The Way I See It...

Snow always meant fun - what Happened?

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:52:20 -0500

It seems like such a short time ago that two feet of snow would have created a mountain of happiness. School would be suspended, normal everday tasks would be postponed and everybody would be heading to the nearest sliding hill. At least for the younger set.

Now that I have reached adulthood it is all different. Snow means work delays, heavy lifting and sore muscles.

It was hard to remember the fun that snow once brought until I notced our dog Roxanne. Snow for her just meant having fun.

Lens Baby - Baby

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:55:19 -0400

Well, I told you it was about having a little fun with photography.... I have been playing with a Lens Baby and having a ball doing so. For those that don’t know what a Lens Baby is I’ll explain. It is a distortion lens that allows for a selective focus treatment of about anything that lands in front of the camera. Small area of sharp focus and blur all around. I like the feel of the photos and have decided it actually has a place in my photo life. Hope you all enjoy seeing the results. You may recognize the crusty old geezer on top as Jon Falk. My mentor and sage in all things photographic. mtc - bob

High speed sync

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:10:54 -0400

One of the really great things about digital photography is that it seems to be unlimited as far as creative potential. For years we were limited to 1/60th of a second flash sync speed. Later speeds of up to 1/250th of a second came to be. Now with the Nikon and Canon camera/flash systems we can shoot at speeds up to 1/8000th of a second. This does a couple of neat things for us. One, it allows us to darken down backgrounds and shoot at wide open apertures on bright sunny days. It also allows for amazing stop action photos using strobe in broad daylight. The photos shown were all shot at speeds greater than 1/400th. The top photo was at 1/1000th of a second.
This is Renee. An amazing person who is a devoted wife and mother, a black belt martial artist and a fantastic dancer. She posed for a few high speed sync tests today and although this is a work in progress I think you can see where I am going with this. More to come from High Speed Sync.

Vegas Strip at night

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 04:14:17 -0400

Another full day of photoshop, Lightroom and Photography. Instructors are awesome with information packed programs on the latest features and techniques. I finally found a place I could afford to eat. Will have my final breakfast there tomorrow before heading to the wrap up of this event. Went for a walk last night on the strip and came up with the photos you see at the right. Home late Saturday night and then back to work as usual.

Photoshop World 09

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:38:05 -0400

Second day of Photoshop World 2009 in Las Vegas. Not a lot of time to see the city but did get a few hours to shoot some scenics with both the Nikon and my iPhone. I will let you figure out which ones were taken with the iPhone.
Las Vegas seems to have a single theme associated with it. That is to make sure its visitors leave as much of their money behind as possible. An interesting city to be sure but not one I care to come back to any time soon.