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Michael [mahy-kuhl] – noun
1. A male given name. 2. A witty, charming professional wedding photographer who enjoys movies, exercise, romantic walks on the beach and large pepperoni pizzas.
Maven [may-ven] – noun
1. A connoisseur or trusted expert in a particular field who seeks to pass his knowledge onto others. 2. An intense gatherer of useful information. 3. An individual who demonstrates passion for learning and teaching a specific topic, particularly through a well connected social network.
Thank you for coming to my blog! I update it regularly, so if you ever want to know what I am up to, please come by and take a peek. Feel free to leave your comments below.
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| The 365 Project (Pinned Post) |
For the year 2009, Michael is embarking on an experimental photographic journey commonly known as "The 365", meaning that every day for an entire year, he must take a picture. There are two rules:
1. Michael must be in the picture...somewhere.
2. Michael must push the shutter button.
There are no other rules. As part of his effort to help photographers learn and expand their photographic skills, Michael is trying to include several different variables in his 365, which may include composition, gear, lighting techniques, post processing, etc. While he may not always include the details of every shot, there is usually a hidden lesson or two to the discerning eye.
If you wish to see just the images from the 365, Click on Categories above, and select "365". |
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| Day 172 |
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| Philly Workshop Slideshow! |
Ill be adding more images to this slideshow as soon as I get them! Enjoy!
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| Day 171 |
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| Lighthouse On Long Beach lsland |
| I love this place...its so cute! I took this and my 365 shoot after a long day of shooting for the T1i Crash Course. Update on the 580 DVD, we didnt get a green light on the final copy, trying again tomorrow, should know something by Friday or Monday. Tedious work these DVDs... :) |
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| A Big Thank You to my Volunteers! |
| I wanted to throw a shout out to my very friendly volunteers today during the workshop. We did a shoot on the beach and wanted a change of pace, so we found these 2 really nice surfer guys who agreed to help us out. The technique we were working on was shooting into the sun, and adding enough fill light to balance the subject out. A very tricky skill if you dont know what you are doing, but once you have it down...its cake! So yes, this is with a Speedlite. |
Also ran into a very nice family down by the dock. They were crab fishing, and I grabbed one quick shot of them before we left. This is not as good a picture as I had hoped. The problem was the DOF, to get them AND the crab in somewhat focus, I needed a very thick DOF, so: Aperture ; f10, added Speedlite to fill (the sun was already down), the mistake? Shutter Speed 1/20, my hand movement caused the blur! It looked great on the screen, not so much when I got home, but I promised to post it...so here you go! :)
I offered this family a free shoot tomorrow after noon, so if you guys are still interested, just shoot me an email! Thanks again! |
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| Day 170 |
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| My Trip So Far.... :) |
So sorry about the hang up, was driving all day yesterday, had a WONDERFUL workshop today on Long Beach Island in New Jersey (about 40 minutes from Philly). It was a great time, many great images to come shortly. So far, this is the map of my travels, Ive covered about 5500 miles driving up to this point. The beautiful thing about going with the Prius is that I am getting about 50 miles per gallon, and about 500 miles per tank, which is costing me about $27 to fill up. This translates into about 1000 miles per $53. Deciding to drive the Hybrid was a much better choice than what I was considering....renting a huge RV.
Tomorrow I start on the T1i DVD, should be getting green light on 580 Speedlite tomorrow or Wednesday, Pre-Order opportunity to follow shortly. :) |
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| Day 169 |
| Wow....what a busy day today. 8 hour drive tomorrow. Looking forward to Philly workshop on Monday. I may opt to stay in Philly for a week before heading up to the NY workshop. Planning T1i DVD shoot this week. It never seems to end. Never enough time in the day....I feel like I have to RUSH everyday if I want to finish everything I have planned for the rest of my life. I cant remember the last time I sat around being bored or wondering what I could do to stay busy, in a way, I miss a day or two of that- but not by much. It feels great to know where I am going and to feel 100% confident there is nothing else I would rather be doing. :) |
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| Slash Flim |
My editor Adam tipped me off to this great blog called Slash Film, it has a TON of information about upcoming film productions. Very cool! If you are into movies, you will probably enjoy it. Check it out: Slash Film
As always, if you ever find any information on the internet, websites, etc and think its worth sharing on here, just shoot me an email. If I like it...Ill post it! (Technically free advertising!) :) |
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