Lens Freak

For those of you who don't know this is the silky smooth bokey talked about when the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR is mentioned. Just thought I would give an example since me and the lens have been seperated forr 2 weeks. I get her back on friday after a $360 hospital stay from a 5 foot drop.

Old Newbie

This is an abstract that is relatively old but I thought was a great photo. It got kind of lost in the shuffle but found again now that I've moved all my thousands of photos to Adobe Lightroom. It would have worked great with some "Difrent People" around it bt that wasn't the case. Enjoy

The Lehmann's

It was seems to be a never ending celebration, my weekends have been filled with travel, parties, alcohol, and just about any excuse possible to get inebriated. Four straight weeks in Key West, a week in Cape Cod to come back to a two day stay at the grove for a very special wedding of two of my best friends P.J and Jackie Lehmann. Congratulations to the beautiful couple that are presently flying to their honeymoon destination on Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii.

For Old Times Sake...

After looking through my blog today I couldn't help but be a little proud of what I have accomplished in the short time I have started this site and used a camera. I started wondering if this new business of mine will ever be successful or even cover itself. I like to give myself credit but i'm not nieve enough think that the people in the industry would do the same. After looking at the most recent posts I realized that not only have my photos gotten more pleasing, but the range of my subjects has spread as well. My photographic appreciation and vision are increasing in proportion to my skill and passion.
I started to read a new photo magazine I just got in and was reading about shooting in different light situations and times when the article took me back to a photo I had disregarded as useful a good time ago. I went back to my files and starting looking through old RAW files from my Pentax. What I found was flawed jewel. One early morning before work I was up earlier than usual to look outside and see an unusual amount of fog for south Florida. I grabbed my camera and hurried outside to take about 20 photos. I was so excited that by the time I even reviewed one the sun was ruining the atmosphere and I realized all my pictures were on the wrong setting and completely blown out. I hurried as fast as I could and put the camera to the setting neccessary for this difficult lighting. This photo is one the the 2 that got captured.
When I went back to the photo which was a good 8 months ago I finally realized what I had wasn't a overly noisy underexposed image but a perfect negative or a foggy day that could only make things seem old and out of date; aged. I put the photo in Antique black and white (like I seem to do a lot of subjects these days) and got rid of some dust artifacts. Added a little smoothness and contrast. The final image is probably the most meaningful I have posted, to me at least. It goes back to a day when I just woke up and the first thought of my mind was capturing the moment with my camera. It was me being totally careless and taking bad shots but sticking just long enough to make adjustments for just 2 final negatives. It is a new rendition of an old photo that is made to look even older.

Climbing Vine

This is on the far East coast of the Cape. We trekked for about 2 miles up some hill laden terrain on the beach coast, to many misquitos made for an early exit though. Enjoy.

Antique Palm

This was at the start of my vacation in the Keys during some nasty weather. It was also my first time using the Tokina 12-24mm F/4 which is becoming my favorite lens. Enjoy.

Urban Advertising -- Lively Stone

Urban Advertising was taken walking by the green monster at Fenway Park with the 17-55mm f/2.8. Lively Stone is one of my favorite from the tip. It is in the middle of Downtown Boston. The buildings door open with a black shadow cast thru and a very lively green sunlit vine and vibrant red brick gave the photo instant constrast. 17-55mm f/2.8.

Square Dance

This and a number of following photos to come are from my recent stay in Boston/Cape Cod area. This the square spiraling ramp case that goes to the top of the Province Town Monument. Good think my girlfriend took me to Province Town and I didn't go alone. A very large percentage of the upcoming shots are with my new Tokina 12-24mm AF Pro F/4 lens. On a much sadder note, getting home unpacking from my track from the vaction at midnight I dropped and shattered the casing on my Nikon 70-200mm VR that costs $1700. Donations are always welcome.

Silent Eyes

Another photo from my last trip to the everglades. Photography is becoming a dangerous hobby being that I walked up on two of these gators. Luckily for me they have enough to eat out there. Nikon D200 VR 70-200mm f/2.8 1/40th @ ISO 640.

Dark Pines

This photo was taken standing on the roof of my truck with my Manfrotto Neotec tripod just 15 minutes after the foreposted photo.

West Lake Everglades

Went to the Everglades National Park yesterday on a wim. After hours of horrible lighting, rain, and nothing to bring home I decided to go to Falamingo which is the end of the Park at Florida Bay. As the clouds moved south the sun started to set on one the most amazing cloud formation sunsets i've ever seen. This was at the west lake, Nikon D200 17-55mm DX f/2.8 1/640th @ 640 ISO equivalent.