Sep 24

Football Portraits

By Nathan Firebaugh | Canon 60D, Canon 6D, Composite Photography, HDR Photography, Lightroom 5, Photography, Photography Blog, Photoshop, Portraits, Virginia | No Comments

Football Portraits

This year my son started a new sport Football so to bring in the new sport I shot a couple football portraits. This one is a composite portrait meaning the subject was shot in a studio location on a white background and then the background was swapped out later in Photoshop. I love shooting these things they are much different than my normal work! These allow me to mix the artistic backgrounds with a portrait, to create a one of a kind portrait.

For more information or if you’d like to have your own Sportrait session feel free to contact me.

Jul 08

Salem Fair Fireworks

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4th Of July Fireworks

I spent the evening at the Salem Fair Fireworks show for the 4th of July photographing all of the beautiful lights and motion. The setup I used for this photograph was my Canon 6D with the 17-40mm F4L mounted on a Inudro tripod and I controlled the exposure with my Promote Control. Some of the problems you have to deal with in a situation like this is finding a balance between the lights of the rides and fair grounds and the fireworks. By using a manual shutter hold on the remote I could quickly look at the histogram and see immediately if I need to lengthen or shorten my exposure.

I also had a second camera setup Sony A6000 with the 16-50mm lens shooting a timelapse video using the Sony Timelapse App which can be found below.

Jun 09

Late Spring At The Old Mill

By Nathan Firebaugh | Canon 6D, Canon HDR Photography, HDR Photography, HDR Software, Landscapes, Lightroom 5, NIK, Photography, Photomatix, Tennessee, Topaz Clarity, Travel | No Comments

The Old Mill – Pigeon Forge, TN

I had a quick visit to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few weeks back… more for relaxation than photography this time around. But I still had my gear with me and managed to shoot a few photographs during the trip. This is one of the Old Mill around sunset while a couple guys were fishing in the water below. The Old Mill is a really neat place to visit if you’re ever in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

Jun 08

Crabtree Falls

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Chasing Waterfalls

I went out with a few photography friends yesterday to spend the day photographing a few waterfalls here in Virginia. Our first stop was at Crabtree Falls located in Nelson County, this set of falls is one to the tallest sets of waterfalls east of the Mississippi River. The climb isn’t too bad even though the light we were working with didn’t allow us to hike to the very top. The trail is a pretty clean path and has railings to keep people off the dangerously slick rocks around the falls. I made my way out to a semi safe spot and took this shot looking away from the falls.

Mar 16

Photographing Waterfalls

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Photographing Waterfalls

Yesterday I had the chance to get out and photograph this beautiful 200′ waterfall. Photographing waterfalls usually combines a few things I love hiking (usually to get to the waterfall) and water (I’ve loved fishing since I was a kid). A few new pieces of gear I tried out during this excursion included the new Mind Shift Panorama 180. I will be writing a full review on this bag once I get to test it out extensively, but so far I love it!. The second piece of gear was a new tripod setup, which included the Induro AT 214 legs. The tripod legs worked flawless! Work continues on my Ebook where I will help you take photographs like this of waterfalls stay tuned….

Photo Share – Falling Spring Falls

You can find this waterfall near Covington, VA and it’s easily viewable from the overlook. Spring is on it’s way and you will be seeing more photographs like this once warm weather is here to stay.

Feb 10

Photo Share – Looking Up At Currituck Lighthouse

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Looking Up At Currituck Lighthouse

Photographing lighthouses can sometimes be a challenge especially when they are swarming with tourists! Just like this photograph yes you can see some tourists who climbed to the top of the Currituck Lighthouse but at the base there were probably 50 -100 more waiting their turn. I walked around looking for an angle to shoot and try to limit the number of people in a shot. This is one of the shots I came up with framing the lighthouse in the lush trees. I’m so ready for spring time the cold dreary weather has hampered my photography lately and it’s getting a little frustrating. So here’s to warm weather!!!

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