Jeff Dillon Photography

Comic-Con 2010

Jeff Dillon — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:27:40 +0000

Barenaked Ladies at Comic-Con International

Here’s a start of a gallery from this year’s Comic-Con International.

Meet Cali, Chula Vista’s new arson dog

Jeff Dillon — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:21:37 +0000

48 Hour Film Project: San Diego

Jeff Dillon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:07:09 +0000

Photos from the July 20, 2010 meet-and-greet for the 48 Hour Film Project in San Diego.

Snapshots from the July 10, 2010 meet-and-greet session at the All American Grill in Hazard Center.

Water drop on sago palm leaf

Jeff Dillon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:51:12 +0000

Dewdrop on Sago Palm

A recent shot from one of our sago palms.

Testing new theme with Baby Rachel

Jeff Dillon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:41:51 +0000

Baby Rachel

A stylized version of a photo I shot of a friend’s baby girl last year. I’m uploading this to test a new WordPress theme for my blog that’s designed to support very big photos…

Bikini parade world record attempt

Jeff Dillon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:28:42 +0000

The folks behind San Diego Bikini Week try unsuccessfully to set a new world record for the most women in a bikini parade. The previous record was 297; it wasn’t clear how many were in this parade in San Diego’s Gaslamp District, but you can see that each woman is wearing a numbered badge and at the end of the line were two jokester guys covered with leftover badges.

A gathering of magicians

Jeff Dillon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:22:56 +0000

My video of the International Brotherhood of Magicians holding its annual convention in San Diego.

Corgis and bubbles

Jeff Dillon — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:24:24 +0000

A corgi bites at soap bubble at the San Diego Corgi Meetup.

Organizer Colette brought kiddie swimming pools and someone else brought a bubble-blowing machine to turn the Kearny Mesa Dog Park into a corgi wonderland.

See the full set here.

Make Every Shot Count competition

Jeff Dillon — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:47:27 +0000

I came in second among 10 photographers in my San Diego Modeling & Photographer Meetup group in a Make Every Shot Count competition at Studio J (gallery posted here; I’m No. 8 on the menu).

Each of us was given a one-time-use film camera to take 27 pictures of our assortment of male and female models — no settings, no lenses, no flashes (except for the tiny one on the camera itself), no lighting, no editing. The winner — who turned out to be Alison Beacham — would be whichever photographer had the most “good” shots in their set. The models were judged separately on how many of their shots were good; Hollyanne Setola was the winner.

I’ve been shooting some projects with a fixed 50mm lens, so I’d gotten a little used to not being able to zoom, but it’s a challenge to be unable to crop or modify the chip sensitivity or just see how you’re doing. It made me appreciate all the more the guidance I’ve gotten from many of my photography instructors to get the shot right the first time, in the camera, instead of relying on your ability to change exposure levels and otherwise make adjustments in Photoshop.

Theo and Beau

Jeff Dillon — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:34:04 +0000

A recent shot of my mother’s two part-Corgi pups, Theo and Beau. Here’s a rare shot of them with a tennis ball — rare, because they have a tendency to tear all their toys apart.