Tyler Photography

Where I'm Postin g New Stuff...

2009-10-15T12:42:00.000-07:00

You can see my new work that I used to post here, on my web site: www.tylerphoto.com.

Issues

2009-10-02T03:36:00.001-07:00

Just tried to post some new photos and for some reason can't. So since I'm on Facebook and doing more over there, I'll no longer post to this blog.

Early Morning at Beckman Mill

2009-09-07T08:27:00.001-07:00

From the Thresheree

2009-09-05T18:10:00.001-07:00

Big Crayola

2009-09-04T12:12:00.001-07:00

I'm looking for a really big coloring book!

Another iPhone Photo

2009-09-02T12:30:00.001-07:00

What's on my iPhone

2009-08-31T07:11:00.001-07:00

Today's Walk

2009-08-30T09:47:00.000-07:00

OK, this will be the last of these that I post.

Another One from Rochester

2009-08-28T04:29:00.001-07:00

More from Rochester

2009-08-27T16:31:00.001-07:00

The Erie Canal and lift bridge in Fairport, New York

B.iCycle Tracks a Walk with Abbey

2009-08-25T15:29:00.001-07:00

Trip distance - 1.5 miles, Trip calories - 206 kcal. Average speed - 3.0 mph, Climbed altitude - 115 ft

B.iCycle iPhone App

2009-08-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

Got this great app for my iPhone called B.iCycle. It's a gps app that records your bike ride. When finished you email it to yourself and the open the data file in Google Earth and it plots your trip. Tried it today, just one way, when I rode to Badger Spirits. Above is the Google Earth plot of the data. And below are the stats:
Trip distance - 0.5 miles, Trip calories - 36 kcal, Average Speed - 11.0 mph, Climbed altitude - 46 feet

Can't wait to take a longer ride!

iPhone Image Processing

2009-08-25T06:36:00.001-07:00

Edited with Photogene a great iPhone app.

Yellow Coils

2009-08-25T05:52:00.001-07:00

Watching TV

2009-08-23T15:58:00.001-07:00

Nice Evening for a Walk

2009-08-22T16:32:00.001-07:00

From my iPhone camera.

iPhone Abstract

2009-08-21T06:18:00.001-07:00

iPhone Post

2009-08-20T17:59:00.001-07:00

This post is an email from my iPhone.

Rochester Reflections

2009-08-18T10:42:00.000-07:00

Another Bridge Shot

2009-08-17T10:23:00.000-07:00

The Frederick Douglass-Susan B Anthony Memorial Bridge in Rochester, New York.

Short Visit to Rochester

2009-08-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

A walk in the woods.

The Frederick Douglass-Susan B Anthony Memorial Bridge in
Rochester, New York. Look for more photos in a few days.
Don't know which version I like best.

Storm Clouds

2009-08-09T14:35:00.001-07:00

What the heck is coming? YIKES!

Dog Days of August

2009-08-01T17:22:00.001-07:00

Relaxing after a hard day of napping!

Happy Birthday Dad

2009-07-27T03:49:00.000-07:00

Wireless Lighting with SB600

2009-07-25T14:27:00.001-07:00

Ran a few tests today using two Nikon SB600 flash units fired wirelessly from the D300. Still need some fine tuning, but it looks promising.

Arkansas Church

2009-07-21T13:13:00.000-07:00

From a series I did in Arkansas on rural churches.

Cooksville #4

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Cooksville #3

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Cooksville #2

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Cooksville's curious kittens.

Cooksville #1

2009-07-16T10:55:00.001-07:00

The Cooksville Congregational Church built in 1879.

Orfordville

2009-07-16T10:42:00.001-07:00

Adieu Kodachrome

2009-06-26T09:17:00.001-07:00

You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

After 74 years, Kodak announced this week that it will halt production of Kodachrome by the end of the year. Kodachrome was invented by musicians Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsky who expiremented with color photography in their spare time. In 1930, Eastman Kodak contracted with them to move to Rochester and take advantage of the Kodak research facilities.
I shot a lot of Kodachrome in my life as a photographer and the slides I shot in the 1970s are just a beautiful today as when they came back from the processor.

