And now a panorama of our view off our hotel room deck. On the right is the Florence Bridge crossing over the Siuslaw River and on the right is part of the sand dunes, part of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

View from our hotel room deck. Click for a big one. (It's really big!)

The shoes were on sale, therefore, low budget… Did you fall for that?

Neither did I.

But, the lighting and photography was relatively low budget this time. I used my girlfriends brand new Canon G11, relatively cheap compared to other cameras you could purchase, capable of manual control and has a hot shoe; two very important features for Strobist style shooting. The flash I used was a Yongnuo YN462, triggered with a Yongnuo PT-04 from Deal Extreme. I also used a light stand, umbrella, umbrella adapter and a home made reflector. All in all, Strobist everything for sub $700.

In case you are wondering why the photos are square cropped, it is because I didn’t know the G11 doesn’t shoot in 4×6 like my 40D, so my framing didn’t allow me to make my usual crop, but I do like the square framing here. Live and learn.

I’ve seen some great video from Joshua Heron who had part in the making of this video.

I love zombie and vampire movies. Well maybe not Twilight, but I shouldn’t bash it as I haven’t actually seen it yet. But Daybreakers looks to be pretty damn awesome.

Of course, I am also awaiting Inglorious Basterds…  Quentin Tarantino directing Nazi Killing. Should be a gooder.