Mystery: What's over there

Did some playing in the studio last night. Here is a little taste of it. This is still a draft... not quite ready for istockphoto yet.



What do you think? Have that "Nancy Drew/Scooby Doo" kids snooping around type of feel to it?

Next shoot: Bring fog machine to be able to see the beam from the flashlight. Maybe another light for some highlighting on the clothing. I shot some with a ringflash for fill, but it far overpowered the background gel on the lowest setting. I might need to find a ND filter for it.

What makes a good photograph?

It seems like everybody and their brother loves to quote about photography. Why not me? Saw this one and loved it.

"A good photographer is one that makes the viewer so aware of the subject, that they are unaware of the print"

- Kodak Brochure from 70s

Reboot in Action (or Reboot Inaction?)

Well, I'm trying some new things here on EdHidden.com. I'm working on changing the focus and making the blog more "secondary" to my photography. I mean, that's the main reason you are here, (aren't you? I hope so). So, some things will be shifting around. Maybe I'll see if I can get the blogging bug to bite me again.

So, I guess this is my public declaration of a reboot of this blog. A comment of "w00T" might go a long ways to energizing me ;-)

Cost of fuel directly proportional to an "Impulse buy"?

I was talking the other day with a friend about how it's funny how impulse buys have changed over the years. It used to be $19.95 was the magic price point. Anything over that was "hmmm... I need to think about that... maybe next week". Now it seems like the latest gadgets are $50 or $100 and people say, "That's reasonable".

So my new theory is: "An Impulse Buy is directly related to the cost of a tank of fuel."

I hope that means that fuel prices don't rise to iPhone levels anytime soon! Or do i?