Pow Wow Performer

Each year there is a Pow Wow held at the University of Irvine. This photo was actually taken back in April 2005 when I was still using my Nikon camera which wasn't even an SLR camera. So the depth of field for this shot was pretty horrible with the condos and landscaped slope in the background pretty distracting. It took me about an hour or more to make a selection of this wonderful Indian guy so that I could blur the background and my wrist is pretty sore for it too! I mean, look at all the hair and the feathers that had to be isolated from the background. I have to get myself a tablet for this kind of thing. Anyhow, I did the best I could and the photo doesn't look too bad, does it?


Nikon E8700
1/250sec at f/5.1
ISO 50
Focal length 48.5mm

Pasifika 2007 Banner

The annual festival of South Pacific dance and culture known as Pasifika takes place at Western Springs Park in Auckland every March. The banner for the event is full of iconographic objects and images from the various islands. The bright colors of the collage of items makes for a very fun and pleasing work of art.

Canon EOS 20D
Canon 18-55mm lens at 21mm
1/50 secs at f/20
ISO 200