Today

Today is a beautiful fall day. Its just a lovely day. I am going to take this day and spend it at the Big E or Eastern States Exposition if you will. I will of course be shooting as much as possible. So come later tonight you will be able to see some of the photos I put up. I will also be writing a really interesting post about HDR photography so make sure you check back for that too.

100th Post

This is a photograph that I made earlier this week on my way home from the studio. Even though I was feeling rather ill, I still stopped to shoot for my Holyoke Project that I am working on. Keep a watchful eye out for more to come from the Holyoke Project. I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I just can't wait to post up. I am having an issue with uploading photos right now. So I am going to end with my 100th post. Tomorrow I will have more work up. This Sunday I have a chance to shoot a fair. I am very anxious to shoot.

What a Week

It's been a crazy week. The weekend is here and I finally get a chance to sit back and enjoy the changing of the seasons. I was out tonight shooting in Northampton. I had fun shooting tonight. I did get a little annoyed though. I was in StarBucks waiting for my coffee and I saw what would have made a great photograph, when I was told not to shoot in-side the store. The guy making my coffee said "its because of media reasons" well, here a few photos I managed to shoot while no-one was paying attention.

If you look closely you will see a cup filled with thermometers. I was focusing on them as a composition when the guy to the left looked over and put a stop to my photograph. Needless to say I wasn't to thrilled about that.

Just after he placed his order, he turned to catch me taking his picture. He didn't care that I had made this photograph. I think he was more concerned with getting his coffee so he could warm up. It was quite chilly out tonight.

Both of these photos were shot using a new process I am working on. Same thing as below.

I have been working on a few new things the past few nights. Can you see the clear difference between the two? Can you figure out what I may have been doing to get the results? You might be very surprised when you figure it out or ask. You might think the one on the left is a before shot and the right is an after shot. Thats not the case in this post.

Holyoke Landscape at night.

I love this bottom photo, however its a composition that I can not successfully shoot because of the elements in the background.

A new week..

Well here we are again on another beautiful Monday. I will be posting pictures tonight from over the weekend. Friday we had some rain and it offered some very good conditions to shoot. Soo look out for a few posts with some new work.

My first time shooting a soccer game.

A victorious gesture of emotions after the first goal was scored.

Article from PopPhoto.com

Five Advanced Flash Techniques is an article that I found on PopPhoto.com I am providing a link to the article. I think it is a really intersting article that most of you will find helpful.

http://www.popphoto.com/howto/1124/five-advanced-flash-techniques.html

You can't expect me to write about flash techniques and not give you a new product to check out as well. I fully support Nikon and their amazing line of cameras and flashses. So here is the new Nikon SB-900 Speedlight. Average selling price is $470-$490. But, every penny spent is worth the investment.

Here is a direct link to Nikon Usa's Site where you can check out all the specs that this little powerhouse has to offer.

http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Flashes/4807/SB-900-AF-Speedlight.html