Dad's Workbench: A Dad Blog

Maternity Photoshoot

My wife is now over 7 month pregnant and soon I will be a dad again. Because I still have a cast on my foot it makes taking photos a little hard but we figured we better get started taking photos. I did my first maturity photo shoot with my wife the other night. My small (or should I say tiny) photography budget allowed me to purchase a $20 worklamp (500 watt ) which we angled upwards using the ceiling as a deflector. For about $25 we got about 7 meters of black cloth for a back drop.

I hope to do at least one more formal setting and then a couple of more creative style photo shoots, but that all depends how my hot maturity model feels. Two see these photos please visit my photography site: www.orlund.com.

Max iPad

iPad? What kind of sick joke is that?

If I upgrade to the best iPad do I get a Max iPad? Since I could care less about nice little white computers that make you feel warm an fuzzy. I haven’t been following the whole Mac thing. To me it is just a fad that will one day fade out but apparently there is a large chuck of our population that thinks cosmetics help them perform better.

So I had to do a little research on this thing they call an iPad. One of the results on a Google search nearly made me fall over laughing in pain, it was a court case over the name (Apple Tries to Wrangle iPad Trademark). Are you serious? Your going to pay lawyers to fight over a crappy name like that? So now you’ve just added a few more dollars to your pretty little white toy?

Give it up Apple. No one really cares if you have a lower case “i” in front of your name. On top of that “iPad” makes me think of something that belongs in the woman section of a department store.

Photo Goodies!

Over the last four years I have been getting more and more into photography. So for Christmas and my birthday photography stuff has been at the top of my gift list. The other day we went out for my birthday dinner (I had a three course meal which included an amazing blueberry duck). My in-laws  bought me a fold out camera. I think it is a Franka Solida III but I don’t know much about it. I really wanted one but probably would have been a while before I ever bought one.

I like old photos even though they aren’t always clear or high quality compared to now days. I just like the style and feel of them. I also like black and white. I now have an excuse to learn how to develop my own film and prints. But that will be a while yet, lots to learn. Until then I will be learning digital black and whites fromMichael Freeman’s book “The Complete Guide To Black And White Digital Photography” my parents gave me for my birthday.

If you haven’t noticed the two photos above are nicely lit and have smooth gray background. “Ooooohhhhh” you say “How did you do that dad from Dad’s Workbench?”. Quit simple. Let me tell you. I used my brand new Optex Portable Photo Studio & Lighting Kit. That right I now have my own little lighting studio or softbox. My wife bought it for me. One of those things I talked about but forgot to put on my list.

I think my wife has a hidden agenda with her gift. The first thing I was required to photograph was a couple of her home made cards. I think she is going to start a multi-billion dollar home/ebay business then take over the world. But that is another story for another post.