Three. Cows. Photography.

I've Moved...

2010-07-11T20:23:00.001-06:00

Here.

Please change your bookmark...

Bubba's Girls

2010-07-06T21:13:00.008-06:00

Bubba's Burgers, Poipu Beach
Kauai, Hawaii
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D

Hey you!

2010-06-24T03:45:00.002-06:00

iPhone, Hipstamatic app w/Lucifer VI Lens, BlacKeys SuperGrain Film.

Hipstamatic Color (III)

2010-06-24T03:41:00.002-06:00

Look up... way up!

2010-06-21T22:18:00.003-06:00

Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.
Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM @ 12mm
ISO 3200, 1/50s @ f/5.6

Red, Blue & Green

2010-06-21T22:07:00.001-06:00

Old Montreal
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D
ISO 6400, 1/30s @ f/2, EV -0.7

Cobblestones & Rain

2010-06-21T22:03:00.003-06:00

Old Montreal
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D
ISO 2200, 1/50sec @ f/2

Nicole & Derek (II)

2010-06-16T14:05:00.004-06:00

When I upgraded to Photoshop CS5 I got to choose a freebie from a short list... I ended up choosing "Phototools 2.5" which is a Photoshop plugin which adds several hundred effects which can be layered and modified, much like actions, except with much more control. I haven't had much chance before today to play with it. It's very cool. This one is called "Dirty Money". I quite like it. Doesn't really work where you've got a lot of skin showing (the texture makes people look excessively hairy!), but I think it works with these shots.

Nicole & Derek (I)

2010-06-16T13:32:00.002-06:00

More to come... just about done!

Vieux-Montréal

2010-05-21T21:50:00.003-06:00

Montreal, Quebec
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D
ISO 3200, 1/50s @ f/4

Hotel Indigo

2010-05-21T16:03:00.002-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR @35mm
ISO 280, 1/4s @ f/4

Look Up... Way Up.

2010-05-21T15:48:00.003-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR @16mm
ISO 900, 1/4s @ f/8

Zoom

2010-05-21T15:39:00.001-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR @16mm
ISO 400, 1/8s @ f/4

Capitol@Night

2010-05-20T20:56:00.005-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR

I've seen a few reviewers sneer at the vibration reduction feature on this lens, stating they don't think it's necessary on an ultra-wide. I must disagree. These shots were handheld at speeds as low as 1/4 second and are extremely sharp. Even with the barrel distortion that this lens has on its wide end, it's become just about my favorite of my arsenal. The D700 is simply amazing at high ISO; combine that with VR and you're set for some sweet low-light photography.

I have to put a plug in for the new Photoshop CS5 as well... the RAW converter is simply extraordinary, and the Content Aware Fill, while not magic, is amazing. It's worth the couple hundred bucks to upgrade - no second thoughts.

Blurry B&W!

2010-05-16T22:31:00.003-06:00

You know those gritty, photojournalism type photos? Yeah, these aren't them.

But i likes them, so whatever.

Byward Market
Ottawa, Ontario

iPhone w/Hipstamatic app.

Hipstamatic Dump, Color (II)

2010-05-16T22:11:00.005-06:00

Byward Market
Ottawa, Ontario
iPhone w/Hipstamatic app.

Hipstamatic Dump, Color

2010-05-16T21:48:00.001-06:00

Montreal, Quebec

iPhone, Hipstamatic app.

Hipstamatic Dump, B&W

2010-05-16T21:27:00.003-06:00

Vieux-Montréal

iPhone, Hipstamatic photo app

Metro

2010-05-16T21:22:00.002-06:00

Montreal, Quebec
Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm 1:4G ED VR

Nicole & Derek... FIRST!

2010-05-15T23:14:00.002-06:00

Just had to beat Rhonda... that's all! We shot Nicole & Derek today... the engagement session. Wedding will be in August. More to come!

Hipstamatic Dump... Rainy Montreal Evening.

2010-05-08T22:52:00.003-06:00

The Hipstamatic

2010-05-08T22:02:00.008-06:00

I had a question about the last few posts I've been making and how I got the green color in them. Usually I like to post details about what equipment I use and a little about process just for information's sake, and because I'm always curious about the process and equipment other people use. It's how I learn.

