Now that I have a speed light I find myself looking for settings in which I can practice using it. On Wednesday night one such opportunity presented itself in the form of a community round table discussion, anchored by Dr. Clarence B. Jones. Out of respect for the panelists, I tended not to use the…
Tag: photography
First Flash
I will be taking a trip to Portland, Oregon at the end of June in order to follow my former boss around with a camera 1. As we’ll be indoors at a conference center for the majority of our time, I thought it might be worth investing in an inexpensive flash for the project. After…
Sunset Stack
One of the features I most appreciate with my flashed router and DSLR Dashboard Setup is how easy it is to create set of bracketed exposures. When these exposures are combined, the best details from each can be combined, leading to a photograph no one exposure can present. I typically use this technique when I’m…
Tangled Web
The photo below is from my Saturday photo walk. There was an old catamaran down by the Riverton boat house, and I strolled over to capture the vessel with my camera. There I discovered the spider web depicted below. It had rained the night before, and the web hadn’t been exposed to sunlight by the…
Oh, hey!
Yesterday morning I went out on a morning photowalk and discovered a locale I’d not before noticed. On Main Street in Riverton is a home with the yard elevated several feet above street level by use of a retaining wall. This allowed me to get near ground level without having to crouch down very much….
My Vacation Place
Summer is almost upon us, and my family is planning our [almost] annual trip to Williamsburg, VA. People often ask why we keep going back to Williamsburg and there are several reasons I can give 1, but it really comes down to one thought. It’s our place. When I was growing up, my parents took…
