Your Day

The Batlord · 11-30-2016, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Whatever, I don't care about you trying to chicken shame me.

Churches and Popeyes are quality chicken joints. Oh and Roscoes but like I have never been to one. I wouldn't mind trying chicken and waffles.

Black as the ace of spades, bro.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-30-2016, 07:18 PM

Dude, chicken and waffles rule.

The Batlord · 11-30-2016, 07:20 PM

But seriously who isn't obsessed with fried chicken and hot sauce?

Chula Vista · 11-30-2016, 08:41 PM

My day sans MB?

Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

innerspaceboy · 11-30-2016, 08:42 PM

I'd been struggling for years being forced to use my DSLR's flash to photograph my LPs usually resulting in terrible glare on the album jackets. Low light in the room has always prevented me from shooting without a flash.

This eve I began to explore diffusers, light boxes, and other potential solutions.Then I remembered a good friend gifting me a 500W halogen work lamp as a housewarming gift.

I successfully installed the bulb without ending the world. Then I figured it still wasn't dangerous enough, so I plugged the thing into a 25ft utility extension cable and plugged the end of that cable into one of those two-to-three-prong-burn-your-house-down adapters and stuck that sucker into the 1920s outlet in my office with the ground wire dangling free.

Once I regained my ability to see, I took a photo to try out the camera sans-flash.

Nothing fantastic, but I'll screw around with lamp positioning to fine tune the color and I should be all set!

Zhanteimi · 11-30-2016, 08:44 PM

Wow. Much better!

innerspaceboy · 11-30-2016, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Wow. Much better!

THANKS! Once I have time to experiment this weekend, I'll ground the outlet and try bounce lighting instead of direct. I'll also remove the grill to eliminate that nasty shadow and see if I can get a more natural white point for the shot with ambient light.

Some folks photograph their children... others their pets... me? I have over 3000 staged images cataloged and indexed of all my favorite records.

My insurance company must hate me.

djchameleon · 11-30-2016, 08:48 PM

My laptop has been in the shop since Monday and I found out the bad news that it just has to be reformatted. Which I could do myself if I had a thumb drive and another rig to get the software from Toshiba onto it. Makes me wish I had followed through on my big talks to build my own gaming rig. I will definitely work on getting the parts now over the next two months. Missed out on some great sales for parts this weekend though.

Zhanteimi · 11-30-2016, 08:49 PM

@innerspaceboy
I hear ya. I have all my valuable Magic cards photographed, a collection estimated at $50k.

**Frownland** · 11-30-2016, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

THANKS! Once I have time to experiment this weekend, I'll ground the outlet and try bounce lighting instead of direct. I'll also remove the grill to eliminate that nasty shadow and see if I can get a more natural white point for the shot with ambient light.

Some folks photograph their children... others their pets... me? I have over 3000 staged images cataloged and indexed of all my favorite records.

My insurance company must hate me.

I use an umbrella and a desk lamp for indirect light when I feel like getting fancy for photos, you might want to try the umbrella technique out.

11-30-2016, 08:41 PM	#40934 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	My day sans MB? Woke up, fell out of bed, Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup, And looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, Somebody spoke and I went into a dream. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-30-2016, 08:44 PM	#40936 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	Wow. Much better! __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-30-2016, 08:49 PM	#40939 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	@innerspaceboy I hear ya. I have all my valuable Magic cards photographed, a collection estimated at $50k. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic