Finally had time to process and select these photos from the thousands I took over the last couple of months. These are the ones I got processed this past week. Enjoy!

So, I don’t usually talk about work on the public stage (Blog, Twitter, etc). A few things have changed recently (which I won’t be talking about right away), and so I’ve decided to make my professional life a tad bit more open but in the spirit of informing and to entertain.

The idea is going to be, talk about what I do, and explain my experiences, what I’ve learned and what I’d do differently. Since I have such a wide range of things I do, hopefully some of this will be interesting to you.

Lightroom 2

I recently acquired Lightroom 2 for my photo workflow. I’ve been using Lightroom 1 for a few years and it’s been a blast using it on my PowerMac G5. However, it was a bit slow and it was slowing up my workflow. Lightroom 2 has tremendously sped up the processing of my photos (perceptually twice as fast). Before I was waiting on the computer, now I can mostly just work and not have to sit there while the computer processes the changes I just asked for. Continue reading

I started this song over a year ago (March 2007?). I worked on it a bit since then but completely lost the direction I was going with it and gave up trying to make anything from it. Thus, I think it’s probably one of my worst songs. However, in the interest of finishing what I started and the fact I hate to leave things without closure, I decided just to cut it short and finish it up.

This one doesn’t contain any stock loops and is created entirely note by note in Apple’s Garage Band.

I present:

Michael Ziray – Undeserved

I hope you enjoy!

Some of you know that I work for the coolest music store in Blacksburg, but maybe you don’t know exactly what I do (I’m not exactly sure myself sometimes), so I figured I would share some of the photography work I’ve done for them:

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Every photographer (from your National Geographic professional to your point and shoot tourist) has some kind work flow for post production of photos. For most, it’s dump the photos onto a computer and upload to a photo sharing website. Each person has their own way of doing it, but not too many people think about it and so I wanted to give people the opportunity to think a little more about how they process their photos. Here’s my workflow model and why I do things the way I do.

Concepts

• Shoot on the highest detail setting your camera will allow.
• When unloading photos onto your computer, use an application to automagically organize the photos
• Have a backup solution. Photos stored on a hard drive of any kind is not a backup solution.
• Keep your favorites within a few clicks

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