Welcome to my photoblog. I try to keep it updated daily with a new photo from either my personal or professional life. It is not intended to be taken as my professional portfolio (please visit the main website for that), but instead it is more of an informal and fun way for me to share some of my personality and creativity with you. Many of the photos on my blog are available for purchase as fine art prints, please visit the main website and/or contact me if you are interested. Enjoy!
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Park Bench Icicles
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/6.3 Exposure: 1/800 Focal Length: 105mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 160 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, converted to black and white, and unsharp-mask
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Frosty
Exif Data Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure: 1/25 Focal Length: 17mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 200 Post processing included conversion from RAW, levels adjustment, cropped, and unsharp-mask
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Winter Path
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/13.0 Exposure: 1/100 Focal Length: 24mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 400 Post processing included conversion from RAW, levels adjustment, convert to black and white, healing tool, and unsharp-mask
I know my top 11 of 2011 list is coming pretty late considering 2012 is already in full swing, but it was really hard for me to decide on only 11 of the shots posted last year. In order to break it down and make it a little easier, I had to force myself to omit choosing any of the photos I posted from work gigs and also any of the ones of my own family (or else all 11 shots would probably be from those!). So don't get me wrong, I think my family and paid gig shots are probably some of my best work, but I wanted to only showcase here what I thought were the top 11 random shots I took last year for my photo a day project. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
I took a few videos of this very nice 200 gallon salt water reef tank a little while ago, and I finally got around to editing them together to create a montage. Video quality is quite decent this time around since I used a tripod most of the time. What did not help is that my daughter liked to shake the tripod now and then while I was filming! I should also really invest in a nice fluid movement head for the tripod when shooting video, since the head I was using is somewhat jerky when panning. Lighting was pretty good because he has an equivalent of 800W of metal halide lights pumping out of his 120 mixed LED light source. The only issue with lighting is the blue (night) lights cast a very strange purple colour on reflective/luminescent objects. Nevertheless, the video still looks great, to me. Make sure to watch it in full 1080p HD glory for the best image quality.
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Lenses: Canon 24-105 f4 IS L USM, Canon 50 f1.8
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Water Drop. This shot was taken with my great friend and fellow professional, Jeffrey Meyer Photography, while we were testing out the new Canon EF 100mm f2.8 L IS USM macro lens. It is definitely a fabulous lens!
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/20.0 Exposure: 1/200 Focal Length: 100mm Multiple Flashes: Fired ISO: 100 Post processing included lightroom adjustments done by Jeff
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Ice And Snow
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/6.3 Exposure: 1/800 Focal Length: 175mm with 2X TC (350mm) Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 400 Post processing included conversion from RAW, High Pass Filter, unsharp-mask, and converted to black and white
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Female Cardinal
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/6.3 Exposure: 1/320 Focal Length: 200mm with 2X TC (400mm) Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 400 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped, and High Pass Filter
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called PS3 Move vs. Golf Balls
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/30 Focal Length: 105mm Flash: Fired Off Camera (E-TTL) ISO: 1000 Post processing included conversion from RAW, and cropped 16x9
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Chandeliers
Exif Data Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure: 1/20 Focal Length: 28mm Flash: Fired E-TTL ISO: 400 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped 16x9, levels adjustment, perspective, and conversion to black and white
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Chips Nostalgia
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/22.0 Exposure: 1/160 Focal Length: 105mm Flash: Fired Off Camera (E-TTL) ISO: 320 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped, and unsharp-mask
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Tulips
Exif Data Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/100 Focal Length: 105mm Flash: Fired E-TTL ISO: 400 Post processing included conversion from RAW, levels adjustment, and unsharp-mask
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Snow Drifts
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/11.0 Exposure: 1/4000 Focal Length: 55mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 500 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped, levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, dodge/burn tools, and converted to black and white
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Snow Road
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/11.0 Exposure: 1/500 Focal Length: 80mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 500 Post processing included conversion from RAW, cropped 16x9, conversion to black and white, contrast adjustment, and unsharp-mask
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Winter Rose
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/11.0 Exposure: 1/400 Focal Length: 105mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 500 Post processing included conversion from RAW
Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called A Bright Path For 2012 HDR
Exif Data Camera: Canon 5D mkII Aperture: f/32.0 Exposures: 3.2 sec, 6 sec, 13 sec Focal Length: 70mm Flash: Not-Fired ISO: 500 Tripod Post processing included conversion from RAW, merge to HDR, tonemapped, converted to black and white, healing tool, and unsharp-mask
