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Under reconstruction
I’m changing my site to a new look, which involves really hacking around with a theme. In the interim, things might randomly get weird.
Utah wedding
I assissted this fine lady in St. George, Utah, on Saturday, at what turned out to be a paticularly interesting wedding.
First off, the rules of the park where it was held stated that any given spot is first-come, first-served. And a dive group had taken the location of the wedding, resulting in them surfacing right in the middle of the ceremony.
Second, it was held at midday in the middle of a desert, by a lake. The light was insane, I wound up with a nice even sunburn down the right side of my face. Nice one. It also made getting a shot difficult at best. I resorted to shooting full manual, adjusting aperature to match the light, and using fill flash where possible.
Third, I dropped and subsequently bricked my flash gun. It has to go away for repair when I can afford it.
Fourth, after some very heavy processing I did manage to get a few great photos:
One
Whhhhaaaattttt?
Do y’ mind?
Heh
“What book is that?”
“Cyptonomicon.”
“Oh, what’s it about?”
“Cryptograpgy..”
“Oh, what’s that?”
“It’s encryption, scrambling.”
“Ah, I see. What’s that?”
“It’s a form of math.”
“What kind?”
“Cryptography.”
“What’s that?”
I don’t know which of us was worse in that conversation. I’m on my (I think) third run through Cryptonomicon. Like all of Neal Stephenson’s works it’s a lengthy and excellent read, but it’s not for the faint of head.
In a shocking change of subject, photography is doing much better. I’m second shooting at a wedding in Utah over the weekend, I had a promising interview yesterday, and I had fun shooting some very beautiful dogs over in east Las Vegas:
Kinbu
Me, elsewhere