Adieu Kodachrome.

Downtown

2009-06-19T08:45:00.001-07:00

From today's trip downtown.

Beckman Mill Redux #2

2009-06-17T08:41:00.001-07:00

Some more from my shoot this morning at Beckman Mill.

Beckman Mill Redux #1

2009-06-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Went back to Beckman Mill this morning to do a better job on a couple of images from the previous shoot.

New 10-24mm Lens

2009-06-12T09:22:00.001-07:00

I bought a new lens this week, a 10-24mm Nikkor. I decided that
the 18mm was just not wide enough for some things. Here are a
few images from this morning trying out the new lens.

18mm, the widest I had.

10mm, the new standard.

Beckman Mill

2009-06-06T16:55:00.001-07:00

My Introduction to Photography class met for the last time this morning at Beckman Mill To spend an hour or so taking photographs. When I scouted the location a couple weeks ago, I wasn't sure that it was going to work but apparently, I found something to photograph today and I hope others did as well. Below are some of my images.

Beckman Mill One

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Beckman Mill Two

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Beckman Mill Three

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Beckman Mill Four

2009-06-06T16:45:00.001-07:00

Air Show Redux

2009-05-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

The Blue Angels are in town this weekend for the air show. I've seen them a number of times both in California and here. So rather than go out and shoot the same old photos I'll just post these two from 2005.

The Gang at Badger Spirits

2009-05-29T11:47:00.001-07:00

Mic the Clydesdale visits Badger Spirits. From left to right: Nichole, Brenda, Mark, and Alice of Badger Spirits. Holding the reins is Scott Morrison.

Clydesdale Visit to Badger Spirits

2009-05-29T11:43:00.001-07:00

The Budweiser Clydedale team is in town this weekend for the air show and this horse paid a visit to Badger Spirits.

Family Ties Too

2009-05-28T08:21:00.001-07:00

From a walk along the river this morning.

Multiple Plus

2009-05-26T13:27:00.000-07:00

A multiple exposure (four) taken this morning and post processed in Photoshop and Lightroom.

Family Ties

2009-05-24T17:54:00.001-07:00

Photos by Emily Rogstad

All Grown Up?

2009-05-24T17:53:00.001-07:00

Abstracts

2009-05-23T06:37:00.001-07:00

Abstracts from a walk around town yesterday.

Pulgas Water Temple

2009-05-19T14:57:00.001-07:00

The Pulgas Water Temple along Canadá Road in Woodside. It is the terminus of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. The aqueduct delivers water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, 160 miles away in Yosemite National Park.

Another Foggy Day at the Coast

2009-05-19T14:45:00.001-07:00

We drove up through Woodside in the sun and down from Skyline in the fog to Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

Emily in a patch of ice plants near Pigeon Point.

A Foggy Day in the Bay Area

2009-05-18T16:00:00.001-07:00

We drove up to the Marin Headlands this morning to get the picture of the Golden Gate Bridge with the city in the background but it was fogged in. We did get to hear the fog horn. The two photos below are of Alcatraz from Sausalito.

Starbucks Coffee.
A serious photographer. Photo by Bruce Cook.

I Wish They All Could Be California Girls

2009-05-17T19:56:00.000-07:00

Emily, Cathy, and Larry in the hot tub. I think we've lost Emily to California!

Sunnyvale Headquarters

2009-05-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

This is the home of my friends Cathy and Larry who have graciously allowed us to stay with them.

I Told You We Saw Bears

2009-05-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

Groveland Photos

2009-05-16T15:55:00.001-07:00

We're staying in Groveland at the Groveland Hotel. Here are four photos from today in Groveland.

Yosemite Take Four

2009-05-16T15:50:00.001-07:00

Yosemite Take Three

2009-05-16T15:27:00.001-07:00

What a beautiful day in Yosemite. Sunny and warm. Here is the first post of today's photos.

Yosemite Take Two

2009-05-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick editing job on a panorama taken from Glacier Point.

