Sep - 7th
Managing Photos Online
Posted at 4:41 am | Filed Under General, Photos
Well with the whole sRGB and Adobe RGB fiasco behind me and sorted, I need to come to a decision of how to manage photos online.  Currently I use flickr pro account and smugmug basic account.  At the moment, I like to use flickr for displaying pictures and using smugmug for storage and prints.  I also [...]
Aug - 10th
August Delivers the Heat
Posted at 3:23 am | Filed Under General, Photos
Seems like August never disappoints when it comes to heat. Â Today we hit 34C and some areas even higher. Â The wind was calm and with 65%Â humidity, it made for a balmy day. Â It’s just so weird when the wind speed is like zero, the air was just thick. Â I like the heat, but the [...]
Jul - 2nd
1/2 Way Through
Posted at 3:55 am | Filed Under General, Photos
Can you believe that we are 1/2 way through 2010 already? Â I’m hoping July will bring in better weather and we can actually get a summer. Â Yesterday was our first day of any real heat and it shot up to 90 degrees, which is like 30 degrees higher than we are use to, kind of [...]
May - 24th
Firsts of the Year
Posted at 7:52 pm | Filed Under General, Photos
Tried out a ring light experiment this past weekend with Ally. Â Ring light is pretty cool effect on the eyes for a catch light. Â I did a DIY ring light thanks to a post I came across on the photocamel forum. Â It was really easy to build. Â Basically 8 bulbs in a circle with a [...]
May - 16th
Hitting a Lull
Posted at 5:10 am | Filed Under General, Photos
I would love to bring back April again. May just hasn’t gone any where, but rain and cold. I’ve lost so much motivation and feel like I have just taken a giant step backwards with progression. It shouldn’t take so much energy to get up and going. I finally got myself to go out last [...]
Feb - 16th
Mother Nature needs to take a nap
Posted at 3:34 am | Filed Under General, Photos
The snow just keeps coming and coming. It seems like mother nature is getting a nasty habit of rolling in bad weather for the weekends and making getting to and from events a mess for many. Hockey season is in full motion and a lot of our games are away games, so it’s making it [...]
Feb - 1st
In Rolls February
Posted at 3:30 pm | Filed Under General, Photos
I had a nice 4 day weekend and got the opportunity to get out and get some pictures. I would of preferred a bit warmer temperatures, but January in North Dakota is usually cold. We did get our January thaw tho and I did get out during that time too. I am looking forward to [...]
Jan - 18th
January Thaw
Posted at 9:07 pm | Filed Under General, Photos
Last week brought our January thaw and I missed out on most of it due to having the flu. It wasn’t the full blown flu, just enough to feel tough and need lots of sleep. Thursday and Friday were the two worst days and by Saturday I was doing pretty good again. I did manage [...]
Dec - 27th
Christmas
Posted at 6:38 am | Filed Under General, Photos
Christmas has come and gone and it was an interesting Christmas for many as the weather raged across the nation. We still enjoyed our small and quiet Christmas tho. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Darwin made it in before the weather turned bad. I was able to use the new softbox and get [...]
Dec - 23rd
Christmas Time
Posted at 6:05 am | Filed Under General, Photos
2 days till Christmas and another major winter storm is moving across the plains. We missed the last one, but this one is gonna hit us. It looks like we will be on the edge with 5-9 inches of snow. It’s going to move in on Christmas Eve and than stick around through Christmas day. [...]
Dec - 17th
Luka ISO 3200 Test
Posted at 5:11 am | Filed Under Photos
I ran across a thread for “hacking” your camera to enable features. I shoot the Canon Rebel XT/350D which is limited to ISO 1600. With my recent hockey shoot I had, I was so wishing I had ISO 3200. Anything I can gain in shutter speed would help. I than ran into this thread and [...]
Dec - 9th
Winter is Back…
Posted at 1:56 am | Filed Under General, Photos
December 1st brought back winter after a beautiful November. The snow and cold weather came in and it’s been kinda hard adjusting to the temperatures. The snowfall brought in over four inches of snow and made a mess of the roads. Once again it will be a white Christmas in North Dakota. Has there ever [...]
Nov - 20th
My Favorite 2009 Photos
Posted at 11:55 pm | Filed Under Photos
My favorite portrait. I still remember this shot, once the shutter went click, I knew this was gonna be a great shot. It’s currently hanging on my wall in a beautiful frame, pic size 11×14. My favorite HDR. This is the outlook of my hunting spot on a beautiful afternoon with the harvest dust floating [...]
Oct - 28th
Calendar and Bits
Posted at 3:23 am | Filed Under Photos
I have narrowed down this year’s pictures to 30 pictures that I like the most for a calendar. I now need to narrow it down to 13. The 13th one is for the cover, that is why 13. I kept most of the photos to the ones taken in the past year, a couple are [...]
Oct - 19th
Ally Ally Ally
Posted at 5:13 am | Filed Under Photos
What would I do without Ally? I can call her up and at the drop of hat be ready for pics. She comes up with her own ideas and I have to seldom direct her. I just let her do her thing. I still correct her on posture and what not, but she makes the [...]
Aug - 20th
Artist
Posted at 3:54 am | Filed Under Photos
Well, we finally got to do some indoor pics. I was pretty please at how the lighting went. Thanks to another photographer that gave me a tip on checking the correct exposure in adobe camera raw. I would of had some under exposed pics if not for that tip. It seems so easy to under [...]
Aug - 14th
CJ’s Studio
Posted at 5:55 am | Filed Under Photos
So I got my Ultra White Lightning 600 back after sending it in for bulbs and upgrade. I have to say that Paul C Buff has great service and prices. The service was fast and I was expecting a much bigger bill, but for $70.00 I got it upgraded and 2 new bulbs and that [...]
Aug - 2nd
The Senior
Posted at 6:35 pm | Filed Under Photos
Courtney is finally getting around to taking some serious pictures for her senior pics. We jumped into the car over the weekend and hit some various spots for photos. I used two off camera flashes for this shot in an abandoned barn. ISO 100 at f/5.6 at 1/125 Ally came along to be the equipment [...]
Jul - 28th
Photographing Dad
Posted at 3:05 am | Filed Under Photos
Dad asked last spring if I would do a shoot of him bowhunting and I was excited for it. I finally got to do the shoot and I was really concerned about lighting. It gets darker within the trees of course and I didn’t want to do it in the middle of the day with [...]
Jul - 16th
Thanks
Posted at 11:09 pm | Filed Under Photos
Ally, my youngest daughter, has been a wonderful person to me as I struggle to learn proper lighting. I am so glad she likes to participate in my world of learning all this. I think she is learning lots too and when she picks up the camera, she does very well also. She has the [...]
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