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Experimenting with grain

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:58:03 -0600

I converted this photo of Clare and Rose to black and white and added grain in two different ways. Now I can't decide which I like better :-)

Any help?

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Apple Tablet Wish List

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:29:56 -0600

You've probably heard about the Apple Tablet, iPad or whatever they're calling it these days go ahead Google it. I think it will be made and we will see it very soon, especially after reports on niche prices suggest Apple fan boys will pay upwards of $800 for it while PCs want to pay less than $600. I'm a big Apple fan. I love their design and the way they brand themselves. I would love an iPhone but have been holding off because it doesn't do some things I need it to do (and it's prohibitively expensive since I would have to change carriers AND pay a deposit). What do I want in an Apple Tablet? Glad you asked: I need it to substitute for a laptop: Internet, music, videos, word processing, photo editing, etc. Wireless connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared and phone network (or a way to tether it through my phone) Behavior like the iPhone, but better and ability to plug an external keyboard. Connectivity to a TV, projector or external monitors (monitors, plural). Decent storage (160 GB is the absolute minimum) More specifically, I want to use it to display and upload photos to it while I'm on location. Say I'm at a wedding and I upload the photos to it for storage. During a break I can work on two or three photos and show the bride and groom how things are going. I can do this with my laptop, but a tablet would be ideal because I could carry it more easily in other settings. For example, I can take it on a shoot and play a slideshow on it with posing ideas. Once done with the shoot I can upload and I can make annotations on the photos themselves (like they do on that touch computer on CNN). Upload, say, a photo of a model I just shot and mark on it what needs to be changed or improved (dodging/burning, color correction, blemish removal, etc). It doesn't need to run Photoshop, but it needs at least the power to run something similar to convert RAW files to jpegs on the fly. It needs to be fast and pretty and shiny, like all Apple products and if it's priced at the $600-$800 level, then, it would be very difficult to pass up. If you had a chance to design your own, what would you want on it?

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Day of the Dead Parade Photos

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:46:00 -0600

Austin got its Day of The Dead vibe early this year. Many calacas (skeletons), viuda alegres and Frida Kahlos.

more photos here.

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Broom on my Balcony

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:13:32 -0500

Great light on my balcony today.

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People and Places

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:23:03 -0500

Some photos taken by my partner-in-crime Chris and myself over the years People and Places - IMR Photo -Juan Carlos

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New Website!

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:03:38 -0500

Please take some time to check out the new features at www.imrphoto.com and let us know what you think. We hope this streamlined website will make it easier to show our work and entice anyone looking for a photographer to keep us in their minds. Thank you, -Juan Carlos

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Tere

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:16:50 -0500

New blog post at IMR Photo blog: Tere

Working on www.imrphoto.com so go take a look whenever you can :D

-JC

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New Post on IMR Photo Blog

nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:56:14 -0500

IMR Photo Blog

Enjoy

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nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:36:48 -0500

Catching up on Dollhouse. Joss Whedon and @elizadushku rock! Great friggin's first episode.

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nobody@vox.com(Juan Carlos) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:34:14 -0500

Had a buggging pain on my shoulder. Took a nap. Now it's worse . . . . and I'm wide awake.

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