double Layer Gel Heads, , 'IRON COBRA' Double Bass & High Hat pedals. It took me about 8 sets of different heads before I found these Ec2's to make it sound the way I wanted but now it is PERFECT and I get a lot of compliments on it's tone. Do we have any other drummers out there ? "ATTENTION"> You have all got to see THIS IMAGE BY Angela Davis Then READ MY COMMENT to her and see if you like this idea, I know I LOVE IT. Some things were just meant to be I guess LOL !!! "UPDATE: Smiling Joe will be traveling with SHORTY " Again, Thanks to everyone who responded to the 'SMILING JOE' World Wide Travel Project yesterday, it was an over whelming response to say the least. Joe presently has "43 stops" scheduled Here's a list of Joe's Destinations so far: 5 Ohio, 3 CO, 2 MA, 3 PA, 4 TX, IL, NE, UT, VA, IA, OR, 2 NJ, 4 CA, LA, FL, NC, MI, Canada, 2 United Kingdom, 1 France, 1 Belgium, 1 India MISSING ADDERSSES As far as I can tell from the sign up list yesterday I am missing the following peoples information, please email me your Name, Mailing Address & Email info (& screen name if different so I can cross match) ASAP Please to billpador@gmail.com: JESSE Jean-Yves (IFocus) YellowRosePhotography *(List updated 2/15 @ 2:30pm) Please if you responded on my Daily but DID NOT send me a personal email with your full Name, Mailing Address and email address please do so now because It is difficult for me to sort out who did not send their information trying to cross match your screen names with your real information. List it like this (so I can copy & paste into main list): Joe Shmoe 123 Pine St. Hunkville, Fl. jshmoe@usa.com Once I have every one's information I can begin to plan out JOE'S trip and better get an idea of how to plan his route. If you haven't signed up for this project and would like to please send me your Name, Mailing address & email address via email. You can CLICK HERE TO EMAIL or send it directly to billpador@gmail.com I'm still looking for countries in the areas of Asia, China, Japan, India so if you or a friend lives in those areas and would like to participate please contact me ASAP. Full information on this project can be found on yesterdays daily image BY CLICKING HERE Best Regards, ~Bill Pador~
Bill Pador > "Blowing in the Wind" A shot of my neighbors basketball hoop that has taken some abuse during our many snow storms with the net showing wear & tears while it blows in the wind. This image has been post processed & tone mapped as a single frame HDR (*High Dynamic Ranging) photo to bring out the textures, colors, light & shadows.
Bill Pador > In Post processing I gave this image my custom mix of Soft Focus & Orton effect that I've found quite attractive using the proper image. It also shows 2 different levels of sky blue colors and how a SUN DIAL works pointing towards 2pm when this shot was taken. Pretty cool indeed LOL
Bill Pador > "Dried Flower Oil Abstract" I was feeling artistic tonight so I headed off on a scavenger hunt in my house to try and find something worthy of an artistic hit. I stopped at my dried flower arrangement that graces the entrance of my home to shoot this oil abstract. It went through several filters to create the final image to include - TOPAZ 'ADJUST & SIMPLIFY' - FOCAL POINT - PHOTO TOOLS - NIK COLOR EFEX PRO 3. I must be feeling sympathy pains in my back because of John (loquk) because I'm not feeling too comfortable tonight plus I got one of my very few headaches tonight as well. After taking some pain meds and some Advil I dozed off into a 2 hour nap but when I woke up I felt much better. My headache is 90% gone and the back is feeling 50% better. It's probably the result of staying up 2 nights in a row to complete post on the fashion show images but I finally got them done and have started the upload which I hope to complete tonight. I got a lot of great shots to share with the participants and think they will be very happy with the results. I went back to Best Buy today and got my $70 refund back since the new Epson photo printer I bought went on sale less then 24 hours after I bought it for $70 less. I didn't walk out of the store with the money though, I spotted a new SAITEK back lit key board that I wanted on sale for $71, so I bought that and had to take $1 out of my pocket LOL. To me it was like getting it for free since I had already spent the money on the printer any way. This keyboard is very nice and is making it much easier for me to type FAST with a lot less energy to press the keys plus it looks awesome since it has 3 different back light colors you can change with the push of a button. I have a great idea for tomorrows image to show off my key board, so stay tuned for it LOL ! Have a great day everyone, thanks for all the great comments on my images the last few days! ~Bill~
Bill Pador > The Looking Down Challenge...02/09/09 The Challenge: Show us your interpretation of "Looking Down." The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), The Curious Camel, Karina, Creative Deviance, Lady Kate, Johnloguk, MSpencer, Trevlan, FotoEffects, Hillary, MyKey, and myself. The Result: "Looking Down the Length" The perspective of looking down the length of this kitchen tool using DOF to draw your attention in
Bill Pador > I was on a landscape shoot yesterday driving around town looking for new things to capture when I passed this old church that I've seen many times and stopped to shoot it out the car window. This image was actually shot in "Broad Daylight" and then brought into LightRoom 2 for some magic. I took the exposure down, brought up the blacks and applied some custom filters I've developed to get it down to a night scene. Then I used the new brush tool (which is very cool BTW) and painted over the areas I wanted to bring the exposure back up on. Selecting the church itself and then the wiggle pattern of snow in front of the walk way. Then touching a small amount of snow on the mountain in the background to give it some depth. Then I dropped in to CS3 and used the NIK Color Efexs Pro WHITE NEUTRALIZER to isolate the white of the building & snow to give it a more balanced color & tone along with making the snow cold with a blue hue. Finished off with a Key Line frame. I have a bunch of other shots I took yesterday that turned out good and so many others I've taken this winter that I'll post in a new 'Winter Landscape '09 Gallery' that I'm making now, I'll announce when it's up and ready to be viewed. **PS: Thanks for the comments on yesterdays abstract & smug problems. I still can't get my cookies to work, hopefully they'll fix that soon :( ***Some Good News*** I was contacted yesterday by the local High School who are interested in me shooting their Junior Classes Semi-Formal event & portrait session in May. I have to put a bid in for Monday & hopefully I'll win the contract. That would be a great gig to do, I enjoy doing those kinds of events and doing all those portraits would be awesome. Keep your fingures crossed for me ;) I already have the contract for their annual Fashion Show which is in 2 weeks for the 2nd year in a row! ~Bill Pador~

