Mr. Images

My son Cody took these two shots.

Cropping, to me, is one of the most important components of creating an image.

I like the larger context of the un-cropped images.

But, I really dig the flavor of the cropped versions.

Which do you prefer?

Winter and spring simultaneously

Sometimes I get lucky enough to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.

Not a great picture. I was practicing this sort of effect. The blur in the photo kind of compresses the field. Look at the space between the batting box and the pitchers mound. It makes it look like a toy, I think, anyway. What do you think?

Lol

Playing with my Nikon Coolpix 8700. She’s old, it she is fun to shoot with.

Yes!!

Not my photo. Who knows what this is?

I had to re-crop this one. Sometimes, after I sit with them for a while, what I see changes.

One more from the church

A few more from East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church

East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church with kick ass natural lighting

I crop a little, punch up a color or 2, but for my work, I don't fundamentally change the image. Sometimes I take an image that isn't good and do whatever I can to make it passable. Much more editing than I would do normally, but good practice. I wouldn't use it for customer work or prints.

retro as heck! nice

Still working on dem whites.

First test shots using my new soft box lighting. I think it is a good first start.

Here’s one strictly for the camera geeks. Not a great picture but this was a test shot with my (new to me) Nikon cool pix 8700 circa 2004 with a full 8megapixels. What do y’all see as far this cameras potential? Also, I got it for 50 bucks.

In case you missed it we Taco’d Greenland. Europe gave us the old “ye shall not pass” directive.

Snow wood

I have been wrestling my equipment for years trying to get snow to look white. Not off white. White.
So, my studies this week were all about how white I can get the snow to look without blowing it out.

Over expose a bit (I know. Counterintuitive)
And meter on something dark

Weathered But Still Standing

Nature always wins.

Vietnamese food makes me smile.

My oldest son got me this for Xmas. Solid 2004 technology. Great focus system and the colors look sharp. Images automatically have a cool vintage look

Driving myself crazy! Just going through some old stuff and tweaking them a bit. My editing style has changed a lot. #photography #cars #autos

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