Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A few from the beach yesterday. I didn't get any close up shots of the birds (that I liked), but did get some from a distance. The first three are at the fishing pier and the fourth is from the residential section of the beach.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Down at the beach by 6:15 this morning to take pictures of the sunrise. It was slightly cold. I think it may have been 30 degrees. After about 30 minutes I could not feel my hands anymore. The sun came up about 7:15, and then it was not too bad. At least the wind wasn't blowing there.
I've never taken any of the sunrise before; mostly because I'm never up that early. I don't know why I decided to wake up at 5:15 on my Christmas break.
I managed to get several shots that I like. I will post a few today and more over the next few days hopefully. Enjoy.
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virginia,
virginia beach
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
So we decided to do some more photos of my daughter in her Christmas dress. These seem to have better expressions from her. The last ones we did she wasn't smiling a whole lot. She wasn't being grumpy, but just wasn't smiling.
Lori also found a Santa hat while we were shopping that ended up fitting her perfectly. She wasn't too sure about it though. She kept moving her head side to side. We think maybe the weight felt weird to her. Whatever it was, her facial expressions were priceless once we put the hat on her.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
One from the snow storm last night. We got somewhere between 14 and 20 inches here. I don't know what the official count was. All I know is that I haven't been anywhere today. I've been told this stuff will probably be around the rest of the year. It may snow again next week so we may have a white Christmas.
Thought this one kind of looked like a postcard. Wish the bug zapper wasn't on across the street (I don't think the bugs were a problem last night).
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roanoke,
snow,
virginia
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Rachel's Great-Grandmother gave her a Christmas dress to wear this year. Today we took some photos of her in it. She's holding her head up now and smiling all the time. It's amazing how fast they grow up. It's already been two months.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
I decided to change my facebook profile picture. I didn't really like any I had so I decided to take a few today. Here are two I decided to keep.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
I went walking on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway the other day. I was hoping to see some wildlife. Didn't see anything but a few squirrels. I didn't even get a shot of them. I made this shot just as I started.
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roanoke,
virginia
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Monday, November 30, 2009
I bought a remote for my camera the other day so I could take some family portraits without having to use the timer. We set up everything in the dining room and spent a few minutes trading the baby around. In addition to the three of us together, Lori took a few of me and Rachel, and I took a few of them together. Here's a couple we took. We're using one I took in our Christmas card so I won't be posting that one right now.
I learned a lot from this little shoot we did. It was the first one I had done since I got a shoot-through umbrella and stand for my flash. I forgot to add in a hair light so my hair kind of blends in with the background. I don't have another flash, so I have to use a shop light as a hair light. I'm going to be getting some more lighting stuff soon so I will be able to do these the correct way. Everything considered, I'm pretty happy with results.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
One from the archives. This was shot outside the salvage shop in downtown Roanoke this past summer. Someone at some time spent a lot of time painting all of the detail on this wagon.
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roanoke,
virginia
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
My daughter's feet with my wife's and my wedding rings. We should have done this shot when she was first born. She was a little active and this was a hard shot to get. This was the best one of that set. I was hoping to get some of her laying down, but that was not going to happen. She does great as long as someone is holding her.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
My brother and his girlfriend came in to visit today. It's the first time they've been up since Rachel was born. So we took a little time and shot a few photos with him in his firefighter gear.
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portrait
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Some apartments (I believe) in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
ISO 100 50mm f5/6 1/80th sec.
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buildings,
norfolk,
virginia
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
One from the archives. This was shot on the Scott Kelby Photowalk in Norfolk back this past summer. I finally got my book (Digital Photography Volume 3) this week for having the winning image. The event ended up being a lot bigger than they were thinking so it took a while for them to get all of the books together. I've looked over it and it seems to be pretty good.
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norfolk,
photowalk,
virginia
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Stopped at the Resort at Peaks of Otter while on the parkway the other day. This path goes around the lake.
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landscape,
peaks of otter,
virginia
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Another from Sunday afternoon. The sky was (for the most part) partly cloudy and it depended on where you where as to what kind of sky you saw. In this photo it was mostly clear, but others were totally different. It was nice to get shots with and without clouds in the same trip.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
I was finally able to get out yesterday and take fall photos. I've been doing the baby thing obviously for the past few weeks. I think I missed the best weekend for colors, but everything was still very beautiful.
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virginia
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
I've been wanting to try this for a while. I used some photos I shot of Center Hill a few months back. I'm happy with the results considering this is the first time I've done this.
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music,
photoshop,
roanoke,
virginia
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Rachel Elizabeth McCollum was born on October 9 at 10:12 am. She weighed 7 lbs. 2.5 oz. and was 19 inches long. More to come later......(lots more). Click image to enlarge.
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family,
rachel
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
More smoke photography. I did this one with a gel on the flash. No coloring in post. Fuego is spanish for Fire, incase you didn't know. I thought these three shots fit together well. I have another composite I will post later. (click image to enlarge)
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I tried some smoke photography tonight. I haven't done this before, but ran across a video on youtube and thought I would give it a try. (
Video Link) I managed to get a few shots I liked. I'm not completely satisfied with the processing, but I think it will get better the more I work with it.
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photoshop,
smoke
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
These were taken a while back from Mill Mountain in Roanoke.
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landscape,
roanoke,
virginia
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Been a while since I posted. Been busy working on wedding photos and finishing up things to get ready for the baby. I took this photo a while back, but thought this would be a good time to post it.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
From a wedding this past weekend...
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wedding
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Monday, September 7, 2009
A shot from vacation a couple of months ago. This door was at the Amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery.
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architecture,
arlington,
buildings,
vacation,
virginia,
Washington DC
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
I took this last week at Lake Spring Park in Salem, Virginia.
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salem,
virginia,
wildlife
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
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duck,
salem,
virginia,
wildlife
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