I decided to shoot some photos in the yard as the kids were playing. Photography takes practice like anything else, right? These were just experiments, but I think they turned out very nice.
Archive for April, 2008
sometimes good things happen
Posted in Portfolio, tagged 50mm, d300, lighting, luck, nikon on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
look around
Posted in Photo, Portfolio, Story, tagged perspective, subjects, Tips and Notes on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m reading books and browsing Flickr. A lot. It’s beginning to sink in. I took the boys to visit my parents last weekend, and spent a little bit of time shooting. I’ve read recently, “look up, look down, look behind you”, so I did. If I hadn’t peeked in the alley, I would have never [...]
goofing around
Posted in Photo, Story, tagged 300mm, indoor on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I tried to run out and get a photo of a pair of big barn owls on the roof across the street. I grabbed my longest lens and my tripod and headed outside. They were gone. When I came back inside, I was messing around with the long lens, snapping photos of stuff around the [...]
off-camera flash
Posted in Story, tagged commander, d300, flash, SB800, strobe on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got it! I managed to get the SB800 to fire remotely, wirelessly, while the on-camera flash did not fire, and I didn’t have to buy any fancy wireless modules or what-not to make it work! Man, I really like this D300. I set the e3 “Flash cntrl for built-in flash” setting to “commander mode”, [...]
Vacation – the acid test
Posted in Photo, Story, tagged vacation on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re back, and I’m beginning to process photos. I’m posting some un-processed snapshots, just to give you a feel for what I’m struggling with and how the learning process is coming along. Family vacations – theme parks, rushing off to the beach, finding a place to park – are not the best time to try [...]






