Apnea poses as The Knife-thrower's Assistant. Part of my Nothing is Real but the Girl series of high production value images.
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Here's a photo I took recently of the lovely Anyssa. You can see more of here here.
Concerned about the occasional reports of Nikon D200 geometric vertical stripe noise "banding" problems I've been reading about, I was eager to get a lens and take my own camera out for a spin. I ended up getting the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF and shooting a bunch of initial photos in various lighting conditions.
I'm pleased to note that so far I seem to have no such banding problems, and I'm very happy with the camera. I'm looking forward to using it in concert with the soon-to-be-released Maxwell Renderer.
UPDATE 12/31/2005
I followed the procedure outlined by jmeagher in post #45 of this thread: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID202/15664.html and I got the stripes myself. Here's a 100% crop:
I shot at ISO 400 with a wide open aperture and exposed for a foreground object in front of an open window.
I'm not sure what to do now. Send the camera back? Or avoid such extreme lighting ratios under those conditions.
I'm keeping track of my experiences with the banding issue here.
The latest issue of American Drama just came out. It features a caricature I did of playwright Thornton Wilder on the cover.
I redesigned the 10th anniversary issue of American Drama back in the winter of 2001. At that time I replaced the scholarly journal's relatively conservative design with a pretty zowie illustration of David Mamet, and I've done every cover since then.
Painted in Photoshop
I'm in a dark room with grey carpeting on the walls.
In front of me is a lamp on a flexible gooseneck.
Here is a speed paint of it.
I'd like to do a lot more speed paints. They're good practice.
A photo I took last night at the Dia de los Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
UPDATE 4/18/2009:
The high resolution version of this image, a favorite of goth MySpace hotlinkers nationwide, is now available on flickr.
also of possible interest - some photos of the late Yma Sumac at the 2005 Day of the Dead
Yma Sumac on flickr (I wish they were better quality)
