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I often see the full moon shots with the Jet plane,, never thought I would be lined up for one,, so,,, was out shooting the moon rising over a Barn roof,,, and, ​and sure enough, a jet lew by. Here is the raw version of the photo, a bit of noise,,, in the photo.. so here is...

was lucky last night with the weather,, for my class, rain was coming, and it had been cloudy all day,, but,, magically,, the sky opened, sun came out,, and the class went swell,, half had cancelled in fear of rain,, but still had seven show up,, and they got the nice light! love when sky...

rain in forcast for my outside class lots will not show up,,, but,, really rain is part of the world,, one should try to work with it,, might be your favorite photo in the end, puddles water on leaves trees can be vibrant etc ​so,, we will see how many show up..

ugh,, keep backing up those files,, got to keep the safety net up,, one of my computers hard drive chose to eat itself,, so, these computers are not perfect. hours and hours.. but,, safety first. going to teach a class tomorrow night,, was hoping for a moon rise,, but,,, mmm weather report...

I could not resist stopping at what was once the center of the photo univsere,, the old Kodak factory in Downtown Rochester, once the heart and soul of this city,, and of course,, could not resist taking a picture of its demise: perhaps a fitting symbol to a company that practically...

It waas great to attend a weddng, and the couple had two photographers working the event. The pressure awas totally off of me,, These two had it covered, nice lighting, did not miss a beat, So, I took only a select few, no point in recreating what the wedding photograpers weere getting to get...

I got up before Sunrise,, to phototography the falls, went on the Canadian side,, only car at the border stop at that time of day Here is one example,, using my 35-70,, I had to manual focus,, tripod,,

Yeah,, a full day off,, and will be able to take photos of Niagara falls today! I love Niagara falls, one of the most exotic locations in all of US,, really! I think some people stay away because well parts of its tacky, and well can be overwelmed by tourist,, but it is such a large...

The fall has turned out to be quite special with lots of color and drama.. Last night, I almost went out and then got busy, and sure it enough,, it might had been one of the best sunsets ever, Some of my friends posted various sunset shots taken on their camera phones, and they were...

here is a picture I took with my 80 - 400 at 500 feet away,, full zoom out,, But,, this is the original one,, ancient now,, and you can get mint versions for 600 dollars! versus new,, I have been quite please with the lens. I added the Kirk colar,, which is way studier than the stock.

I had my truty 80-400 lens,, and as I have posted in earlier posts, I consdier this a super flexible lens, and have been pleased with past results in sharpness, Here is a shot, shot zoomed way out,, of two fishiingman enjoying a nice day, and one is casting, and you can cleary see the cast of...

during my photo shoot,, I brought 3 more photographers along,, Two of them were serious long term photographers, and were stil dependent on Auto mode,, and exposure compensation,,, for their tweaks,, I find this so mysterious, the more auto function you depend on,, the more you have to try to...

Well,, into the last week of my pictures hanging,, I swapped in a new one,, to better represent the season.. sold two pieces so far,, course,, I am not expensive,, but then again,, I am not splitting the payment , it is a free hanging,, so,, sure, could sell a print at 100 dollars, or 50...

When I am in a rush,, I grab my trusty D700 and ancient but goody 28-105 Nikkor with a macro function too,, this lens is very flexible, and sharpness holds up quite well,,, so ,, for example,, maybe I use it for a water shot like the following: and then you can can switched gears for a...

Enjoyed taking a group of photographers out,, the light was awful,, it has that gray day look,, so,,, took a subject matter, I iked the face of this barn. looked to me like the barn is sticking its tongue out.

Amizing how light can change, I looked out my window, and it was blah! but I could see a hint that things could change, So,, it was grab a kit, and drive to a spot I know near by,, show up atthe final window of light, and suddenly, color shows up! very colorful indeed,, and 30 minutes...

last night the light was gorgous,, love that autum glow,, here is one shot this is where light makes so much,,, and the window of time is so short,, maybe a 30 minute window,, Always encourage photographers to carve time and chase the sun! can make a difference from a flat photo to...

Darn,, I was out, and the light was just not cooperating, up early,, before the crack of dawn,, and those pesky clouds kept hiding the sun,, laughs, of course,, as I was having to drive back,, the sun burst free,, lighting up the trees like torches,,, but now the clouds are in fro a day,, so...

Tuesday,, by the time I got out to chase a shot, I was racing the Sun as it made its Journey,, course,, I guess I was really racing the rotation of the Earth, amazing how fast we rotate,, because sure enough, I lost the race to the destination, before the sun was below the ridge line, I had...

wow,, the weather has been holding up,, almost surreal how nice it has been. Yup, got out looking for trees,, Here is one bright one. got a few nice shots,, I'll keep trying to find some more of the season,, course translating the colors to photos that are interesting is a challenge. I...