Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com Journal of Kenneth Morrill Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Jumbo Photo Video Day http://www.kenmorrill.com/2012/08/11/jumbo-photo-video-day/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2012/08/11/jumbo-photo-video-day/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:20:50 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/2012/08/11/jumbo-photo-video-day/ Cool breeze of morning, truck stocked for a full day of photography, on my way first to a farm by the bay, where a designer awaits with her new line to model, excited about the settings we will find.

Cat napping after a nice meal, taking the day at a more easy going pace than originally planned (more time photographing fashion on the farm - continuing after a break, missing the warehouse in Baltimore, but still on track to touch base with faeries before the speakeasy).

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]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/12/03/fire-roaring/feed/ On Facebook Usually http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/09/30/on-facebook-usually/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/09/30/on-facebook-usually/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:01:25 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/?p=547 I have not even been on Twitter much, only Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yenra

Yet I still plan to come back and fill in the gaps in my journal - so many notebooks to transcribe.

]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/09/30/on-facebook-usually/feed/ Lucerne Art of Dairy Contest http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/04/20/lucerne-art-of-dairy-contest/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/04/20/lucerne-art-of-dairy-contest/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:13:36 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/?p=535 My daughter is a finalist in the 2010 Art of Dairy contest. Attached is the press release for a meet-the-artist event.

PDF: Art of Dairy Cow Announcement

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Camera RAW recovery, originally uploaded by Yenra.

I’m glad that I have been shooting in RAW + JPG mode. Doing so let me go back to photos like this, which were shot with too much exposure, and restore the details of the face. With Lightroom 3’s camera calibration panel, I can start with my preferred Nikon setting of vivid and then go from there to restore details.

]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2010/04/17/camera-raw-recovery/feed/ My new home office - a cozy workspace http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/13/my-new-home-office-a-cozy-workspace/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/13/my-new-home-office-a-cozy-workspace/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:00:45 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/13/my-new-home-office-a-cozy-workspace/

Home Office Workspace, originally uploaded by Yenra.

My new home office workspace is set with everything in reach. All that I need to create is here. The rest is up to me: the inspiration and perspiration to get things done. Not pictures is my futon couch. Yes, it is easy to take naps, but I wake refreshed.

]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/13/my-new-home-office-a-cozy-workspace/feed/ Maryland Renaissance Festival with my sister and niece http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/11/maryland-renaissance-festival-with-my-sister-and-niece/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/11/maryland-renaissance-festival-with-my-sister-and-niece/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:17:46 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/11/maryland-renaissance-festival-with-my-sister-and-niece/

Today was a wonderful day at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I got to spend the time with one of my sisters and one of my nieces. Lots of photos to process and post.

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Good-looking Renaissance family, originally uploaded by Yenra.

I took over three thousand photos at the Maryland Renaissance Festival on the first Sunday in October, a record for me. I’m learning my camera (a Nikon D300) better each time I go out on a shoot. This time I learned better how to keep focus with moving subjects; how to reestablish focus when shooting many photos in quick succession, how to rapidly spot meter, where best to stand when taking long shots, and how to keep myself fed and hydrated during a long shoot. Perfect weather, cool and sunny. It will take months to process the pictures the way they deserve.

]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/05/renaissance-festival-photos-galore/feed/ Bitter Lemons http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/02/bitter-lemons/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/02/bitter-lemons/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:15:02 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/?p=518 Preparing my next Bookshare scan: Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell - an impressionistic study of the moods and atmospheres of Cyprus from 1953 to 1954. Durrell is a residence writer who paints intense word portraits and landscapes. First words of this book: “Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will–whatever we may think. They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures–and the best of them will lead us not only outwards in space, but inwards as as well. Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. These thoughts belong to Venice at dawn, seen from the deck of the ship which is to carry me down through the islands to Cyprus.”

]]> http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/10/02/bitter-lemons/feed/ WOW Photo Presets for Lightroom http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/09/18/wow-photo-presets-for-lightroom/ http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/09/18/wow-photo-presets-for-lightroom/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:35:21 +0000 Ken Morrill http://www.kenmorrill.com/2009/09/18/wow-photo-presets-for-lightroom/

WOW-c_HSL-Only_Brown, originally uploaded by Yenra.

Experimenting with the many photo presets designed by Jack Davis for Adobe Lightroom that are available for free.

Trying the ones that deal with the suppression of all but one color range. Applying them to photos taken at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Finding out what the world looks like one color at a time.

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Fascinating Bubble, originally uploaded by Yenra.

Third visit to Maryland Renaissance Festival is now a memory - but a rich one with many sights and sounds added to my mind. Photos from Saturday, September 12, 2009

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Sunrays through Smoke, originally uploaded by Yenra.

I’m going to try to go every Saturday this season to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I made it to the first and am on schedule to go to the second. I’ve taken some good HD video in the past. This year, I’m concentrating on photos at first. Maybe I’ll switch back to video.

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Swan Flight 1/5, originally uploaded by Yenra.

I’m starting to post photos from our vacation in Rhode Island. This picture of a swan in flight was taken early in the morning from a rowboat on the Kickemuit River.

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DSC_5681r, originally uploaded by Yenra.

22 Bowens Wine Bar and Grille in Newport, Rhode Island is a restaurant we’ve visited often over they past twenty years, never having a full meal, but only clam chowder and dessert. That and fresh bread - so delicious. Then walking around Newport. This weekend, cool breezes, the sun setting, wonderful light for photos, good memories piled together.

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  • Scads of iPhone app updates (including Evernote) after the move to OS3. Reading descriptions of new features - exciting!9:59 PM Jun 17th from Tweetie

  • Enjoying Spotlight search & copy paste of the new iPhone OS 3 operating system.9:46 PM Jun 17th from Tweetie

  • Downloading & installing iPhone OS 3. Uploaded reunion gallery to http://webdesk.com/photos/b… Earlier: http://webdesk.com/photos/s…9:03 PM Jun 17th from web

  • Posted gallery of Bates College Class of 1984 25th reunion photos at http://webdesk.com/photos/b…7:56 PM Jun 17th from web

  • @smgct I cry when I think of both of them: young healthy man from motorcycle accident who was donor & friend who will now live from his gift5:19 PM Jun 17th from web in reply to smgct

  • Friend/coworker on way to the hospital to receive new organs: kidneys & pancreas both. Grateful to person who died for being an organ donor.2:09 PM Jun 17th from web

  • @tenderheartjb Thank you for that lovely encouragement about my daughter’s art which I’ll share with her tonight.6:55 AM Jun 17th from Tweetie in reply to tenderheartjb

  • Beautiful cool morning. It feels wrong to leave the breeze & birdsong & enter the building to work.5:54 AM Jun 17th from Tweetie

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