The DecisiveDesign Blog

So it has been a while since I posted – I can explain!

You see, there were finals (projects, exams, procrastination, etc etc…), then there’s DallasBarReview (COMING SOON!), and my experiments with Social & Emerging Media… and of course the ever present attempt at becoming a professional photographer. There just hasn’t been time for an update!

That being said… I’ve got a pretty sweet list of articles/posts/galleries that will be going up in the next few weeks:

• UTDallas Portraits (You won’t see these, but dangit, they consume time!) – Editing Stages
• DFW Supras May Meet Track Day @ Eagles Canyon Raceway (ECR) – Editing Stages
• Xoe’s Pregnancy Shoot @ Halford Park – Editing Stages (almost done)
• DFW Supras May Meet Dyno Day, featuring Mel & Yoshi on sexy cars! – Editing Stages
• DFW Supras May Meet Drag Day @ Dallas Raceway – Editing Stages
• Maggie Mae in a playful, fun, sexy shoot – Tentatively Schedules for later this week
• Lone Star Jeep Club (LSJC) run @ BMRA – This coming weekend

This blog will likely be migrating towards more of a “hey, look what Jason is doing” theme, since there are a lot of projects going on at the moment, so I hope any of those that might be coming back for more will enjoy a look into those endeavors with me.

Peace, for now…

Finding myself in need of new material, I decided to venture out this past Sunday in search of worthwhile photography subjects.  Overall, it was a rather unproductive six hours of driving around to random locations near Lake Ray Hubbard and attempting to capture decent images.  Unfortunately, Texas doesn’t contain the most beautiful natural scenery during this time of the year, so my random exploration yielded little of what I was looking for.

There was one exception, however.  While wandering through a park near my house, I believe it is Holford Park, at 1790 Holford Road, Garland, TX, I noticed an odd shape about 100 yards off the trail and decided to explore.  I would consider what I came across an absolute gem.  

Check out some of the images below. I utilized Auto Exposure Bracketing and plan on combining the images to play with the  High Dynamic Range technique which will allow more detail in shadowy areas and places with bright highlights.  Expect a write up of my experiences with this technique once I get a chance to work on it.

 

• Finding good, natural material isn’t easy… expect to spend a lot of time finding a few decent subjects
• Don’t be afraid to venture from the traveled path, that’s where you’ll find what’s worth photographing
• Played with Auto Exposure Bracketing for HDR imaging, more on this later.