Some photos with the new lens
Thanks to some wonderful graduation gift cards and money, I was able to purchase a new lens for my camera. It was a 50mm 1.4f (I know, what???) and is a great lens for portraits, low-light situations and many other types of pictures. It’s super-clear and has an amazing bokeh or “blurry” factor with objects behind your main area of focus. Anyways, here are a few shots with this lens…nothing spectacular, although I do love the broken green bottle shot.
A few recent, random photos
Weather and Lyla aren’t the only things I like to photograph, just so you are aware. While those are my specialties right now and the passion when it comes to me and my camera…I still like shooting random things that I find interesting. Here are a few below, with a little caption underneath talking a bit about the photo.
Follow my photography work
There may be some photographers that like to take pictures and just never show them to people. I am definitely not one of those people. I like to share what I do…I tend to be that way with most things. If I like a good book, or a quality movie or television series, chances are I am going to share it with you. Photography is no different. The problem for me though is that I post this stuff in a few places and it gets somewhat tiresome and confusing for everyone. I want people to see my work and know [...]
Some recent HDR photography
I wrote not too long ago about my first real HDR photo, which you can read if you missed it. Basically it’s the art of combining three or more photos of one scene, shot at different light levels, and turn them into a surreal looking finished product. I’ve been really going nuts with it in the last week and I think my abilities in this manner area really getting better. I’m posting the best ones of the bunch below, hope you enjoy.
A photographic walk-about
Last week I was working so much I needed a break. At the same time, I’d been having this realization about photography. I would get jealous and wish I could be in locations with amazing buildings, structures, mountains, etc., where I would see some awesome pictures being taken. I decided that a good photographer can find stuff wherever they are, no matter how bleak it might appear. So I took an hour to drive just a few miles from my house and explore. It was amazing what I discovered from that simple drive. Animals, train tracks and one of my [...]
Photographing around Joe's Farm Grill
Most Friday evenings you can find us at Joe’s Farm Grill for dinner. On Fridays they have their special Fish Fry, which I absolutely love, so it’s usually the day we go. Of course, it’s our favorite place to eat, especially this time of year, so we can sometimes even end up there more than once a week. *grin* One of the attractions of JFG is the location and the picturesque nature of the surroundings. Someone much better than me could probably find hundreds of things to photograph. Still, on Friday after dinner, we walked around the area and I [...]
Sunset from November 4th
We had an insanely gorgeous sunset last Wednesday. In fact, while I was out taking pictures, a friend from work called to make sure I was out taking pictures! Even he knew I wouldn’t want to miss what was going on out there. Here are the best four below, the last one being an HDR photo from the park down the street. The skies look extra-creepy in it because of the HDR method, but it’s pretty cool.
My first HDR photo
Most of you are probably asking what HDR means. I actually asked myself that when writing this blog, because while I know what an HDR photo looks like, I always forget what it stands for: High Dynamic Range Imaging…or HDR (the “i” gets dropped) Read more here if you want to learn the details. The simple explanation is a merging of multiple images of one scene shot at different lighting levels. Some cameras can take many photos in a row and do something called “bracketing” where it will alternate between lightning levels. You then take those images and combine them [...]
Springfield rain and sunset photos
I spent an incredibly long time in the Springfield airport this past Friday. We finished up a bit early and so I arrived at the airport around noon for a 4:20 flight. That flight turned into 5:20 and then 6:30, meaning I would miss my connection to Phoenix in Memphis. I ended up having to book on Allegiant for a 9:35pm departure and arrival late Friday night. But sometimes there are blessings when you least expect them, and this was also the case Friday night. While booking my Allegiant ticket, I looked outside the small airport and noticed a glorious [...]
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