While I do love my dogs, pet glamour shots are just a bit too cheesy for my taste.  I played around today with some alternate solutions to a pet portrait. Why a pet portrait?  I don’t know, just looking for different subject matter to explore.

More experimenting with studio lighting.  This one was rendered using a single light to the side of my face.  This is not a flattering setup for a baby face such as mine but it was a worthwhile exercise nonetheless.  I adjusted the levels in photoshop to tweak the midtone contrast just a bit but the […]

So I guess it’s only fair as a photographer to get on the other side of the lens now and then. As much as I hate to have my picture taken I needed to do a study in studio lighting. This is my first time doing a self-portrait as well as my first time using […]

Prescott is riddled with Ravens.  This one in particular didn’t fancy having its picture taken; it was located perhaps 30 feet above me in a tree – well out of harms way –  yet it seemed quite bothered by my presence.  I had my lens zoomed in as far as it could go and the shot […]

Here’s another moment from the streets of Prescott. A few of the city’s transient occupants gathered in the park.

Nothing profound to say about this one; I just snapped it while standing around waiting for the Salvation Army thrift store to open in downtown Prescott.  I found the textures and lines interesting enough to make an exposure.

We came across this on Friday morning during our Prescott thrift store adventure. This was slightly creepy looking so of course I had to take a picture of it.

Jessi and I spent Thanksgiving in Prescott with her Dad this year.  Prescott calls itself “America’s Christmas City” and, sure enough, by Thanksgiving day the town square was already decked out with christmas lights and decorations.  I wasn’t able to get a shot of everything lit up at night but some of the tree lights […]

Nothing much to say today, just posting another walkaround shot.

Here’s an experiment I’ve wanted to try for awhile now. This technique is known as “panography.” Basically I went downtown and snapped 20 photos from the same vantage point and then overlapped them  in Photoshop to make a photomontage with a wider field of view than any of my lenses are capable of. Of course […]