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Photography — 2 Comments
20
Jun 10

Dirt Bike POV

A few days ago I went along with my parents to ride our dirt bikes and hang out for the afternoon. I really enjoy POV shots and had been itching to shoot something so I used the opportunity to take some POV photos of riding the bikes. After duck tapping a Canon EOS 20d to my chest I attached my Tokina 10-17/3.5-4.5 DX fisheye lens and a cable release. Holding in the clutch and shooting with the same hand was a little tough but after a few laps I was getting the hang of it. Check out my favorite photos below along with the 60 second video.

Life — 1 Comment
2
Mar 10

March Snow In Tahoe

I peeped threw my blinds today and saw snow tumbling down to the ground. What a great way to start off the month.

PA-CA 2010

Justin and myself made our trip from Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Tahoe California last week for the second year in the row.

I shot photos along the trip on the LX3, which you can view in this flickr slideshow.

Justin also made a video edit from our trip.

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12
Jan 10

New Buys: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

I bought some new gear for this winter. Today arrived my first of three items and inside it was a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. I have never owned a point and shoot camera, so deciding which camera to buy and education myself on P&S technology was a task. I knew I wanted video capabilities, low f-stop, sharp lens, and the ability to shoot in RAW. The LX3 had all of my needs by supplying 1280 x 720 @ 24fps video shooting, a f/2.0-2.8 Leica DC Vario-Summicron Lens, and RAW shooting capabilities. I have to wait for my memory card which I ordered from another online dealer but once it arrives I will have some shots to upload.

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21
Dec 09

Bonnie Macfarlane

Last thursday I went to Reid Menzer with Bonnie to shoot a large drop in the park. The drop top was at my shoulders and large for anyone to hit let alone a girl.

Photography — 1 Comment
14
Dec 09

Jason Wagner North Carolina Biking

I spent Thanksgiving in North Carolina and had the chance to shoot with Jason Wagner who is a personal friend, the designer of my website, and writes a good blog. Since moving to NC Jason has started to mountain bike. We went to Carolina North Forest in Chapel Hill, NC and here are the images we produced.

Thanks Jason for the fun time. See them on my flickr.

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29
Sep 09

Portraits

A few portraits and lifestyles from this past summer that have not been posted yet. Some are film, and some are digital. Not going to say anything about them, you decide for yourself.

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16
Sep 09

Jerod Stoner V2.

You all saw the post of Jerod Stoner well here are some more shots of him at his private dirt bike park.

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7
Aug 09

Bladhill Billies

I spent the afternoon throwing Horseshoes and taking some action/portrait photos with a bunch of kids from the Baldhill area. Not a lot to write just look at the photos.

Photography / Tutorial — 3 Comments
8
Jun 09

Balancing Backlighting With Flash

Have you been in a situation where the subject you wanted to shoot was in the shade or had a shadow cast on it, and the background was blown out in your attempt to properly expose your subject?

EXAMPLE

In this post we are going to cover how to make much better photos out of situations like this.

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