Archive | July, 2008

Shooting shooting.

Kind of a interesting way of putting it, if I do say so myself.  It always gives me the willies when I’ve got a 50mm macro lens focused about 4 inches away from the business end of a .45 caliber Glock. A word of advice.  If you ever decide to start photographing shooting sports and [...]

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The Beast Eye

 So I picked up the new Sigma 50mm f2.8 DG Macro off of a very nice lady on Ebay… I couldn’t beat the price, and couldn’t believe that my bid won. I started testing it out on a bunch of different static stuff… mounted on the Manfrotto Digi, mounted on the Gorillapod; all still life, [...]

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Crystal Lake… early morning.

Here’s the schedule. 5:25 a.m. – The cell phone alarm clock goes off, and I’m up and out of bed. 5:35 a.m. – Make a cup of Chamomile Apple tea with honey in a travel mug (I don’t do caffeine… crazy, right?) 5:50 a.m. – On the road to Crystal Lake in Eaton NH to [...]

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HDR on the Farm.

I ended up getting a great opportunity to get this HDR shot on the farm a few weeks ago.  I’ll let you in on the idea… first, here’s the shot.   It was a beautiful day… and the clouds looked HUGE. Generally it tends to be difficult to get the depth of the blue skies [...]

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