Cuba

I am in the process of looking through some travel photos for an upcoming show. For some reason i keep coming back to this one. I think for me i wonder who drives the car and sits side by side on the porch. I feel a sense of relaxation and peace and i like that.

from the road

I have not posted in awhile but seem to have lots of photos taking up space. These are a sample from some recent road trips.

Summer??

We have had a snow filled winter this 2014. I drive by this pool often and have wanted to shoot it covered in snow all winter. It has warmed up a bit and now calling for lots of rain tomorrow so today may have been my last chance to get the shot i have been thinking about. I waded through knee deep snow to get this angle, thinking all the time that i should have brought snowshoes. This was shot as a pano with 8 or 10 photos stitched together.

lite test

I had to shoot some group photos on white yesterday and of course had to test the light. I set two lights on the background, behind the black walls you see in this photo, and put two lights on the subject. I tried to balance them in a way that it was not too flat and at the end of the day it didnt look too bad for groups of 4 and 5 people to come in and do some posing. A long afternoon for sure but lots of fun.

Wrestling

I was testing the light today for a wrestling competition that i shoot for the next two days and thought i would have some fun. Three separate photos, using my sneaker as a tripod with camera sitting on floor.

NYC

I am finally getting to look at some of the shots i took in new york this summer. I have chosen a few to show here and will be adding more to this same post in the next couple days.

house after sunset

I was asked to photograph a house for a company that makes the wood siding and trim. The sun never hits the front of the house so i decided to try it after the sun set to provide a more even softer light and decided to shoot an hdr to control the sky and the shadow areas. I was somewhat happy with the end product but think i will try again tomorrow night just a little bit closer to sunset as my longest exposure on a 9 frame bracket was something like 15 seconds which was hard to hand hold in minus 7 temperature, kidding.

portrait for politics

I photographed a very nice man in my living room tonight and his personality came through in what i thought were some great shots. I used two lights, one main light in front and to right and one as fill and background light. They were both quite close to him and the power was down quite low. My background light did not always fire as it was being a little quirky tonight. This gave me some nice variety in lighting. Im glad i dont have to narrow them down to one or two keepers as there were 108 shots that got 5 stars in lightroom.

Matt Andersen Concert

I photographed a matt andersen concert recently as a donation to the new brunswick symphony orchestra and i truly enjoyed it. These are a few of many from the evening. You can listen to some of his music at www.stubbyfingers.ca

baseball action

I took a few shots at a senior baseball game tonight and my wife's cousin, or something like that, was playing. Had to of course get a shot or two to send to his parents. I turned the clarity to 100% on this one for the look.

ny hats

Slowly going through photos a little bit each night. Still just scratched the surface

food truck

While i was at the horse race i walked by this food truck a few times and had to take a shot of it. After looking at my photos of New York it kind of fit in, the look of it anyway.

back to new york

I took another quick look through my new york photos tonight and noticed that i did a 5 frame bracket of this scene from the staten island ferry. I chose three of the photos and ran them through photomatix pro. I found it interesting that the police boat with the huge machine gun at its front, follows one ferry out half way and then picks up the other ferry and follows it in.

horse racing

I just happened to be at a horse race this past weekend and thought i would take a few shots. I tried many different angles over the course of about 5 or 6 races and was happy with the variety of angles that i came up with. This shot however had not only the action but also a humorous side, which i always look for.

New York 2

Since i shot over 3000 photos in new york guess what i will be posting here for about the next year. Im kidding of course, mabey. I actually plan to do a couple big posts of my favourites but just need some time to sit and play with them. I shot with a nikon d800 camera and so far am very happy with the results. When you look at this image zoomed to 100% it really shines. It has taken me much longer to love the d800 than it did with the d700. That camera was great out of the box but the 800 really not so much. I am getting to know its personality more every day however and we have become friends.