I was out teaching Ingrid yesterday and we spent a little time in Hibiya Park, shooting the trees and the people. There was this one little place, quite near the street, where the light was amazingly beautiful. We hung around there for about 20minutes, kind of mesmerised by the leaves and the light. Nikon D300 Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai @ f/1.2

A few folks were interested in the a sketch of the light grid for the hyperwall deal of yesterday, so made a quick Iphone pic of the above. Now, when the figures are silhouetted against the screens, the foreground lighting (the 2 units on left) are off, and you get real mood and saturation. When you [...]

I'm torn to say that To Darrin Hudson will be shutting down.I've made the decision to move everything to a centralized www.stapledesign.com website. The new Staple Design website will encompass my blog, my Twitter Feed, the Design Studio, the Clothing Collection, Reed Space, Reed Pages...basically the whole Staple Universe! So while I have loved To […]

I’d say I’ve had my share of great California hamburgers.  Of course, we have In-N-Out, everyone knows about it, even if you’ve never stepped foot in the West Coast.  Other chain favorites are, of course, Fatburger, and if you’re ever out in the Inland Empire, Baker’s is the way to go. As far as mom-and-pop styles, I [...]