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Jul 16
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Back From The OBX

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Darkness Falls Over The Sound

I’m back from my week long trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the trip was wonderful! I captured some amazing images, now it’s time to process all those images and share them all. 🙂

This is one I took over the Roanoke Sound just after sunset it’s a long exposure (30 seconds) taken at a pretty high ISO (3200) using my Canon 6D.  I love the colors and the mood of this photo, plus there are the stars in the upper right corner, the reflections in the water.

Darkness Falls Over The Sound

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I’ve decided to add some of the photo’s from this trip to my eBook “Photographing Bodies Of Water” the book will be released in the near future. The book is a story of my journeys and trips photographing different parts of the coast, rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. Along the way in the book I give tips to beginners looking to improve their photography, tips like gear selection, tips on composing photographs and post processing tips.

Jun 28
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American Muscle Cars

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American Muscle – Car Show Photography

 

I’ve always been into car shows since an early age,  me and my dad would go to a few here and there. Recently I started photographing different parts of the cars, taillights, interiors, emblems and so on. I’m working on creating a good size collection of these images to build a new catalog over on my SmugMug account. Here’s one I took at the Dogwood Festival in Vinton, VA this past year.

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Jun 27
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The Lighthouse Mid Day

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Tybee Island Lighthouse Mid Day

 

No tripods allowed sir! You’re going to have to either leave that with us or take it to your car…. The dreaded words!

I can understand not up in the lighthouse maybe, but come on give me a break. Anyway if you plan to visit the Tybee Island Lighthouse leave the tripod in the car. It’s no use to argue with the lady at the ticket booth, it will get you nowhere… So this photograph was taken about mid day as I was going up into the lighthouse, nothing fancy, no fancy post processing ( other than to remove the people standing in my way) I really wish I had updated the firmware on my Sony NEX-5N before this trip or even put it in my bag for that matter. I can shoot handheld HDR’s with it fairly well I have recently found out… like the last photograph I posted “Sunset Through The Purple Vetch” handheld 3 exposures while lying on my belly.

Wanted to share a coastal themed picture to get me in gear for my trip next weekend to the coast of North Carolina…. OBX here we come! I can’t wait to wake up early in the morning to grab those awesome sunrises on the beach and the late evening sunsets at the many lighthouses, piers, and marina’s. Stay tuned plenty of photographs to come!  Oh and the NEX will be in my camera bag!

 

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Jun 16
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Sunset Through The Flowers

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Sunset Through The Purple Vetch – Blue Ridge Parkway, VA

I took a trip up on the parkway to capture what turned out to be a beautiful sunset yesterday. The tree’s at the overlooks seems to block lots of the views and make for crappy photo’s. So coming up with a good composition is always a challenge! For this one I decide to lay down and shoot the sun rays through the small flowers on the ground. I used the Sony NEX-5N for this shot and captured 3 bracketed shots handheld, with the 18-55mm kit lens.

I then processed this shot using Photomatix Pro, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom, Topaz Labs Adjust and Clarity. If you haven’t seen my review on Topaz Clarity you should check it out! This is an excellent piece of software to make contrast adjustments in landscape photography.

Sunset Through The Purple Vetch

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Jun 11
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Into The Pastel Sunset

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Pastel Sunset – Tybee Island, GA

One of my favorite things to photograph are sunsets, there’s always that chance of surprise. It’s kind of like you never know what you’re going to get, sometimes they are exploding with color and light. Then other times they are just kind of drab and lack luster but no two are ever the same. This was a sunset I photographed during my trip to Savannah Georgia earlier this year. I’m getting kind of excited since I’ve got another coastal trip coming up in just a few weeks, this time it’s to the Outer Banks, NC.  I absolutely love photographing coastal areas… lighthouses, the beach, wildlife, it seems you can’t go wrong!  What’s your favorite things to photograph at the beach?

 

Into The Pastel Sunset - Tybee Island, GA

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Jun 09
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Shooting From A New Perspective

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Topaz Clarity Review Updated

I just added some new photographs to the Topaz Clarity Review and I added the promo code for 15% off all orders from Topaz Labs.

Shooting Landscapes From Underwater

I’ve been experimenting with some half underwater and above water shots lately, it’s harder than it sounds for sure. Getting the camera set at the right angle and finding a good composition are the two hardest things about it. These experiments have been fun and I’m definitely still learning every time I go out and shoot like this. Here’s a sneak peek of one of the images….

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