Dominic's Photography Posts

Waiting

Dominic — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:15:00 -0800

Jackknife Girl

Dominic — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0800

More HD video that I shot at Saxon Pub a few weeks back. This is the second of four, so there’ll be a few more coming.

Jackknife Girl from Dominic Eidson.

Just Hanging On

Dominic — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:56:00 -0800

Recently, I’ve been starting to shoot some video to go with my photography.

This is one of the first videos I shot in 1080p, and downsampled to 720p (both are HD resolutions).

For best effect, you either want to click through to vimeo, or click the “fullscreen” button in the player.

Just Hanging On from Dominic Eidson.

The Sweetest Thing

Dominic — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:01:00 -0800

I went out to do some more live music show shooting Tuesday last.

Here’s a video I shot:

The Sweetest Thing from Dominic Eidson.

The photos are still to come….

Attorney Ed Greenberg on Copyright, Model Releases, and Shooting in Public

Dominic — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:04:00 -0700

This ought to be interesting for all you photographers out there.

Scott Kelby asked Attorney Ed Greenberg (who has over 30 years of experience on the topic) about copyright, model releases and shooting in public.

The result is two 10-minute video clips that you can watch here.

I highly recommend taking a look - there’s some really good information in there.

Photography

Dominic — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:35:00 -0700

It feels good to be shooting again.

Height adjustable desk

Dominic — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:37:00 -0700

I’m vaguely entertaining the idea of getting a new desk as part of moving to my new house.

Through some random occurrence on the internet, I came across these guys, who have manual and electrically-adjustable desks, in heights from about 25” to 50-some”.

Having just contacted Rockford (the local distributor) today to get price information, I came across this link in my RSS reader, not 30 minutes later….

Even though I don’t shoot film, it looks pretty sweet.

Playing catch-up

Dominic — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:47:00 -0700

I am sorry, dear readers, for having neglected you as I have for the last few weeks.

Life has been rather busy and eventful - so it’s been difficult to find ways to express everything in a concise manner, without taking to run-on sentences, excessive blather, et cetera.

(Blah, blah, stop avoiding the subject, Dom)

Fine, fine.

Here goes:

I am getting closer on the house purchase. Against all odds, the government and the banks decided to approve my financing. After 10am tomorrow (Tuesday) I’ll have a house. My very own house.)

I spent an evening a few weeks ago with some fellow photographers making images. Surprisingly enough, the image I like the most, didn’t get popular. Another one did instead. Strange.

I was coerced to attend a wedding for Memorial Weekend (under duress.) Nah, it wasn’t really that bad, just hot, humid and sweaty. All ingredients in a Texas summer wedding. I happened to take some photographs while there, carefully avoiding upsetting the photographer they had hired. I think I did well— we ended up exchanging business cards and lighting/equipment tips at the end of the day.

In my own infinite wisdom, I spent Memorial Day outside in the heat sweating while looking for small hidden containers. This is also known as geocaching, and apparently a dangerous summer sport in Texas. (I spent the evening recovering from dehydration and heat exhaustion. (Despite having drank water - apparently not enough.)

Did I mention I’m closing on my house tomorrow?

(Yes, you did.)

I spent this last Saturday floating down the Guadalupe river in an inner tube. Being a very common Texas recreational activity, it was much fun. On the downside, I did lose my sunglasses— on the bright side, they weren’t my expensive prescription ones.

I did bring a camera on this trip, but it wasn’t without it’s own problems. The LCD on the back was broken (effectively shooting blind), and we briefly lost the camera + photos toward the end of the trip. I’ll let y’all know when those photos are up.

Dunvegan Keep

Dominic — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:42:00 -0700

And now, dear readers, we interrupt the (apparently) usual house buying conversation with some photography news.

Last weekend, 25+ photographers and myself descended upon a location in the far reaches of south Austin known as Dunvegan Keep.

A gentleman took his rather large backyard and converted it into some prime sort-of medieval themed photography backdrop. There’s all sorts of gorgeous things to shoot people infront of, behind, through and in.

The day of shooting was a success - I spent the majority of the time experimenting with natural light - diffusers, reflectors and several other tricks - and had a great time.

As did the other photographers, from what I’ve heard.

Edit: You can see the rest of the photos here.

Late night photo shoot

Dominic — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:53:00 -0700

“You know it’s a good photo shoot when the cops show up…”

Those were the fabled words after Saturday evening’s mini-shoot with Heather and Jordan. Turns out that 3 people standing around with umbrellas and stuff look suspicious enough to warrant the cops stop by to check it out.

Actually, someone called 911, the cops showed, and I had a conversation with a very nice public servant.

We were doing nothing wrong, not trespassing, and when I asked if we needed to leave, he sort-of shrugged his shoulders and indicated that he did not care.

All in a days work, I say.