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My first attempt at paid photography

It should be obvious that I enjoy taking pictures; especially since I now have a pretty decent digital SLR camera.  Drew hooked me up with a company that he uses to take photographs for his various apartment communities. Now, I am doing photography work for them on a part-time basis.  The product is pretty interesting. It is HDR photography with their own twist. HDR photography is the process of taking multiple images (my photographs I've taken) and blending them together.  Each finished "scene" is made up of 4-6 identical photographs which were taken at various exposures.  The varied exposures allows the best attributes of each photography to be blended into one incredibly vivid image.

This past Tuesday I had my first paid assignments. I had to photograph a 2 bedroom condo in San Francisco and then 2 separate apartment communities outside of Sacramento. I will post some of the pre and post-process photos from each below as well as links to the completed HD video tours.

Here are some unprocessed photos that I took.

San Francisco condo - click here to view the finished HD tour.
The Esplanade - click here to view the finished HD tour.
The Arbors - click here to view the finished HD tour.

Here are some processed photos.

California Academy of Sciences - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

Yesterday, Andrew and I spent the day in San Francisco with our friends Ryan and Jennie.  We decided that we would check out the California Academy of Sciences which is located in Golden Gate Park just across from the de Young Museum.WOW - such a neat place.  My favorite, although we did not get to see all of it this trip, was the aquarium.  Not only did you get to see it from above, when you go downstairs you are eye-level with 100's of living creatures.  The academy features a planetarium, rain forest, and a living roof just to list a few.  It will definitely be a place that we will return to soon.

We also drove over to Fort Point which is located just under the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge. We watched surfers enjoying the beautiful day, freighters coming into the bay to unload their cargo from around the world, and kite surfers cutting into the winds flowing in to the bay.  The beauty and diversity of the San Francisco bay just stounds me. I can't imagine another place being as incredible. 

 

California Academy of Sciences

The living roof

BBQ Pizza - yummy and fun to make!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tonight I decided that I would make homemade BBQ'd pizza.  Drew went shopping earlier for all of the necessary ingredients: dough from Z-Pizza, pizza sauce, cheese, salami, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and pineapple.

 

 

 

 

 

Flour a wood cutting board or your counter top and roll it out with a floured rolling pin.  Once you have them rolled out brush with olive oil and place on a floured cookie sheet.

 

The key is to get your BBQ very hot and then turn down the flame to low and place the dough on the grill.  It will take approx. 3 minutes and you'll need a sharp knife to pop the air bubbles that appear.

Once the bottom is done, flip the crust over and add your desire ingredients.  Close the lid and cook for approx. 5-8 minutes.  Depending on how hot your grill cooks will determine how long it will take. Keep close eye on it as it tends to cook fast.

This one is shaped like a Pac-Mac ghost...purely accidental.