My wife used the sewing machine for the first time and sewed a Catwoman tail on our baby girl's black unitard. We had to flee from our house to my folks' house because of Hurricane Sandy so she forgot the cat ears.
I took this using a Nikon D800 as the sun was setting. The ISO was a bit high because of the lower light but I'm happy with it.
My two favorite ladies.
My two ladies.
We stayed on a beautiful lake near Fussen, Germany in early Fall of 2012. After we arrived at the hotel I ran down to the lake and shot a few bracketed photos (3 photos with different exposures). It was mid-day so I didn't really think these would turn out. But I ended up being fairly happy with it.
This was my first real attempt at shooting with HDR in mind. There's more ghosting than I'd like, but live and learn.
The next morning I regrouped and snapped a series of photos in the early morning hours as the sun was coming up. I'll share those a bit later.
Füssen, Germany
In my quest to capture some Fall colors I wandered up to a local resort called Woodloch. I don't think anyone saw me trespassing on their grounds. It just started to rain so I set up quickly on a tripod and fired off three exposures of the most interesting angle of the lake.
oodloch Resort
t's my favorite time of the year, Fall! We always venture up to the Poconos Mountains to catch some of the leaves changing. This season is no exception.
As I am just beginning to learn a Nikon D800 I thought it would be a good learning experience to head out and shoot some local rivers and streams as the sun was setting. I have a lot to learn. One of my big mistakes was using the flimsy tripod I bought for a lighter camera. The problem was that even when taking bracketed photos with a 2 second timer it still managed to shake the tripod. The result was some ghosting between my five images. The Nikon D800 is a beast!
Anyway I climbed down to this rocky outcropping to grab this shot. I spent sometime in Photosho trying to fix some ghosting using layers. This is the first photo I've ever exported from Photoshop and I'm proud that I got over my intellectual fear of using it.
imble River, PA
I'm slowly going through my Germany photos and I'm putting them out at a trickle. I snapped this picture in downtown Heidelberg just as the rain had stopped. A group of soldiers were walking by in weird historical looking costum. I ran to set up this shot just as they were entering the frame. Their costumes were a nice blue color but I thought this photo was better served with a historical look to it. What do you think?
eidelberg, Germany
hen my son was born a few years ago my wife asked me to take photos of him each month on his "birthday". I know, I know, but as a smart husband I obliged. And now that my daughter is 5 months old today i snapped another round of "birthday" photos.
shot this with a Nikon D800 and some nice afternoon sunlight.
va at five months