All of the square pictures in the last few days have been taken with an iPhone camera, using the Hipstamatic application. There are lots of programs out there for turning today's fancy digital cameras into "lo-fi" replicas of the old plastic dimestore cameras our parents (and many of us) used back in the day. I assumed that "hipstamatic" was just a bunch of Apple fan-boy hipsters with too much time on their hands. Turns out that it actually WAS a camera. The website for the real Hipstamatic camera can be seen here. It's quite an interesting read if you take the time; the gentleman who runs the site is the surviving sibling of several brothers who wanted to make cheap, affordable cameras for the common joe to use.

The app itself was a $1.99 purchase from the phone. There are several add-on packs which I also purchased, for $0.99 each. The basis for the thing works like this: it's a virtual SLR, in which you are presented with several digital recreations of old plastic and low-quality lenses. Each lens gives the image a particular color tone and look due to it's recreation of the optical defects that would have been present in a typical lens of the type.

Secondly, you are presented with a series of "film" choices. Again, there are several add-on packs that can be purchased. The "film" choice affects the look of the edge of the image as well as whether it is black & white or color.

Lastly, there is a "flash" option. The flash option simply seems to add a degree of positive compensation to the image (i.e. makes it brighter). There are several flash options available. I only bothered with the base option.

Oh... and lastly lastly, there's an option which, when enabled, allows you to randomize a combination by shaking the phone. I must say; this application has taken what is an ordinary and utilitarian camera phone and changed it into something that is photographically very interesting and a whole lot of fun. It's been well worth the few dollars that i paid for it, and makes me as likely to pull out the iphone as I am to pull out the ten-times-as-expensive D700.

All that for an easy answer: the green images are mostly shot with the John S. lens and the Kodot Verichrome film. The B&W's have been mostly the Lucifer VI lens with the BlacKeys SuperGrain B&W film, occasionally with flash. Remember these are all simply digital settings inside the iPhone application.

This all being said, what if you don't have an iPhone? Unfortunately at this point you're out of luck. At this point there's no such thing as a Photoshop Hipstamatic plugin. I will keep my fingers crossed though, because I'd love to run some of my D700 shots through it! In the meantime, there are plenty of places to look for something similar. See my sidebar for starters. Look for a cross-process action, and perhaps a defocusing action. The edging will be more work, as I've never found anything short of a paid plugin program that will easily replicate vintage film emulsion edging. When I've done it on my own it's been using layering and various layer effects with starter images i've found on the web.

And finally remember: equipment is irrelevant. The image is what matters.

Just my opinion.

B&W!

2010-05-07T21:18:00.002-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa walkabout II

2010-05-07T21:09:00.002-06:00

Ottawa walkabout

2010-05-07T21:04:00.002-06:00

iphoneography...

2010-05-04T19:13:00.020-06:00

Ottawa, Ontario

iPhone w/ Hipstamatic app.

Way more fun than it should be.

Oh, go fly a kite!

2010-04-24T22:14:00.009-06:00

Seems like a good thing to do when it's a brisk, windy spring morning in southern Alberta. And when you're avoiding the over 5000 images you just shot on vacation. Because, well, that's a lot of images to go through.

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm 1:4 G ED VR
Cross-Process/Lomo action.

Waimea Canyon Panorama

2010-04-16T20:15:00.004-06:00

This image is a composite of 36 separate shots (D700, Nikkor 16-35mm/f4 @ 35mm). The resulting PSD was 1.8 GB in size, over 23,000 x 9200 pixels in size. Crazy. My machine has 12 GB of RAM and one of Intel's best processors and was tied up for about 5 minutes processing the file. Haven't really put it through its paces since buying it... was fun to see what it could do.

Waimea Canyon

2010-04-08T01:59:00.003-06:00

Waimea Canyon Lookout
Kauai, Hawaii

6 shot panoramic, auto-stitched in Photoshop CS4

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm 1:4G VR

Chocolate Waterfall

2010-04-08T01:56:00.004-06:00

Waimea Canyon
Kauai, Hawaii

Nikon D700
Sigma 24-70mm 1:2.8 EX DG

Looks like fun...

2010-04-06T02:27:00.003-06:00

...except I'd totally drown.