Yosemite Take One

2009-05-15T20:44:00.001-07:00

We got to Yosemite this afternoon and headed up to Glacier Point, the best place from which to see the entire valley. So here's the standard cliche shot of Half Dome and three photos of your intrepid photographers.

A Girl Can't Have Too Many Digital Devices

2009-05-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

Enough said.

Bike Store Visit

2009-05-14T11:57:00.001-07:00

When I lived in Sunnyvale, this is where I spent all of my disposable income and then some, Walt's Cycle and Fitness. Emily and I stopped in to see Jim Burris (photo 2), the owner. He sent us out on a test ride of a prototype bike he has in the shop for a couple of weeks. Emily got the great shot of the color fenders.

Facebook Ghost

2009-05-14T07:26:00.001-07:00

If its not Facebook its texting. If its not texting its Facebook. Does anyone talk face to face anymore?

The Girls...

2009-05-13T20:40:00.000-07:00

After a one hour tour of the O'Hare taxi ways in the rain, the plane finally took off. And after a traffic jam between Santa Cruz and Capitola, I finally made it to Seaside. Emily, Courtney, and I went into Monterey for dinner and here are two "tourist" poses. For those who don't know, Emily is on the left.

California Visit

2009-05-10T10:51:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday I'm off to California to pick up Emily who spent the semester at Cal State Monterey Bay. We'll be in the bay area for a day visiting old friends then off to Yosemite for the weekend. Back to the bay area to photograph from the Marin Headlands, lunch in Sausalito with Bruce, then a road trip down Highway 1 photographing what ever is interesting. Hope to stop for lunch at Duarte's Tavern in Pescadero. Then on to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, a great place for photos. (Seems my sisters didn't see it when they passed it by on the drive from San Francisco to Monterey in January.)
So starting Thursday, look for daily updates from California!

Wildflowers

2009-05-07T12:43:00.001-07:00

Three photographs of wildflowers from my time in Arkansas. From top to bottom: Fire Pink, Bird's Foot Violet, and Shooting Star.

Close Up

2009-05-07T07:00:00.001-07:00

This week's class assignment is a close up and here's one of mine.

TetherPro

2009-05-06T11:36:00.000-07:00

I was testing an application that lets me connect my D300 to my laptop and immediately download and display photos I shoot. It's TetherPro and costs $49.99. Nikon Camera Control which does the same thing costs $180.00. Anyway, it's really cool and when I demo portrait lighting to my class it will come in handy.

Neenah Foundry

2009-05-04T06:43:00.000-07:00

A manhole cover downtown.

Pallet Pile

2009-05-03T09:39:00.000-07:00

Photographed on the way back from the pet exercise park this morning.

Got Laundry?

2009-05-01T09:11:00.001-07:00

Here are two images I took the other day of my brother-in-law Jim. A mixture of window light, fill flash, and fluorescent lights. Post processed in Adobe Lightroom 2.3. What a great product for something like this.

Tiffany Bridge by Ansco

2009-04-29T08:51:00.001-07:00

A view of the Tiffany Bridge from the Ansco Twin Lens project.

Ansco Again

2009-04-28T08:15:00.001-07:00

Another image using the Ansco Twin Lens Reflex. This is the Hanchett-Bartlett house out on St. Lawrence.

Pin Hole

2009-04-28T06:45:00.001-07:00

I have a body cap for my D300 that has a pin hole in it. It makes it a 50mm lens with an aperture of f/180. So when I was out and about this morning I saw these back lit daffodils and gave it a try. The exposure was 1.6 seconds with an ISO of 200.

Twin Lens Fun

2009-04-27T10:38:00.001-07:00

Three versions of the Belding Road school house taken with a Nikon D300 and 105mm Macro lens shooting the image on the ground glass viewfinder of an Ansco twin lens reflex. Who needs a Lensbaby, Holga, or Lomo to shoot hip, arty photos? As my friend Bruce would say "Gimmick!"

