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Mid Week already,, and today is a gorgeous day,,, but,, I have slated it as chore day,, I have the week off,,, and have to focus on getting some house projects done,, You know how things back up,,, sometimes,,, I think a townhouse,, with be so much easier,, where one is not responsible for the...

Hey,,, are these guys taking pictures of me? or the Game? if you look closely,, you will see that maybe all the cameras are Canon!,,, even with the Canon stickers,, what cracks me up,, is the way fans are looking at some action on the field, and every single one of the cameras are...

One never knows what subject to use,,, even dead fishes,, Nature sure has an great structure,, and the camera can try to capture a portion. a bit of focus stacking on this shot, I had an ancient 28-105 macro lens to expermient with this

Sunday,, I have been too busy,, have so many photos to edit from just the baseball agame and fair night,, I'll wait for some quiet time next week.. here is one more shot. and of course,, 3 day weekend,, time to enjoy the last of summer,, oh,, bring a camera too,, never know what you...

I love visiting the Fair,, for the photography of course,, Bring the tripod,, and for me,,, I like right at dusk, so I can still include the sky such as.... or you can wait a bit longer,, and pull in multiple rides and of course,, don't forget to include other features of the...

A blast attending a Red Sox game with a gear,, laughs, I wonder why the Press core is so interested in getting my photo! You can see how Nikon has plastered the stickers,, but I think it was split between Nikon and Canon lens,, lots of serious glass oh,, maybe they were actually...

So,, packing the gear for the game today,, I am thinking Primes,,,, and the one large zoom,, with a 2X. first: the ultra wide ->15 mm 3.5,, because it is so fun, does not distort, and takes such nice pictures,, one of my favorite all time lens. Second,, a 28 mm (for a bit of wide) third, a...

BaseBall Game,,, well tomorrow night,, so,,, will bring the zoom,, 80-400 lens,, and monopod,, and then a 15mm wide angle for those fun wide angles. ISO,, fairly high,, I am hoping for some action shot, I might bring a 2X convertor and do some manuall mode,, just to try 800 mmm,, of couse...

One of the results of starting in Film,, especially color film,, where the processing was down outside of the house,, is trying to frame the shot in the camera right,, one did not have so many cropping options. in someways,, the mind/camera got trained to swing/frame/click,, no review...

Yesterday was nice,, because I was deep in the woods, and more restricted,, to the sights,, so your eyes becomes more in tuned with the small, maybe more subtle. So,, good to bring a flexible lens,, In my case,, I bought my 35-70 2.8 with built in macro,, plenty sharp,, fairly wide,, (well on...

sometimes the subect is not direct but indirect,, like in shadows.. some photographers are master in this way,, not me as much,, Here is an example of what I am talking about.

One of the most overdone,, but heck so many categories of photos are overdone, laughs,, who's to judge,, are city streets and streaks of light,, The timing is hard, since it dependds on how much you want the car included,, versus the streaks of light, so,, if you want the shape of the car...

Airplanes,,, so hard to get pictures,, but,, we all try,,, typically,, I'll put in manual focus,, because on my camera,, it will want to hunt a bit,, My lens was only up to 84,, so limited reach,, but last night the full moon was awesome, and we were flying over water.. since it was night...

Funny,, when you walk around,, with your Gear/tripod,, tourist are always asking you to take their photo, they know you must know something.... and are not too shy,, and will ask,,, I always go ahead and comply,,, and even position them, and get them to respond,,, just seems that if they have...

so much of photograpy is being in the right place at the right time,, etc, you can preplan some of course, but sometimes leaving some room for randomness makes the best sthots.. also ,walking around,,, keeping an eye out,, helps Today I was just at the spot, where the moon was rising...

Travel day,, and got my light weight kit ready,, a D800 (ok not light weight, but lb per pixel,, the best) and then Primes! 20mm 3.5 AI 50mm 2.0 AI 100 mm 2.8 E and that's it! small side bag,, that can hold both primes an ultra light weight tripod.. you may notice,, these are all...

Maybe a city night this week,, I like taking my camera into Urban settings, especially at night, with the lights, buildings, and streaks of lights travel tripod,, usually a single zoom,, or even a couple of primes, like 28, 50. the Primes are nice for wight, size, and sharpness.. ok,, I am...

welll,, I was away from my computer,,, so this is two day combo.. I was in Lewiston Maine,, and they were launching Hot air Baloons right in the city, at the right angle, could have been awesome, but I was busy running around,, I did snag a hike on the way home,, did kick myself for not...

Today is going to be what I call Party Boat Cruise,, going on a Friends' pontoon boats, that just kind mopes along. One advantage, is that good for picture taking, essentially a platform on the lake. I'll bring the 80-400 as the primary lens, along with a normal lens,, most likely the 24-85...

absolutely a gorgeous blue sky today,, I will have to do at least some type of outdoor shooting today, even if I just grab a macro lens and shoot some plants, just to be outside is worth it. My printing piles up, and piles up,, I just keep adding to my print folder, This is the selection of...