Poipu Beach Park
Kauai, Hawaii

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8D
Nikkor TC-17E II Teleconverter

Crash

2010-04-04T22:00:00.004-06:00

Baby Beach
Kauai, Hawaii

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8D
Nikkor AF-S TC-17E Teleconverter

1000 Words:

2010-03-31T14:40:00.004-06:00

Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii

Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm 1:4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM

In the first week on Kauai I've shot approximately 2000 images. And 2 weeks to go!

A walk with a new lens...

2010-03-07T19:49:00.009-07:00

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G VR

The newly-released Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G VR is a pretty sweet lens. After a short walk and preliminary shoot today, I've noted excellent sharpness to all the corners of my new lens. There is a fair amount of barrel distortion at the wide end and a moderate amount of pincushion distortion on the narrow end, both easily remedied with a tool such as PTLens. I noted some occasional color fringing, worst on strongly highlighted edges. This is quickly remedied with Adobe Camera RAW. The lens handles beautifully and feels very well made. Focus is quick, silent, and the VR seems to hold it stock-steady. All in all, a beautiful lens!

Special DeLuxe

2010-02-24T22:20:00.002-07:00

Some repeats, tweaked slightly. I love these old cars - could shoot them forever and not get bored.

Nikon D80, Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8D ED

Check out my grill, yo.

2010-02-18T20:48:00.003-07:00

Nikon D80
Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8 D
Nikkor AF-S VR 105mm 1:2.8 Micro

Winter Day, Southern Alberta

2010-02-18T20:45:00.003-07:00

Nikon D700
Sigma 24-70mm 1:2.8 EX DG
Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8

Trees (no, really!)

2010-02-18T20:42:00.004-07:00

Nikon D700, Sigma 24-70mm 1:2.8 EX DG

Winter Walk - II

2010-02-03T14:05:00.006-07:00

I really liked the color in these leaves. It's just slightly tweaked in Photoshop (saturation boost, contrast, etc) but otherwise shot as I saw it. Nothing fancy. Equipment as in previous post.

Winter Walk - I

2010-02-03T13:57:00.016-07:00

Okotoks, Alberta

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF-S Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM

"Burgundy Gold" B&W tone action, courtesy The Light's Right Studios with homebrew edge burn action (previously posted).

I was bored, so sue me.

2010-01-16T00:10:00.002-07:00

Remembering Summer

2010-01-15T14:59:00.003-07:00

Hill Spring, Alberta
Nikon D80, Nikkor AF-S Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/250s, handheld.

Winter sucks. I need to live somewhere warmer. That is all.

A Still Life, or something like that.

2010-01-10T20:26:00.009-07:00

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D
Nikkor AF-S Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
Actions: Pioneer Woman ("Heartland", "Quick Edge Burn"), Totally Rad Actions ("Dirt Bag")
And a quiet saturday morning.

Christmas Eve III: Good Night...

2010-01-01T14:41:00.004-07:00

Nikon D700, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG
ISO 200, f/4.5 for 1 second, hand-held.

Christmas Eve II: Lights

2010-01-01T14:37:00.006-07:00

Christmas Eve I: Family

2010-01-01T12:46:00.017-07:00

Food needed color. Everything else I liked best in B&W...

The evening's best "Blue Steel" look... not bad.

Christmas Tree Lights

2009-12-28T16:30:00.002-07:00

They look so much cooler when you mess with them. Just my opinion.

Having a very Davis Christmas...

2009-12-28T16:24:00.012-07:00

...and by that I mean crowded, noise, messy, and totally fun!

Tait Update III

2009-12-28T16:06:00.003-07:00

These cracked me up...

Tait Update II

2009-12-28T16:01:00.014-07:00

Merry Christmas :)

2009-12-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

Tait update (hey that rhymes)

2009-12-20T15:24:00.009-07:00

More to come.

This cracks me up:

2009-12-18T22:34:00.001-07:00

Portait Session: Victoria

2009-12-17T23:05:00.011-07:00

Geek details:

Nikon D700 w/ MB-D10 grip
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Micro
Alienbees B800 Strobe
Paul C. Buff 32x40 collapsible Softbox
Manfrotto 420B Combi-boom
Nikon SB800 Speedlight w/ shoot-through umbrella
CyberSync wireless tranceiver system
and a whole lotta cheese!

Extra-Serious business

2009-12-11T22:02:00.001-07:00

Being my own test-subject on the first day I set up my new softbox. Hey - ya gotta go with what ya got.

