2/16/10

Making Fun Photos Out of Gum Ball Machines


Today I was out hunting for new furniture for the CCforP "Meeting Space". After my fourth stop at a local furniture company, I got back in my car and it wouldn't start!

"Oh no," I said to myself. "What am I going to do?"

It sounded like a battery problem, and figured I needed a jump. So I called my girlfriend, Trish, to see if she could come to my rescue. In true-friend fashion, she did and I can't thank her enough. Lord knows that friends like that are hard to come by these days. I hope I can repay her in the future - heaven forbid something like this happens to her.

She suggested I take my car to the store where I originally purchased my battery. I did. The representative ran a diagnostic and informed me that it wasn't the battery. Instead, he said it was a bad alternator. Ugh....

I drove my car over to the Ford dealership, where they got my car on the ramp immediately. Only 3.5 hours later, my car was finally finished. During my extended stay at maintenance shop, I kept myself busy photographing the various candy machines near the waiting room.

Stacy's Photos...
Nikon D3s and 24-70mm Lens
Aperture Priority: ISO 6400, F-2.8 and 1/640 Shutter Speed
Exposure Compensation: -0.7

To make the gum ball detail photo more interesting, I did a quick filter, Glowing Edges, in Adobe Photoshop.

Nikon D3s and 24-70mm Lens
Aperture Priority: ISO 6400, F-2.8 and 1/800 Shutter Speed
Exposure Compensation: -1.0

I applied the Diffused Glow filter in Adobe Photoshop to the M&M's picture. Doesn't it look like little amebas or even colorful small cells?

Nikon D3s and 24-70mm Lens
Aperture Priority: ISO 6400, F-2.8 and 1/1000 Shutter Speed
Exposure Compensation: -1.0

I applied both the Diffused Glow and Glowing Edges filters in Adobe Photoshop to Mike and Ike picture. Crazy looking.

Andy's Photo...
Nikon D3 and 24-70mm Lens
Aperture Priority: ISO 800, F-4 and 1/3 Shutter Speed
Exposure Compensation: -1.5