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Feb 15
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The View From Mount Washington

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A Look At Pittsburgh- Through My Lens

 

This was taken last February from Mount Washington  it was a really windy over cast day and pretty chilly.  The city is full of bridges, great architecture and photo op’s abound. I wasn’t as good at photography then as I feel I am now…. I can’t wait to revisit this same spot one day in the future, to  try and create an even better version of this shot.  The City Of Bridges, The Steel City, Pittsburgh whichever you prefer this city is full of really neat things and places. On our trip we had the opportunity to visit the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium which is very large and quite nice with lots of cool exhibits and animals.

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The above photo was taken with a Canon T2i and a kit lens handheld and later edited with Photomatix Pro to create the HDR version. The view is spectacular and you can see for miles and miles!

Feb 10
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Spring Portrait Sessions Roanoke Valley

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Spring Portait Sessions

Spring is closing in and it’s almost time for my outdoor portrait sessions at your choice of three locations the Salem,VA Duck Pond, Virginia Western Arboretum in Roanoke,VA or Greenhill Park in Salem,VA. The session fee is set at $75.00 and will be limited in availability, the dates are to be determined by mother nature.  To learn more about this special or to reserve your spot please use the contact form.

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Virginia Western Arboretum

Feb 08
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Snowy Weather In The Roanoke Valley

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Crazy Weather In Virginia

Man the weather sure has been weird lately…. a mixture of snow, 70 degree days, more snow, 6″ of rain and more snow….  I’m really not sure what to think about all of this. But on the photography side of things it has allowed me some warm days to get out and capture some sunsets and sunrises. After the first snow storm I went out to capture the sunrise with the fresh snow on the ground and sticking to the tree limbs the final image was one of the best so far in 2013 and was featured on the front page of the Salem Times Register on February 7, 2013.

 

Sun and Snow

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Jan 09
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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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So I had the oppurtunity to take two trips last year to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, to capture the amazing beauty of the moutains, views, creeks and nature. I spent hours just in the miles and miles of creeks and streams in the park, it seemed every half mile I spotted something that I wanted to get a better look at and photograph. There are a number of HDR photographs I’ve uploaded to my portfolio from the two trips and I’ve still got more to process. I found this one to be interesting and  just had that cool feel to it, it was taken in low light close to dark using a long exposure and processed using IR.

 

 

Snowy Creek In Gatlinbrug Tennessee

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Dec 25
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Big Kid On Christmas Morning

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So Christmas is finally here! The wait to use my new camera is over 🙂 so like a little kid I ripped it open, hooked up my Promote Control and mounted it on my Slik tripod and out the door I went.  I’ve had this under the tree for almost a month and I was about to bust. Below is a photograph I took of Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke,VA with the new Canon 6D which is my first full frame DSLR. I was bummed when I got home and tried to process my raw files using Photomatix 4.2 because it doesn’t recognize the files yet so the HDR will have to wait until the update comes out.

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Dec 16
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Composite Photography Coming In 2013

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I will be offering a new service called composite photography, this combines studio work with my HDR work.  This is a two part process one the subject will be photographed in a studio setting using lighting and a solid color background. Second the background is shot using HDR or High Dynamic Range Photography. Then both are combined together to create one awesome eye catching image.  To give you a little idea of what this can look like here’s an example I took recently.

Rockstar Composite HDR Image

Composite Portrait by Nathan Firebaugh Photography Salem,VA