Phase Effect

I've been photographing the various phases of the moon this year and here's a composite with some of the results.

Hoot or Who?

Here's a photo taken when I lived in Arkansas. I was driving up a hill and caught sight of this owl. I backed up and got off four shots and this is one of two good ones. I made a print of this for a friend's granddaughter yesterday and it looked so good I thought I'd post it here.

Got Film?

I've been thinking a lot recently about how I used to shoot. Tri-X, available light, fast lenses, or pushing the film in development. I think digital technology has made too many photographers sloppy. Everything is automatic, from exposure to focusing to bracketing to zoom lenses. Without the cost of film, it's all too easy to take shot after shot and hope you've got something that you can "correct" in Photoshop later. So today I bought some batteries and a roll of film and loaded up my Nikon F5. I'll shot with just a 50mm lens. I'll get the film processed and scan the negatives. I'm hoping that this will force me to be careful and more considerate when shooting.

Wireless Release

I was cutting some mats this afternoon and took a few snaps using the new wireless release I bought for the D300 and it worked!

Wide Load

Saw this coming down the street when I was working this morning and ran outside to get a few snaps. This truck took up the street from Grand to Broad. Don't know what it was hauling, but it sure was big. Notice the guy at the rear of the truck. He was steering the rear wheels.

A Long Time Ago

My mother found this photo recently so I thought I'd put it up here. When I lived in Rochester I was the photographer for the United Way of Greater Rochester. It was a wonderful time and I produced some great photographs. I even won an award for my work. Anyway, here's a photo of me (what a dork) standing in front of a billboard that used one of my photographs.

Downtown Again

OK. Here are some more downtown photos from this morning as I walked back and forth from The Villager to Pleasant Street Coffee. Actually, the last two were taken from inside the second floor of The Villager. Not sure I like these at all.