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‘ERRor 02′ aka ‘oh, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, how I love thee’

Today at my shoot, my main camera, a trusty Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II (say that 3 times fast) just back from the shop for a sensor cleaning, was giving me an incomprehensible error message: ERRor 02. Seriously?! Bah! A battery removal and replacement did the trick. For like 5 minutes at a time at best. BAH! Did they mess it up at the shop? Will I have to send it away for repair? Basically, how badly am I screwed?

As soon as I got home I grabbed my dog-eared manual. And did I ever luck out! I am so grateful because apparently ERRor 02 is all about a ‘faulty memory card’ – who knew? - and I’d already downloaded my images, so it worked well enough to get the job done without any magical restore software, and I didn’t even know enough to freak out that maybe that whole shoot wouldn’t appear on my hard drive! Yes!

So memory card in the trash and a thank you to the camera geek gods and I am on to editing my shoot. What a beautiful day.

Home in Darien

Beautiful work, ladies of Shelter Interiors! Thanks for the opportunity to shoot such a fun and inviting home.

2010 06 15 Shelter Interiors
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Which one?

As photographers, we may review hundreds of images in a given day. Editing shots for clients and promotional use can sometimes be daunting. At times, you look and the choice seems completely clear. Other times, like this one, there is a bit of back and forth.

Which image do you find more compelling on first glance?

2010 06 11 Yvonne Ferris Interiors
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Rufus {take your time boys… you should think about extending your trip}

Rufus(y)

This week I have 2 puppies and It’s been incredible! Chewie’s big brother Rufus is staying with me while his Dads are on a pseudo-vacay. I love these little guys – they keep me laughing 24/7 – and they are 2 of the most well-behaved, sweetest dogs you will ever meet. We completely lucked out! Well, my Chewbacca is a little bit grumpy (on the outside) but that’s part of his charm – my little curmudgeon. And because this is his normal temperature, it’s really difficult to take him seriously (read: to not laugh out loud) when he grumbles because Rufus has officially claimed 1st lap position while I am working. Grumble, grumbley, grumble… grumble. He totally sounds like a little old man.

As grumpy as Chewie can be, Rufus is the complete opposite. Totally wide eyed and affectionate. He will lick a hole in your arm if you let him. He’s game for anything. And he falls for every trick. So I definitely have to protect him from Dug and ‘the sock game’. No good can come of ‘the sock game.’ Basically it starts with Dug sweet talking a puppy with one of his humongo sweat socks in hand – dirty or clean, it’s of no consequence to him. And it ends with a teeny, tiny puppy wandering around bumping into things looking like some minor Star Wars creature.

To be completely honest, it’s one of the funniest things, and once it starts I can barely control myself from laughter, so it’s best to intervene as soon as one sees Dug with the sock and the wide-eyed, tell-tale expression…

2010 06 10 little guys
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2010 06 04 Shelter Interiors
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The Stand-in: an irregular feature, ed. 1

Sometimes, when I do a shoot at my home studio, it means my subject is a living, breathing, creature of free will. My more regular subject, Architecture, doesn’t talk back, run out of frame, start to cry, or just plain get tired. So, when I shoot in studio, I tend to get any anticipated technical and creative elements prepared in advance of my subject’s arrival on set. {Chewie can be such a diva.}

I don’t have any fancy, Vanity Fair, behind-the-scenes video footage to offer you of the efforts. But we here at Sequined Asphault Studio have something – the final shot recorded before the subject steps in – we present to you a new feature: ‘The Stand-in’.

Roostie the Stand-In