We were having a campfire and hot dogs and as it got dark, I could not help taking a few shots to see how it looked. These were shot with a Canon 5D & Canon 24-105 lens. Settings were manual ISO 100 about every F stop tried and speeds ranged from 1/13 to 1/100. This was shot at F/4 1/100 spot metering.

Remembering a shot I had not even looked at for a long time and it caught my eye.
The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. This was shot at F/4 1/6 sec. at ISO 100 45mm on a Canon 24-105 IS lens handheld.

Been working on taking a picture of the flag for a competition this week and I am really having a hard time finding an image I like.
This image was shot to honor all the veterans who have paid the ultimate price

June 25, 2009

So glad to be able to post this today, my desktop computer went bye-bye yesterday and thanks to a friend, we were able to give it cpr and save it from the hammer I had in my hand. So, after ghosting and updating my stuff, I tried an image to see if all was well, and so far so good.
Here is a little sand fence along St. Augustine Beach I shot for the shadows and just goofing off.

June 22, 2009

Walked outside and took some shots tonight of the storm. I didn't have my tripod or remote, so I handheld and tried to guess or time the shot the best I could. I missed more than I got, but it was a blast watching the sky light up just as I put camera down to rest. These were shot at ISO 800 F/4 1/20th on high speed drive.
Got Lucky.

June 21, 2009

After taking the kids to Downtown Disney to see the Circue du Soleil, which is great by the way, I stopped and took this picture on the way back to the car.
I just liked the look of the sky and the palm trees

Have been to Disney World with the grandkids and I have a ton of family pictures, but I did get to take a few shots of the fireworks at Disney and Epcot. These are all hand held, usually with a grandkid hanging on, so I am really happy with these.

June 17, 2009

I was out running around after the storm looking for something to shoot and saw some fishermen and after talking to them, I asked the man if I could take his picture and he said ok. I am not comfortable taking pictures of people, but this was a good time to practice. These were shot using a fill flash and high shutter speed to get the skky in the background to look the way it did.
I am off to Disney World with the grandkids today, so that ought to be wild, 3 days of Mickey and the kids.

June 16, 2009

Got a shot today playing around in the backyard after going to the beach and pool.
Just was trying to make a shot out of nothing. I did not bring all my photo gear, this is a family vacation and not a photo outing, so I did not have the close up tools.

June 15, 2009

Arrived in HOT/HUMID Florida today, a lot different than WV, but will have to suffer with the beach and other things.
Went out in the backyard to see if I could find any spiders, nope, so I took a shot of a flower and headed back to the AC.

June 13, 2009

I have been working on some photoshop techniques from people like Mark Johnson, Bert Monroy, etc and trying to understand Calculations, Vectors, and other things I don't use, but would make life a lot easier. You also pick up great quick tips for doing something you use a lot that you didn't know like, how to copy a layer effect to 100 layers all at once, so you don't have to drag effect to each layer. By the way, it is under copy layer style and you shift click on all the layers and then paste effect from the menu.
Here is an example of what it can do with a simple click and using define pattern that I have never use.

June 12, 2009

I am getting ready to leave for Florida and was just playing around with some images and saw a Bert Monroy tutorial on how to make a old car look different so I tried the effect and liked the end result.

These were done with channels and using them to select an area and then applying a color layer then using a duplicate background layer smart blur in normal and find edges and adjusting to what you like

June 7, 2009

Liked the look of this sky so I took a picture. Should come in handy if I ever want to add a cool sky to a picture.

June 4, 2009

Weather and my time have not been working to allow me to get out and shoot some shots, so I just went and picked a shot I love that I took in Acadia, Maine.
This was taken on a lighthouse cruise and was shot with a 100-400mm lens.
Loved the color and the charm of the area.

June 1, 2009

Been trying to work on some Black and White shots. I really have a problem making them "pop" the way I want. Here is one taken just outside of Charleston, WV