http://photo.benpeoples.com Alameda California Based Photographer Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:47:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The new controller has opened up some interesting opportunities. Today I did some interesting work by putting a tripod head on an 11' light stand, and then standing on the roof of the Hobart Building and taking various straightforward and somewhat crazy shots. The straightforward stuff was to do close ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/07/13/extreme-pole-photography/ Not as foggy as some 4ths, but it gave a rather unique look to the fireworks this year. Managed to get some awesome shots of it. These I'm releasing as both 12x18 prints and 20x30 prints (they're that good). You can pick them up over on my ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/07/08/it-was-a-foggy-night/ I'm happy to announce that I've begun selling prints on Etsy.  Only a few are up right now, but more will be coming over the next few weeks.  If there's something you've seen on the blog that you want a print of, let me know and I'll see what I ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/07/06/prints-via-etsy/ Alameda 4th of July Parade Time Lapse from Ben Peoples on Vimeo. Playing with my new timer controller prototype, I shot a time lapse video with my DSLR of the Alameda 4th of July Parade. Rather than shoot RAW or even full res, these were shot at 1500x1000 and then ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/07/04/alameda-parade-time-lapse/ Early June, we do a trip up to Mendocino every year. It's really dark up there, so sky/night photography is very cool to do up there. However, I'm really a morning person. Morning people and night photography don't work well-- especially on the pacific coast where you ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/06/29/camera-controller/ The world's largest chalk drawing is now complete.  I was on site Wednesday and Saturday to cover the project.  My photos are here and here.  The Saturday photos are currently just machine processed, meaning they are not the final touched up images, but I wanted to get something up day ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/06/07/kids-chalk-art-project-2/ To much fanfare, a lot of wine, and a whole lot of vegetables, my photography show at the Alameda Naval Air Museum opened.  Thanks to all those who supported the effort & stopped by today. More information on the photography show is at the Alameda Project website. http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/05/24/photography-show-opened/ Hi there! It's been a while, I know, but as it goes, things have been pretty busy. Here's what's up: My photo booth & craftcon session made mention on etsy's blog. I helped man the Kite Aerial Photography booth at Maker Faire, the booth mostly organized by Cris Benton. I got ... http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/05/04/updates-galore/ At the CraftCon Gala, I set up a "play dress up" photo booth. Clearly, we had a LOT of fun. The entire collection of photos of that are over here. http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/04/07/craftcon-photo-booth/ Hey, you found me! Lecture notes are here. Photos from the CraftCon Gala Photobooth are here. If you use them, attribute/link benpeoples.com. http://photo.benpeoples.com/2008/04/05/craftcon-redirects/