Fun assignment to go and shoot some photos at the newly renovated Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport, Iowa for Restoration Saint Louis.
The RSTL folks are old pros at reinventing buildings – but this marks their first foray into hotels… and they did a great job.
The best thing about shooting hospitality projects?
Getting to stay in a reeeeealy nice room after working all day. Â 🙂
*beep*
I’m gonna be out of the office most of the week picking up shots work has needed forever…. lobbies… facades….. garages?
Cool by me – more practical on-assignment time I have – the more technical wiz-gigs I learn / figure out.
Speaking of… “The Nikon Creative Lighting System” should be referred to as the “Nikon Creative Path to Personal Bankruptsy System”… (*this allows you to remote-control a bunch of little flash units you can theoretically pepper all around your photo)….
Once you start figuring it out – you begin fighting the compulsion to run out and buy more stuff.
I’m resisting… thus far.
Better earn some jack with this rig else my lovers will have amazing guilt-trip material by pointing out that while yes I can take great pictures… we still don’t have new windows on the house.
*click*
*dial tone*
So I would have said a little something more about how I’m noticing stuff now that I hadn’t before.. Like the incredible nature of the light right now.. (around 6:45PM)…
but…
The rest is a pixel-geek pleas – so move on if you’re not familiar with Photoshop.
Note – this is not a blog – this is merely the first test shots of the new iPodish / Cameraish / Organizer / Phoneish thing. Aside from an arbitrary point of focus – it seems fine… for a snapshot shooter….
