Worship Pictures

These were some pictures I took during a worship session at Hope last night. Feedback?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/24199359@N03/

They are the only pictures there as of right now.

Thanks guys.

What I've Been Up To

I've been so busy with photography projects and with school and visiting Rachel that I have mistakenly neglected the blogoverse. So as penance, I would now like to share with you some of the highlights of my last couple picture outings.
So we have: A Povertees promo that I think looks pretty good despite horrible sources of light. (1 Shoe mount Nikon Sb-28 and a desk lamp sitting on the floor; all in front of a 10 dollar Wal Mart Flat Sheet!)

Matt and Gianna at Jillian's 18th birthday party:

A picture of the lunches being loaded to take to the homeless for Sack Lunch Fridays:

And a really sweet ultimate frisbee shot:


I feel like every time I pick up the camera, I get better at using it.

Also: Please note that Blogger's compression system causes the colors in the pictures to be dulled a bit. My original files have much more bite to them than do these.

Photographers

Read EVERY essay at www.strobist.com . The site contains the most practical photography information that I have ever read. I'm really excited to use some of the techniques that I've been reading about.

ANYONE NEED HEADSHOTS???

Healthcare.

My stomach has hurt for two days now. Today I've contracted a fever and a mean headache/sorthroat/cough. I looked up this combination on the internet and they said that this combination of symptoms can mean a number of nasty things that I don't want. So I go to the doctor. After 4 and a half hours of trying to find a doctor that would accept my insurance and waiting to be called, I find out that despite my healthcare provider's recommendation that I go to a specific urgent care, I will need to pay $108 because they don't take my insurance due to certain HMO issues. I, being without that $108, left in a fitfully unhealthy rage.

Still sick. Still mad. Still (kinda) scared as to what is wrong with my stomach. And no hope in sight until tomorrow when I get to return to the same place to dispute my claim.

I hate bureaucratic BS that keeps me sick. A lot.

EDIT: Oh and I might get to study abroad in Rome/Florence next semester for three months. > Sick.

PADDY!

CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS?!

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Mario-Kart-Wii/dp/B000XJNTNS/ref=pd_sim_vg_img_1

Date and all?

Ben Gets Tattooed!

That was Ben's first and an adventure.

In 5 minutes I get a diamond on my leg. It will be coools.

EDIT:
Here is mine:


And here is Loafs:

Hey Mikey he likes it!

Andrew can you help me out?

I tried to take some pictures of a Mr. Ben Cave using only candle light yesterday and in camera most of the pictures looked great. No issues with color, sure they were a little orange, but hey, it's candlelight. Upon loading those pictures into the computer I was met with pictures that seemed far under the quality of the in-camera pictures in which most of the colors were running together and ultra oversaturating, losing massive amounts of detail and horrible color inaccuracy. Here is one example:

Upon further inspection I found that many of my pictures were doing this to varying degrees. Like this one (the color distortion is mainly in my forehead):



How can I fix this problem? Do I need to shoot in Raw or a different setting? Is it my monitor? I'm stumped, so any help would be great.



EDIT:
If I turn off the high saturation in camera and pump it back up in computer then it seems to rectify the situation. But this seems like it would be a horrible chore to do to every picture that I take in the future. Tips?