Decorating the Christmas Tree, 2009

2009-12-11T21:50:00.011-07:00

The previous picture is one of my favorites of Sonya ever... it captures the moment for me because i can remember exactly how carefree and joyfully she was dancing to some silly Christmas tune on the radio. For me that's the essence of photography - capturing the emotion of a moment in life.

Kate very intent on descrambling a major knot in some decorations...

Thanks to my wife for taking a few of these while i traded off decorating!

Nikon D700 (ISO 6400!)
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG
home-brew "cyan/red split-tone" action in Photoshop CS4

Well, If you explain it that way...

2009-12-03T21:46:00.001-07:00

"Dad, I colored my face because I wanted to look like a tiger".

The impeccable logic of a five-year-old.

I need some time for some more photography.... very busy lately. Boo.

Studio Practice... The Hall girls

2009-11-08T21:30:00.025-07:00

The setup:
Nikon D700, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Micro

New and exciting:
Alienbees B800 Strobe
Manfrotto 420B combi-boom
Alienbees 32"x40" softbox
CyberSync Wireless Transmitter/Receiver system

Backdrop: 105" wide seamless white paper (roll mounted to ceiling)

I used my Nikon SB-800 Speedlight mounted to shoot through a 32" translucent umbrella as the secondary/fill light, with the softbox and the speedlight both at 45 degree angles to provide soft, nearly shadow-free lighting. Very simple and a lot of fun. The softbox RULES. Now I need another one.

Livingston, Montana, July 2009

2009-11-04T22:46:00.017-07:00

Nikon D80, Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5, Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 D

I finally got around to having a look through some of the vacation shots I took back in July. We spent a week or so in Livingston, Montana - it's near Yellowstone National Park and is absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've been. I walked around this tiny town for a couple of hours on the morning before we left, with my wife and nephew in tow, just wandering and taking in small-town America. God bless the USA!

Ultra-ultra Wide Fun!

2009-10-30T00:21:00.011-06:00

Nikon D700, Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM

I rented this lens for an architectural shoot to see what an ultra-ultra-wide angle lens would do for me in tight quarters. Suffice it to say it's a lot of fun to shoot with, but must be used extraordinarily carefully as with such an extreme view (122 degrees along the horizontal), distortion pops into the image instantaneously. Of course, if you're having fun with it, the distortion is another matter entirely. Many of these shots were taken literally inches away from objects (like the graffiti and mailbox shots), but it looks like you're several feet away. Crazy wide.

(note: this is a full-frame lens; the equivalent zoom for a cropped sensor dSLR would be about 8-16 mm).

Supposed to be shooting another home tomorrow. I have managed to get my sweaty little hands on a Nikon D3x, a Nikkor 24mm 1:3.5 PC-E and a Nikkor 45mm 1:2.8 PC-E (both are tilt-shift/perspective control lenses) for the shoot... so along with my own equipment I'll be out and about for the day with camera equipment worth enough to buy a new car. It's enough to make a guy jumpy, but also will be very fun to shoot with some of the best photographic equipment money can buy. Will be a relief when it's all back with its rightful owner later the same day! :)

Learn more about what tilt-shift lenses do with this great article.

Something new...

2009-10-21T23:48:00.004-06:00

Tomorrow afternoon I'm trying something new - I've done a bit of architectural stuff before (for my brother) but if this pans out will be taking some shoots for some pretty fancy homes. I did a little practise in my own little house - haven't had a chance to get through all the images, but here's a couple in the meantime.

I am absorbing everything I can regarding the technical issues surrounding architectural photography. Chief amongst them is controlling lens distortion. There are three basic types of lens distortion: barrel, pincushion, and mustache (a combination of barrel and distortion). At wide angles, barrel distortion is prominent; with telephoto, pincushion comes into play. More information can be found here.

Luckily I ran across a program/Photoshop plugin which can correct for any and all types of distortion - it has a library of customized data for pretty much any camera lens you could own, so it reads the lens used and automatically corrects the image = easy-peasy. The best part? It's $25. It's called PTLens and you can check it out here.

The program can run standalone (if you don't have Photoshop) or can be run as a plugin in Photoshop and be used as part of the workflow. Check it out!

Roemer-Foster Update, October 4 (2 of 2)

2009-10-04T22:36:00.021-06:00

Editing & processing is done. As soon as I get Rhonda's disc in the mail, it's off to the printers and then into the album for delivery. Almost there!

