Pixel Darkroom Photography

Strobist info: 580 EX II at 1/8 bare CR via PW.

You may think this is another posed portrait of my son where we were looking for a deep look, dramatic lighting and a great expression. I was actually playing with getting a dramatic lighting but had a different image in mind while he was just finishing his chocolate chip cookies and milk. I snapped a few frames and he got bored. This is just as he was getting bored and you don’t want to see the other ones. I then gave up as I didn’t want to upset him too much, yet again, and focused on something else. You might have ended up with something totally different tonight but when I uploaded the images, I found this, I loved it and here it goes. My son getting bored because of the somewhat repetitive task that Daddy has been doing for 108 Days, now.

Strobist info: 580 EX on a handheld lightstand/boom above CL, triggered via Pocket Wizards. Small tweaks in Lr.

Homeschooling. Yes, jump and worry. Many people were shocked, too. Not to mention all the Romanians we know. (Some have never heard of such thing, and some have said that it’s a great idea if you can afford it. Well, as a Vancouver photographer and a pianist, I have to say that I make close to Fortune 500 salary and I could afford to homeschool my son on the moon if I wanted to, but we just made a decision to keep it simple, down to earth.) We believe it is the best thing for our children right now, so we started to homeschool. Early, I might add. I’m not going to go into the details about it. I’ll just say it’s fun. For us and for the kid(s), too, so far. Today I had the chance to do some of the work with my son and I must say I loved it. Homeschooling is great, it’s flexible and it allows us to spend a lot more time as a family.

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Lighting information: 580 ex II CL bounced back into white wall and CL as rim/hair light, triggered via Pocket Wizards. Speaking of Pocket Wizards, I’m working on an iPhone application that will trigger Pocket Wizards. Stay tuned for the launch. I’ll post more info as it comes along.

Note: If you believed the Fortune 500 reference, the post about the UFO, the post about why (new) technology should be kept away from the hands of women, then you need to stop by here more often, and remember that we like to use irony sometimes.