to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Can't we all just get along?
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 5:35AM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Whittier I shot this in August of 2009 when I was just learning how to shoot HDR. I wasn't sure of my workflow then but I knew I loved the results.
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 9:08PM | in Aviation, HDR, National Air and Space Museum, Udvar Hazy Center, Washington DC The Mach 2 Air France Concorde takes center stage at the Udvar Hazy Center in Washington DC.
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 6:23AM | in Aviation, HDR, National Air and Space Museum, Space, Spacecraft, Travel, Udvar Hazy Center, Washington DC The Space Shuttle Enterprise in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Center Museum. Wow that was a mouthful. It's really quite amazing to walk into this hanger and see a space shuttle parked right in front of you. Even if that shuttle has never been in space. This was a test vehicle and was flown off the back of a specially modified 747. Astronaut and Enterprise test pilot John Young once mentioned that the Enterprise had the gliding characteristics of a brick. More Udvar Hazy Center images here.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 6:05AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, Lensbaby, Macro Lensbaby macro shot of this cool hood ornament I found in the back lot at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler car show. Very often the show is so busy that a lot of cool cars end up parking out back.
Post a Comment | tagged Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Bokeh, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, Downey, Lensbaby, Macro | Share Article Permalink Email Article Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 6:48AM | in Caddy, Cadillac, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Washington DC Here's another view of this slammed caddy. I have included an inset of the fifth of ten exposures that I took to create this HDR image. This is good way to compare what typical photography methods would capture when faced with a scene that has such a wide range of light. As you can see, the inset photo is lacking both shadow and highlight detail. Also I can tell you from personal experience that the inset image does not represent the scene as my eyes remember it.
Our eyes are amazing devices and much more suited to capturing both light and detail than any camera regardless of price. I get a lot of emails from people who hate HDR photography for various reasons. While I respect the opinions of others, I personally feel that this process is very empowering and allows me to capture the scene the way I saw it and even take it further if I choose to do so. What do you think?
3 Comments | tagged Caddy, Cadiillac, California, Car, Car Show, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 6:04AM | in California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier I didn't catch the make or model of this car but I don't think this is the original paint! Often car owners remove all manufacturer logos and model name plates. This makes it tough for uninformed people like me. I think this is very cool whatever it is.
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 6:49AM | in California, Creative, Disney Glow-Fest at Disney California Adventure. This guy was an amazing dancer. Lots and lots of people were watching his moves, taking pictures and dancing around the lighted platform he was on.
Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 10:15PM | in Bokeh, California, Disney, Lensbaby Disney California Adventure is hosting a nighttime celebration of color called Glow-Fest which features music, dancing, professional dancers and lots of interesting lighting and color. I couldn't resist breaking out my Lensbaby.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 11:59PM | in Caddy, California, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier I was walking around the Ruby's car show and had 2 people tell me that there was a wicked red, slammed caddy off by itself and not crowded on either side by other cars. This is highly desirable when taking photos with a wide angle lens. By the time I found the car, the sun was going down and the sky was pretty spectacular. When I am faced with a scene like this, where the sky is super bright and I am essentially shooting right into the sun, I am so glad I shoot using the high dynamic range method of photography. Only HDR can pull off a shot like this!
Post a Comment | tagged Caddy, Cadiillac, California, Car, Car Show, Cars, HDR, Ruby's Car Show, Whittier | Share Article Permalink Email Article Friday, July 9, 2010 at 6:58AM | in Bobs Big Boy Broiler, Caddy, Cadillac, California, Car Show, Cars, Downey, HDR, Lensbaby Another pretty sunset at the Bob's Big Boy Broiler in Downey. With the weather gettting warmer, the Wednesday night car show is getting busier. Parking was very hard to come by but the selection of cars to shoot was great. This night I forgot my tripod mounting plate so I was limited to using my monopod and just shooting 3 shot HDR's while the light held out. I did boost my ISO as it got darker but that introduces a lot of noise into my images.