Fish Eye Frenzy


10-17-09 Well I finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 Fish Eye that I have wanted for a very long time for weddings & landscapes (OK I wanted it for FUN Too) LOL but if I blame it on the business expense it justifies the almost $800 price tag on this little lens. I was out in the field all day with it yesterday after buying it and I had a BLAST ! I knew it was gonna be fun but not nearly as much fun as I had with it already.

I shot this in a open field by my house, my hand is about 3' off the ground and nowhere near the leaf but I was learning how to manipulate the distortion of the lens and came up with this little creative shot.

I'll be using it on a live shoot tonight shooting a rock band client of mine on stage, so I should be able to get some really colorful & creative shots using this bad boy. If you've always wanted a fish eye I say don't wait any more, just go get it, it's THAT MUCH FUN ~!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone !
~Bill~
Bill Pador > Fish Eye Frenzy 10-17-09 Well I finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 Fish Eye that I have wanted for a very long time for weddings & landscapes (OK I wanted it for FUN Too) LOL but if I blame it on the business expense it justifies the almost $800 price tag on this little lens. I was out in the field all day with it yesterday after buying it and I had a BLAST ! I knew it was gonna be fun but not nearly as much fun as I had with it already. I shot this in a open field by my house, my hand is about 3' off the ground and nowhere near the leaf but I was learning how to manipulate the distortion of the lens and came up with this little creative shot. I'll be using it on a live shoot tonight shooting a rock band client of mine on stage, so I should be able to get some really colorful & creative shots using this bad boy. If you've always wanted a fish eye I say don't wait any more, just go get it, it's THAT MUCH FUN ~! Have a Great Weekend Everyone ! ~Bill~

Fish Eye Frenzy


10-17-09 Well I finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 Fish Eye that I have wanted for a very long time for weddings & landscapes (OK I wanted it for FUN Too) LOL but if I blame it on the business expense it justifies the almost $800 price tag on this little lens. I was out in the field all day with it yesterday after buying it and I had a BLAST ! I knew it was gonna be fun but not nearly as much fun as I had with it already.

I shot this in a open field by my house, my hand is about 3' off the ground and nowhere near the leaf but I was learning how to manipulate the distortion of the lens and came up with this little creative shot.

I'll be using it on a live shoot tonight shooting a rock band client of mine on stage, so I should be able to get some really colorful & creative shots using this bad boy. If you've always wanted a fish eye I say don't wait any more, just go get it, it's THAT MUCH FUN ~!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone !
~Bill~
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