Jamie’s Deuce, originally uploaded by Jebb Graff.

This is mainly a test post. I screwed around with my blogger template to make stuff wider so I could put a bigger horizontal shot on here without breaking the layout.

That being said…my brother is coming down in a few weeks and I think we are going to take a long bike cruise down to Edisto Island and back. I’m borrowing Gary’s bike for this, and I bet it’s gonna be awesome. I’ll probably take my film camera along for the fun.

-JG

Tonight is the premier of the newest season of one of the most annoying and intriguing TV shows I’ve ever seen. That show, my friends is America’s Next Top Model. The ads for it on MySpace.com and the CW’s website have the new cast of hopefuls and one Tyra Banks bikini clad and in a jungle setting. Either these ladies are made of nylon or someone got overzealous with the median noise filter in Photoshop. SNORT SNORT

No matter what cover I try, I always blow it. I love this show. I don’t know Tyra as a person, but I don’t much care for her character on this show. One minute she’s very sisterly with the models contestants and then the next at the judging panel she’s completely ruff and tuff with her slicked down far from afro-puffs locks. It’s the whispery tone of “in my hand I have your photos, and one of you will have to go home” part that makes me want to throw up on my gear bag and never take another photo again.

The fun part of the show for me is you guessed it, the photography. Behind the scenes photo sets aren’t the easiest to find because a lot of photographers are so secretive. Here, we get to see the light setups among all the catfights and tears and occasional prints. It would be great if they made an America’s Next Top Model setup, exif, post-processing show. Some of those photos are truly awesome considering the crap that’s going on outside of the shoot itself. I’ve wondered how the set operates withing the video set of the guys shooting the show. Surely there are problems with the hot lights the videographers are using spilling into the monolights the still photogs are using. That being said, I wonder if the photos are shot after the video crew gets there footage. That seems like a lot of extra time and effort though.

Ah…reality TV and the mysteries of it.

-JG

ben075engcl061607.jpg, originally uploaded by Jebb Graff.

The one thing they know for certain about the future…is that they’ll face it together.

I had an engagement session with Heather and Charlie weekend before last. We scavenged James Island, Folly Beach and Charleston for good times and decent light. We had a really good time, and I cannot wait to shoot their wedding. In the meantime we’ll just have to continue having breakfast together at Folly. For the other picks from the session go to the galleries section of www.jebbgraff.com and click “Benton Wedding“.

This past weekend, I shot baby portraits of young Max for Mike and Kate. I should have something from that in the next day or so.

In Jebblog news. I think I will be changing the scope of this blog to be mostly what’s going on in my photographic world. I’m leaving the archives up, so if you want to get knee deep in my past, please feel free. For at least a little while though, I’ll be letting you know what’s going on in my world of my passion.

-JG

Barely bumped my Lacie drive yesterday when I went to shut it down to go home. It freaked out and it makes funny noises now without mounting. All my photos, credit reports, tax info, mp3s…puke.

I’m checking into my warranty and possibility of data recovery. Son-of-a!

EDIT/UPDATE: A friend of mine recommended a fix for it without having to open it up, but it didn’t work. Sonofa! So it looks like it will be shipped to LaCie for repair and complete wipe of data. That makes me apprehensive and sad.

San Diego
Originally uploaded by Jebb Graff.

I took Jessica on a surprise trip this past weekend for her birthday to the Georgia Aquarium. It was incredible, though there was an excess of human gasses being expelled by the other folks there. More photos and description are on the way about our trip.

Today is her birthday and I am getting pretty sick. Lots of nose blowing and soreness in the gullet.

-JG