Thanks to Steve Rosenbach of 2nd Exposure

2009-04-20T13:13:00.001-07:00

Took this image this morning walking back to work from the bank. Thanks to Steve Rosenbach of 2ndexposure.blogspot.com for the idea. It does pay to look down sometimes

Taking My Own Advice

2009-04-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

As I posted earlier, I advise my students to carry their camera everywhere with them and I did that this morning when I walked over to Pleasant Street Coffee before class.

Two More

2009-04-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

From this afternoon's walk with Abbey.

Self Portraits

2009-04-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

Here are two self portraits I did this morning for my Intro to Photography class I'm teaching.

From Today's Walk with Abbey

2009-04-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

Spring is finally arriving. It was a beautiful day so I took Abbey to the pet exercise area at Palmer Park so she could run free. And as stated here before, I'm carrying my camera everywhere and trying to shoot something.

Easter at Mom's

2009-04-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

A few photos from Easter with the family.

Before Today's Class

2009-04-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Walking back to the Incubator before my Introduction to Photography class after getting a coffee this morning.

Today's Walkabout

2009-04-09T10:35:00.001-07:00

I've decided to name these series of images from my daily shooting to Walkabout. Here are two from today.

From Today

2009-04-08T10:30:00.001-07:00

One of the things I'll be telling my Introduction to Photography class this Saturday is that you don't need to go to exotic places to take photographs. Just carry your camera with you everywhere you go. So I took my own advice and here are four images from today, two from work and two from a walk with Abbey.

I've Looked at Clouds That Way

2009-04-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

Interesting clouds tonight in advance of some rain and snow.

Emily and Seth in California

2009-03-30T13:53:00.001-07:00

Cheeseheads in California!

Fairbanks Flats

2009-03-24T03:43:00.000-07:00

This was taken before the recent renovations to Fairbanks Flats, a housing development along the banks of the Rock River.

Strong Building

2009-03-23T05:16:00.001-07:00

Another in a series of images from my walks around downtown Beloit.

HDR First Attempt

2009-03-21T11:53:00.001-07:00

This is my first attempt at a high dynamic range (HDR) image using Photomatix software. Not the best subject for an HDR. Hope to get some better examples from my trip to California in May.

Willow Tree

2009-03-21T11:04:00.001-07:00

Went out to Sweet Allyn Park this morning to photograph the trunk of an old willow tree.

Foggy Morning Two

2009-03-17T10:39:00.001-07:00

A foggy morning in Horace White Park. I processed this image in Adobe Lightroom 2.3.

The Villager

2009-03-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

Here are three photographs of Betsy, owner of The Villager. These are part of a series I'm doing of environmental portraits of downtown business owners.

Kid Pics

2009-03-08T12:25:00.001-07:00

Thought I'd try my hand at shooting in a studio situation yesterday. So I hauled all my equipment up to Milton and set up in a space my sister and brother-in-law have and photographed the two daughters of a friend of theirs. I think these look pretty good for someone who does not work in a studio ever.

Jennifer at Pleasant Street Coffee Part Two

2009-03-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

A different shot that I converted to black and white in Adobe Camera RAW.

Jennifer at Pleasant Street Coffee

2009-03-06T09:33:00.001-08:00

Another environmental portrait to use as an example for my Introduction to Photography class. This is Jennifer, the owner of Pleasant Street Coffee. Not quite sure I like the lighting all that much. But as I'm just getting back into lighting spaces, I'm sure it will improve.

Early Morning

2009-03-06T09:29:00.000-08:00

Took some early morning photographs today and converted them to black and white.

Downtown Wanderings

2009-03-05T11:52:00.001-08:00

A beautiful spring like day today so I wandered around looking for photographs and found these.

Infinite Universe

2009-03-04T11:56:00.001-08:00

Space, the final frontier. Well, OK, it's just a parking lot but I see a universe overlaid with a grid.

Mark Miller

2009-03-04T08:07:00.001-08:00

I was trying out the use of my Norman B400 flash as a bare bulb flash. Here's the first attempt of an environmental portrait of Mark Miller at Badger Spirits.

Photoshop Experiment

2009-03-03T12:05:00.000-08:00

I don't know. What do you think?