Roemer-Foster Update, October 4 (1 of 2)

2009-10-04T22:16:00.025-06:00

The Other (Better) Half

2009-09-29T21:39:00.003-06:00

Nikon D700, Nikkor AF-S VR 105mm 1:2.8 G Micro
ISO 3200, 1/60s @ f/8

I got marched outside with the camera tonight because apparently I haven't taken a shot of the wife in a while. So here she is with her new hairdo. In color and a B&W tone I like. And yes, camera geeks, that's ISO 3200. I still can't believe this camera is for real. ISO 3200 looks like my D80 did at ISO 200. Crazy.

Roemer-Foster Update, September 28

2009-09-28T20:06:00.006-06:00

Made lots of progress today - spent the whole day on it, actually! Just about finished - I should be ready to print hopefully next week.

By The Light Of The Moon.

2009-09-27T22:37:00.003-06:00

Waterton Lake, Alberta.
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF 50mm 1:1.8
ISO200, f/16 for 2 minutes.

This shot exemplifies what the astronomical price of the D700 buys you. A two-minute exposure, lit only by the light of the half-moon, and there is not a hint of noise in the image. None. Nada. Zero. Absolutely amazing. Worth every penny.

A View From The Top

2009-09-27T22:28:00.003-06:00

Bear's Hump, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (click on image to see larger).

Nikon D700, Sigma 24-70mm 1:2.8 EX DG @ 24mm
Manual mode, ISO 200, f/8, 1/500 seconds. 5 images, stitched together via Photomerge in Photoshop CS4. Full size image is 8216 x 3481 pixels.

Birthday Camping Trip, in B&W (part 1)

2009-09-27T22:18:00.017-06:00

A day in our life... a birthday (mine) camping trip (cheating - an RV trailer!) in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. I grew up near here and it's a favorite spot. These are some black & whites that captured the day. More to come - color, etc. This was my first chance to give my new Nikon D700 a workout, and it certainly did not disappoint.

Roemer-Foster Update

2009-09-23T21:30:00.001-06:00

Bunch of pix up at Rhonda's site....

Couple more from last night... more tomorrow.

2009-09-22T20:41:00.000-06:00

New Website!

2009-09-20T00:18:00.002-06:00

So it's now live... www.threecowsphotography.com (or www.threecowsphotography.ca - I took them both). This blog is where i will continue to update things first. The website is more for an introduction for people who just want to look around at some of my work. Or for people who incredibly bored. Or both. It's pretty low key and not at all flashy. Just like me.

that's all!

Roemer-Foster Update - September 17

2009-09-18T17:11:00.005-06:00

Done the base JPEG conversions - I have around 200 shots to work with. Now on to black & whites and finding some specific portraits to play with!

Roemer-Foster Update (Sept 14/09)

2009-09-14T22:06:00.002-06:00

Through the ceremony, making JPEGS out of RAW files. It's a little slow, but it gets each base image just how I like it. More to come, naturally!

Next Up: The Roemer-Foster Wedding!

2009-09-11T23:14:00.002-06:00

Round one of "culling" is done... down from about 1400 images to around 250. That will whittle down to about 150-200 (i hope!) when i'm done.

Free Photoshop Action #4

2009-09-08T14:58:00.004-06:00

This simple action makes an edge burn as seen above. I showed it in a black & white image to show it's one shortcoming - where there is pure white in the image edge, you won't get a burn. The image works best with edge shades other than pure white or pure black. There are two separate actions inside the set, one for use with a single layer image, and one for use with a multi-layer image. The burn looks different for every image and can be customized even further by changing the size (default is 100 pixels wide, max 250 px) or by modifying the curve, which changes the look and shape of the burn.

I've got a couple more actions i'll upload in the near future as well.

Download this action here, and rock on!

Livingston, Montana (July, 2009)

2009-09-06T21:25:00.003-06:00

Nikon D80, AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G IF DX
Gradient Map Burn action.

I love Montana... it's one of my favorite places on earth. In fact I'd be quite happy to move there were it possible/feasable. More pix to come.

That's All, Folks.

2009-09-04T19:44:00.001-06:00

Finishing things off with one of my favorite shots of the entire day. I'm all done editing - it's off to the printers!

