Edwin Soto's Blog » Photography http://edwinsoto.net How the heck did you end up here? Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:19:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Day 014 – Sloppy http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-014-sloppy/ http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-014-sloppy/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 01:31:59 +0000 Edwin http://edwinsoto.net/?p=194 I swear there’s a table under here somewhere. The theme was SLOPPY. I’m fairly certain this does it justice.

The adjustments were plenty, I was going for a vintage look. Additionally, at the request of my wife, I blurred her signature somewhere…. Can you spot it? ;)

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This is the natural shot, I liked it that much.

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There’s only a small bit of cropping and some light adjustments so that you can make it out.

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]]> http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-012-life/feed/ 0 Day 011 – Saturday Morning Cup of Joe http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-011-saturday-morning-cup-of-joe/ http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-011-saturday-morning-cup-of-joe/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 16:56:07 +0000 Edwin http://edwinsoto.net/?p=174 No specific theme today, just a few shots of my must have morning cup(s) of Joe. Everyone knows how much I love to brew my own coffee (especially a French Pressed cup of Starbucks’ Gold Coast). This is my favorite mug that I own and I love the original Starbucks Siren on it.

For this one, I’m not going to link the flickr photo. There were 2 pictures that I loved so much that made it difficult to decide. Instead I’ll post both of them here (and the ‘winner’ on flickr). So instead enjoy both of these pictures equally. If you really want to know, just head over to the 365 day link.

mmm delish! The original logo for Starbucks became too racy for some folks. You can still find her at Pike's Place in Seattle.

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]]> http://edwinsoto.net/2010/05/day-010-laughter/feed/ 0 Day 009 – Playing by the rules http://edwinsoto.net/2010/04/day-009-playing-by-the-rules/ http://edwinsoto.net/2010/04/day-009-playing-by-the-rules/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:15:08 +0000 Edwin http://edwinsoto.net/?p=163 This was a late theme decision of “Playing by the rules”

The bobble head was a gift from Ken. Being a Phillies fan, when the bobble head’s bat broke, he gave Jose Reyes this non-regulation bat.

Since then it has graced my desk every day.

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So here’s EJ’s whiteboard with all of the planets in marker. He’s especially interested in astronomy. You can even see Saturn’s rings there at the bottom.Not a lot of digital adjusting, just some white balancing (everything in my house is freaking fluorescent) but this is mostly a natural shot.

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I really didn’t know what to do with this theme, but then as I was driving tonight I was deeply moved by the moon’s beauty in the night sky. This photograph is practically inspired by charcoal style art and has a slew of digital enhancements to bring out the beautiful light and the surrounding clouds. I’m most proud of getting this shot handheld for about 10 seconds, manually focused, pointing up at the night sky. All of which was pretty rough to do!

So after one week of photos, this is my favorite (so far).

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1865 – John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va.

So ideas of honoring Lincoln came to mind. Johnny suggested pennies, which made me think of a little factoid that not everyone knows; Did you know that in every penny sits a tiny Abe Lincoln inside the Lincoln memorial? Seriously, take a closer look:

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On April 25, 1901 New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.

For the tribute I went with a double theme: License Plates and NY. I still have both my NY License Plates from when I lived there.

In this picture I decided to transpose the photo (so that you can ‘read’ the letters and the NY state map) and adjust some of the bad lighting in my living room.

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