The Sentient Bean Photo Portrait Gallery

In true coffee house tradition the Sentient Bean is a local gathering place for good food, your favorite Java blend, for relaxation and for performance events.   My thanks to Kelli, Kristin and the staff at 'the Bean' for working with me on this project - you can read more about them on the Sentient Bean web site.  The Sentient Bean is a wonderful venue for small performances - intimate with reasonable acoustics and relaxed seating.  I encourage you to check out their schedule and drop by for visit.

Notes about the images

• Part of the challenge (for me) with the project is dealing with the changes in lighting - each performer seems to prefer a different amount or arrangement of lighting.

• Many of the images are not  sharp - while there are some reasonably sharp still portraits many of the images are soft - they are an attempt to create motion portraits that capture the visual motions of both the venue and the performers.  Generally speaking each image will contain some item that is sharp - this provides a reference point for viewing.

• The ISO (digital camera film speed) will vary, perhaps even during the same event; due to the use of some high ISO settings many of the images will be grainy in appearance, especially when enlarged

• While it is possible to edit images to extremes,  I tend to limit post-processing to typical changes like:  white balance (you will note different color casts in these images based on this), +/- 1-2 stops of exposure change, small adjustment to contrast as well as brightness and applying sharpening - sharpness will vary greatly depending upon the type of image files that the cameras are generating (which varies depending upon the settings in the cameras)  as well as which camera lenses I am using.  These images are not designed for printing - please contact me if you are interested in prints.

• Using digital cameras I shoot both RAW and JPEG images (or both.)  While the largest images in this online collection may appear to be large, they are, in fact, scaled down versions of the original files.  The largest online versions of these files are less than 200KB while the original files range from 6-16MB.

• In some cases I have used digital zoom.  This is an in-camera feature that allows me to both crop and enlarge an image on the spot.   The resulting images tend to be very noisy.  In general, digital zoom  is not a camera feature that I prefer but it does allow for some immediate and interesting results.

• In general I will shoot 50-250 images per visit to the Sentient Bean.  This online collection is a sample of this body of work and it may not include images covering all of the events or performers.

The galleries contain ~40-50 images per collection and are ordered by month.  I suggest that you use a cable or DSL connection to view them.   By default you will see both the small and medium size images when you open these pages -  LARGER images are available if you use the Flash controls below the largest image (i.e. click on the 'white box' or see below for additional viewing suggestions.)

• Fall 2006 - Collection A  Dates: 9/5/06 - 9/21/06.  September - 5th Anniversary celebration; Performers: Mary Beth Maziarz, Singer/Songwriter night (Lauren Lapointe, Bill Pillman, Adam Traum.)

• Fall 2006 - Collection B  Dates: 9/22/06 - 9/25/06.  Performers: Ken Will Morton, The Cripple Lilies, Open Mike night, Old Time Jam.

• Fall 2006 - Collection C  Dates: 9/29/06 - 10/7-06. Performers: Malcolm Holcombe, Luminescent Orchestrii, Amelia White, High Cotton.

• Fall 2006 - Collection D  Dates: 11/1/06 - 11/08/06. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead); Performers: Miwa Gemini, Jonie Blinman and guest.

• Fall 2006 - Collection E  Dates: 11/8/06 - 12/12/06. Performers: Steph Taylor, Amy Steinberg, random interior images from the Sentient Bean.

• Winter 2007 - Collection F  Dates:  January.   Performers: Al Duvall, Singing Sadie, Curtis Eller, Allison Cornell, Adrianne, Nikitov.

• Winter 2007 - Collection G  Dates:  January.   Performers:  Kyler England, Sam Shaber, Two Man Gentlemen Band.

• Winter 2007 - Collection H  Dates:  February  Performers:  Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars, Mad Happy, Dean Fields.

• Winter/Spring 2007 - Collection TBA  Dates:  February - May  Performers: Hans York, Lion Versus, Chris Schutz, Steph Hayes, Nick Pagliari, Martha Berner, Audrey Ryan, Mara Levi, Sad Grass, Connie Guy, Howard's Dilemma, Arum Rae, Raquy and the Cavemen, Gill Landry, Jason Bible, Lauren Lapointe, Julia Carrol, The Wiyos.

Please use the contact form below for feedback or to make an inquiry about any of the images.   

Suggestions for locating pages or images on the DaleReagan.Com web site:

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2. Contact me (use the contact link below) if you need assistance locating an image..

Suggestions and Tips for viewing images on this site:

1. if you are using one of the latest Web Browsers AND if you have a mouse with a scroll button you can 'zoom' into or out of a page (including this one) by holding down the control key (CTRL) and scrolling with the mouse button.  The text, images, photographs or pictures will also increase or decrease in size as you 'control scroll'.

2. with most Web Browsers you can change to Full Screen viewing by selection View--> Full Screen from the menu bar - some browsers will do this when you press the F11 function key.  To return to normal viewing press the F11 function key a second time.

3. for Flash pages use your mouse and 'right click' anywhere on the page - you should get a menu that allows you to 'zoom in', 'zoom out'  or 'view all'; press the F5 function key to restore the page to a normal view.

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