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Yup, thats me, But I train in Seido for the past 4 years. I have the good fortune of training with Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura on occasion. He has given me my belt tests and belts.

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You should fight in next year’s Sabaki Challenge. Let me get a picture of you high kicking someone. :lol:

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Here’s my two pence worth…

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6784143019_f4a540c4e1.jpg
Darren’s Escape by Grimulus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6780894875_19c0784e1c.jpg
Oneil by Grimulus

Two from recent night shoots… and before anyone asks, i don’t use Photoshop!

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Those are really nice Sifu V. I like the first one. Looks like he’s trying to access a secret entrance. :lol:

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Damn, I meant to post more pics I had of that tournament.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Genma_Saotome/sabaki110.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Genma_Saotome/sabaki103.jpg

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Thanks! Although I guess you’re referring to the ‘Oneil’ picture. I switched them about cos i noticed an error with the BBCode.

969

Yeah that’s the one.

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I came into owning a DSLR semi recently and have been practicing when I have the time. I’ll see about showing off my amateur stuff here soon.

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haven’t posted in this thread in forever but in celebration of a new camera, what the hey…
quite a bit has changed since I started this thread nearly five years ago.
some random work from the past couple days.

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/christianrandolph/19884903133/1/tumblr_m1fn0127DM1qb8c3r

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/christianrandolph/19826386630/1/tumblr_m1drxhH6bX1qb8c3r

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/christianrandolph/19902774774/1/tumblr_m1gce4OxV11qb8c3r

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/christianrandolph/19884936381/1/tumblr_m1fn2rRuAG1qb8c3r

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/christianrandolph/19986997835/1/tumblr_m1isri7Ole1qb8c3r

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T1AN, I’m jealous of that 5D3. Dumb question, but how do you like it?

Haven’t posted here in a while, have some tournament photos…

973

Nice stuff from those tournaments.

And I love the 5D iii. I’ve used pretty much every major camera from the past couple years aside from the 1D iv and the 5D iii is my favorite. When I’m seriously shooting a sporting event I’ll probably go back to a D3s but the 5D iii will do just fine when I need it and for everything else it’s exactly what I want. People can pixel peep and complain about tech specs all they want, but the 5D iii truly is an incredible camera.

And here’s a frame from a track practice yesterday:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1mmxv4a2x1qb8c3ro2_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI6WLSGT7Y3ET7ADQ&Expires=1333698074&Signature=eXg%2BF1XLnLzVOtVc56FXQV4VVlw%3D

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Went to Lexington on Saturday to get some Final Four reaction photos from fans and it ended up blowing up into a full-on riot. Sold some images to AP which have been floating around and Wired did a Raw File post featuring my work after I went back on Monday and shot that stuff as well: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/04/kentucky-wins-but-students-lose-in-basketball-riot-photos/

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1tfbkbUqu1qb8c3ro4_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI6WLSGT7Y3ET7ADQ&Expires=1333697871&Signature=tEUvux5OIQPBZ5fcMZ8L3Kathsw%3D

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9dxS4f83EA/UCQdquQ9nhI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/TAO_yftZkow/s1600/Park+1.1

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I put some more on here. http://snapolympix.blogspot.com/

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jY1SAsPI43A/UCQeFx9WF7I/AAAAAAAAAR8/oHu7u2TClk4/s1600/Park+2.0

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Some random recents…

http://robertpaul.smugmug.com/photos/i-xV3pR4w/0/L/i-xV3pR4w-L.jpg

http://robertpaul.smugmug.com/photos/i-gPPWpGr/1/L/i-gPPWpGr-L.jpg

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Recent weekend at Lake Travis…

979

I collect hot Wheels. I’m about to retake photos of my entire collection to upgrade from the low-res photos I had before I got a T3i and I wanted to take pics at a new angle and this is what I’ve come up with for 2013.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/aos777/2013%20Main%20album/NissanSkylineR34red_zps69501a82.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/aos777/2013%20Main%20album/DodgeChallenger1970blue_zps1ff87e95.jpg

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Annenberg Space For Photography / Century City

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/311668_10151306619930699_622479966_n.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/202291_10151306619985699_349786699_o.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/305374_10151306619965699_1649898620_n.jpg

Canon 5D MKII with a 40mm 2.8 Pancake lens and i forgot which filter ( red or yellow ). some post PS work involved

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so i’m new to photography and i just got a new camera for christmas. i’ve been trying to watch as many videos and read as much as i can to learn some basics. out of these 2 lenses what one do you prefer? the canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II or the 40 mm EF f/2.8.

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The 50mm f/1.8 will give you better low light options, being 1.3 stops faster than the 40mm f/2.8. That said, the 40mm is nice and small, so if portability is key that’s something to consider.

If you’re brand new to photography, I would recommend picking up Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson … check your local library, too, as it’s often available. That’ll get you off to a good start in understanding how to use shutter/aperture/ISO and that kind of stuff.

And pretty much anything regarding composition (be it for photography or classical art forms) will really help you step up your photography beyond just taking snapshots. This is a great presentation on composition, and you should be able to take a lot away from it even as a beginner.