This ‘Inspect Element’ option has been added to the right-click menu in Firefox 10.  It appears right above Firebug’s ‘Inspect Element with Firebug’ item, thus in many cases causing the seasoned Firebug user to accidentally click on the native ‘Inspect Element’ button – causing quite the frustration.

Firefox 10's Native Inspect Tool

Good news!  This new feature in Firefox can be disabled by following the steps below.

1. In the address bar type “about:config” and hit Enter
2. Search for “inspector”
3. Double click the first item in the list, turning the value of “devtools.inspector.disabled” to “false”

Native Inspect Tool Disabled

That’s it, no need to restart the browser or close the tab you were working in.  Simply right-click and enjoy the lack of the native ‘Inspect Element’ option.

The team here at CentreTEK is a tight one.  Everyone gets along and has a good time, with a work-hard-play-hard mentality.  One of those team members whom I’ve had some of the best laughs with is the energetic, funky and downright silly, in-house (although he goes out on-location for clients most of the time) IT guy – Forrest Burris.  Back when I was doing my 365 project (which I have officially taken a break from), I proposed the idea of using him for one of my shots.  The day I met him I knew he’d make a great subject.  He immediately agreed and I just knew that the shot would soon get together would be great.

In the building here, we have some in-house servers that Forrest manages so we concocted the idea to incorporate them into the shot.  Forrest transformed into a nerdy, IT creeper along with which came server racks, wire cutters, taped glasses and miles of LAN cable.

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For those of you interested, the lighting setup included a total of two speedlights triggered by CactusV5 wireless triggers with one, bare flash just over Forrest’s left shoulder and another above the camera inside a 40″ Apollo softbox.  Post processing was done in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

We had fun and weeks later Forrest sent out a mass email to the team here where it made a few laughs and the owner, Jay, blew it up, framed it and hung it on the office wall.

Meet Mike Saddler.  He is 56 years old, homeless, and one of the nicest, most down to earth people you’ll meet on Baltimore streets.

Let me start with a quick preface.  Yesterday I was feeling quite unmotivated and my shot didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked it to.  Even after tinkering with it in post, still, no dice.  Today I set out on a mission, get a great shot, one of not me, but someone else for a change.  And not family – I wanted it to be of a stranger.

On my way home from work I saw a man sitting at a bus stop.  He looked to be in no rush so I stopped, parked, walked up to him with all my gear and politely asked “Could I take your picture?”  He mumbled something and I had to ask him again.  He had said no.  I thanked him for his time and moved along.  I walked up and down the street for another 10 minutes or so and then finally decided to call it quits and went home.

After dinner, I set out again.  I went down into town looking for another stranger to shoot.  When passing a local 7-11 I saw a homeless man who I had seen before.  Right then I made my mind up that I was going to simply go and ask him for a picture.  I pulled in, walked up and as I approached him, before I had a chance to speak I heard a “Hey Buddy, can you help me?”  I replied with, “Well, I was hoping you could help me.”

I went on to describe my project, where I am in life, and he did the same.  We found out we both grew up in the same town, graduated from the same high school, and love Baltimore sports.  I never even asked for his story because I felt like I already had a good, positive one about tonight already.

Upon wrapping up he asked for a ride down the street so I gave him one – along with a few dollars.  I ended up realizing that he probably helped me more than I did him.  I wish you the best of luck Mike, I’m sure you’ll get things sorted out.

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF50mm f/1.8 II @f2.2, 1/200 sec, ISO 200.

Strobist Info: 430EXII to camera left about 6.5 feet high and 4 feet away from subject @1/4 power and 24mm zoom fired through Apollo 28″ softbox.

See the final shot on Flickr here.

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens @15mm zoom and f10, 1/125 sec, ISO 100.

Strobist Info: 430EXII to camera right about 3 feet high and 5 feet away from subject @full power and 24mm zoom.

See the final shot on Flickr here.

Final Shot

Setup Shot

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF50mm f/1.8 II @f1.8, 1/6sec, ISO200.

Strobist Info: 430EXII to camera right about 7 feet high and 15 feet away from tree tilted upwards at 45 degree angle.

See the final shot on Flickr here.

Final Shot

Setup Shot

I had no idea what I was going to shoot tonight but I did know it would be a simple self portait.  Half way through snapping shots I got the idea you see above and I’m pretty happy with where it went.  Upon sitting here and looking at it, I like how the stainless steel fridge background adds a surgical-like theme.  Good night readers!

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF50mm f/1.8 II @f7.1, 1/250sec ISO 200.

Strobist Info: 430EXII to camera right about 7 feet high and 4 feet away from subject @1/8 power and 24mm zoom fired through collapsed white shoot through umbrella.  430EXII directly behind subject about 4.5 feet high fired away from camera @1/64 power and 24mm zoom.

See the final shot on Flickr here.

Final Shot

Setup Shot

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM @17mm zoom and f3.5, 1/20sec, ISO 200.

Strobist Info: 430EXII to camera left about 7 feet high and 5 feet away from subject @1/4 power and 24mm zoom inside apollo softbox.  430EXII to camera right about 5 feet high and 9 feet away from subject @1/32 power and 50mm zoom fired bare.

See the final shot on Flickr here.

Tonight I had a pretty hard time coming up with a decent shot.  I went to several locations and just wasn’t feeling it.  So I went to the beltway overpass in my town thinking, “You know what? Let the haters hate, I’m gonna do my thing and if people stare, they stare.”  Public/street shots and stranger portraits are not my most confident areas – although they are my favorite once taken.  People were watching me, trying to figure me out and some young punks were even yelling at me for a bit.  I popped a bunch of shots and the more I took the more I thought I’ll just act like a total idiot .  I didn’t care by the end, let the haters hate, I got the shot I wanted. Power to me, and every other photographer on Flickr that does self portraits – you know who you are – you’ve all been a true inspiration to me. Cheers for sticking it out and looking like a complete doofus in public just to get the shot you wanted.  Rock on my fellow Flickr peeps.

Camera Info: Canon 40D, EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens @15mm and f5.6, 1sec, ISO 400.

Strobist Info: 430EXII camera left about 7 feet high and 5 feet away from subject @1/16 power and 24mm zoom fired through shoot through umbrella.

View the high resolution image on Flickr