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San Diego Zoo

webmaster — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:31:06 +0000

We had 3 productive hours working at the San Diego Zoo this morning. Weather is cool and perfect light conditions!

If you are a photo buyer with a project using San Diego images, email us at kphotos@earthlink.net and we’ll try to include your needs in our schedule this week. Derk is out photographing Star of India and the Embarcadero now.

Working in Washington, D.C., USA

webmaster — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:33:16 +0000

We have been photographing in Washington, D.C., USA, since last Friday. The weather has been almost perfect. There was a lot of wind today. Our hotel is only 2 blocks from the White House and almost every street has beautiful bronze statues. Most seem to have been important figures in the Revolutionary War.

We have current images of the following Washington, D.C. locations: Union Station with its shopping areas, Congress, the White House, Washington Convention Center, National Zoological Park ( giant panda, elephants, cheetah), National Gallery of Art, National Museum of the American Indian and lots more.

The modern sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden was especially fascinating to photograph. Will post an example after the film is developed. We use 35mm slide film and then scan and burn CDs for photobuyers who prefer digital submissions.

Giant Panda Bear Photograph

webmaster — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:54:11 +0000

We made photographs of the Giant Pandas at the Atlanta Zoo in Georgia. Today one of the panda designs was added to our Cafe Press collection.

A picture was selected that showed a front close-up view of the panda’s head. The bamboo he was holding was easily removed with PhotoShop and a clear panda close-up remained.

This photograph got added punch by applying a PhotoShop filter. Posterize was used and this is the final design on a women’s cap sleeve t-shirt.

Photographing Animals in Zoo

webmaster — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:44:07 +0000

Today we worked at the Zoo. Great place for animals. Many of the animals have large habitat spaces.

We have photographed Giant Pandas in several places already. The panda picture here is from last year. It’s available at our CafePress shop www.cafepress.com/framed_print.

Today we arrived at the zoo 30 minutes after opening at 9:30 am. So, we had about 15 minutes with the female panda outdoors before she went inside. The inside temperature is kept around 65 degrees while outside temp goes up into the 80s. So, the only time to get a more natural setting is early in the day.

The elephants were quite cooperative. Although we have many elephant images from prior zoo shoots, I’ve wanted a closeup to use at CafePress on t shirts. Think I got it today. But, since we use 35mm film, I won’t know for several days.

Tonight we intend to photograph from the Westin Hotel rotating resturant. We have beautiful San Francisco photos from Windows on the World resturant. Hope these turn out as good!