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Day Nine – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 03/06/2008

In most food shoots you don’t get to eat the subject as it’s been manipulated with foreign objects to the point that one bite would send you to the ER. But, in this case, I was fortunate to be able to eat to my hearts content, and WOW was it awesome! – Kyle Dreier

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Day Eight – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 03/05/2008

In 1965 my parents moved back to the States after spending three years in Malawi, Africa. Their belongings were shipped (literally on a ship) in wooden crates. For years growing up we always had these slabs of wood from those crates in our garage. They recently found their way to my garage. Determined not to [...]

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Day Six – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 03/03/2008

Good morning. Remnants of a quilt Amy is making caught my eye and became the subject of my shoot this morning. – Kyle Dreier

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Day Five – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 03/02/2008

Just so you know, you may notice two posts/photos in a single day. I’m allowing myself a little grace as the intent of this self imposed assignment is to shoot. Shoot more than normal. Shoot to be pushed. So, the net will be one photo per day, but you may see me shooting to get [...]

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Day Four – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 03/01/2008

I found this fella in Florida a few months back and have been keeping him waiting for an opportunity to shoot him. Today was his day. – Kyle Dreier

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Day Three – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 02/29/2008

Well, I’m absolutely enjoying the self-imposed accountability to shoot a photo a day. I’m using it as a way to push and exercise my abilities. I’ve been holding on to this belt a while now in hopes of shooting it and now that hope is realized. What will tomorrow hold? We’ll just have to see. [...]

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Day Two – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 02/28/2008

Well, I’m keeping good on my goal now in day 2. I think I’ve found that I like shooting really small stuff. These little guys came from a recent stay at a hotel. They are about 1.5 inches tall. Boy howdy does dust show up when shooting that tight. What will tomorrow bring? Stay tuned. [...]

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Day One – Photo a Day

by Kyle Dreier on 02/27/2008

While walking today with Thomas Ryan of Thomas Ryan Design of Nashville, TN and Brian Dominey of Brian Dominey Design of Franklin, TN an object on the sidewalk caught my eye. Interestingly enough, Thomas was at the moment explaining the Painting A Day Project and the use of ordinary objects as subjects for these self-imposed [...]

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Confessions of a “Texture-holic”

by Kyle Dreier on 02/26/2008

OK, can I just say that I love textures! I’m drawn to textures. Texture is so much more interesting than smooth. I was darting down an off the beaten path highway in Alabama and this old weathered billboard caught my attention. Two miles and one (safe) u-turn later I was recording what I saw through [...]

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Lunar Eclipse

by Kyle Dreier on 02/21/2008

Last night was a beautiful evening to watch, and photograph, the lunar eclipse. We won’t see another until December 2010. I captured these images with my Canon 20D with a 300MM 4.0L lens. I chose my 20D over my 5D to get the 1.6X benefit of the smaller sensor making my 300mm a 480mm. Even [...]

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Another New Toy … Walnut Pinhole Camera

by Kyle Dreier on 01/29/2008

Today I felt a little like Nicéphore Niépce as I shot photos from the top of a building on Main Street in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. My camera? A beautifully crafted 65mm f/130 pinhole camera made of walnut by Dennis Wilder. This is such a contrast to my “normal” shooting with digital SLRs … and I [...]

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