Saturday Night Fever

2009-09-04T19:40:00.008-06:00

First Dance

2009-09-04T19:36:00.004-06:00

Strip Poker (Wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

2009-09-04T19:31:00.010-06:00

I don't think she wanted the cash, if you know what I mean.

Last of the Formals

2009-09-04T19:27:00.001-06:00

Cross-Andrusiak (Update Sept. 2/09, Color)

2009-09-02T22:04:00.000-06:00

One more day?

Cross-Andrusiak (Update Sept. 2/09, B&W)

2009-09-02T22:02:00.000-06:00

See, the problem...

2009-09-02T16:28:00.004-06:00

is that you can do TOO much with Photoshop and a little bit of knowledge. I get stuck on one image playing, which slows me down. But it sure is fun. For the record i like the bottom one best (it was also the first).

Hanging at the Legion... no good punks!

2009-09-02T16:26:00.000-06:00

Cross-Andrusiak (Update Sept. 1/09)

2009-09-01T15:56:00.010-06:00

A few favorites from today's work. I'm hoping to finish up this week... we shall see.

technical:
"Midnight Action Set V3" and "Lomo/Cross-processing Action" (i'll have to upload it - can't remember the source). Plus my edge burn action.

Just one....

2009-08-31T22:05:00.003-06:00

because i'm very tired. editing like crazy tomorrow. i'm tellin' ya... these guys make it easy.

Evening snaps

2009-08-30T21:04:00.009-06:00

MMMMMMMmuffins.

...and cheese.

Attitude? What attitude?

Nikon D700
Nikkor AF 50mm 1:1.8 D
Sigma 24-70mm 1:2.8 EX DG

Petunia

2009-08-29T21:15:00.003-06:00

Nikon D700, AF-S VR Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8 G Micro

Quadtone sepia action and edge burn action, both of which I will post one of these days.

Pool Girl

2009-08-29T21:11:00.002-06:00

Nikon D700, AF-S Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.8 D

Cros-Andrusiak Update, August 28

2009-08-28T23:16:00.022-06:00

So i'm done as far as the ceremony... 'bout half way, i think.

First Shot

2009-08-26T23:21:00.004-06:00

Nikon D700, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8.

I jumped in the deep end today... made the leap to a honest-to-goodness professional camera - the Nikon D700. I'm still hyperventilating a little because I actually spent that much money (business write-off!), but just having the thing in my hand for a few short hours has shown me that you get what you pay for. The quality of this thing is INSANE. Its got a full-frame sensor (same size as 35mm film), and the difference jumps right off the screen. I'm itching to shoot!

Cross-Andrusiak (update August 25)

2009-08-25T16:34:00.002-06:00

Cross-Andrusiak Wedding (Update August 19) - 2 of 2

2009-08-19T00:01:00.003-06:00

I recorded an action to speed this effect, which I learned here. I like the look, though I think the author's name is poorly chosen. The noisiness is more visible with larger images. I'll post the action later.

Cross-Andrusiak Wedding (Update August 19) - 1 of 2

2009-08-18T23:58:00.001-06:00

A few black & whites I liked, thus far.

Cross-Andrusiak Wedding (Update August 14)

2009-08-14T22:38:00.002-06:00

So I've winnowed down from just shy of 1500 shots to about 190 that are keepers. Here's a quick favorite of the night. Probably be playing with this image more before I'm done - it's one of my favorites of the whole day. I gotta say those are some photogenic guys - makes my job infinitely easier. More to come!

"A Day at the Amusement Park" (or, "Too Much Sugar")

2009-08-11T22:14:00.014-06:00

Nikon D80, Nikkor AFS 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5

Tina & Wayne - First Shot

2009-08-10T17:59:00.003-06:00

Saucy!

Rest of the story later!

Foggy Morning

2009-08-04T12:43:00.003-06:00

Nikon D80, AF-S Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.8 D, Lomo/Cross processing action (can't remember where i got it - might have been Adobe Exchange). This action seems more on the cross-processing side than the lomography side, but i like the look. Send a comment if you want the action - I can email it.

Yellowstone National Park, 2009

2009-07-27T23:18:00.004-06:00

Family day trip with most of the cousins (we're all vacationing in southern Montana); herding children does not make for the best photo safari, but I caught a few shots I liked. I take what I can! Yellowstone is an absolutely remarkable place; I could easily spend weeks there wandering with my camera (and fishing).