It was a very Merry Sig Phi Christmas Party. Unfortunately for me I was still getting over my strep throat.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Uncanny Valley
My buddy Joe got me this for the SPD Secret Santa this year:
Everyone says my new Mace Windu “Mighty Mug” bears a striking resemblance to me — which I find incredibly funny. He just needs some hair.
Flat Lighting
I’ve been noticing more and more lately how flat the lighting is looking in my photos these days.
It hurts that I usually have to work around other people’s schedules, so daylight is usually either overwhelming or non-existant. I’d really like to start trying out more studio stuff for portraits, but I would also really like to hold off on some new gear for now. For the time being, I’ll just try to keep dynamic and interesting lighting/exposure in the back of my mind in my photography. Anyway, here’s some stuff from the last few days at home during Thanksgiving (ie. more baby god-daughter):
Portraits From the Last Month or So
All Images Copyright Dean Santarinala and the Daily Illini – November 2008
Photo Déjà Vu
So over break, Johnny linked me to his POW-MIA photo that was submitted to the University for it’s “Here & Now” gallery via the AFROTC. That’s when I came across this photo here.
As soon as I saw it, I thought to myself, “WOAH. Didn’t I take this photo and submit it to the DI? How the hell did it end up here?” Well, I finally remembered to look it up, and after digging up my photo, I realized that someone up in the stands took the same photo at the same instant in time. Weird.
Here’s my photo from the pentaly box:
And here’s a link to the other photo again.
