Meredith- Sr Photos

Wednesday, December 7, 2011







There was a farmer who had a dog...

Monday, November 28, 2011

Took this on a hay ride at the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago.

Deanna- Senior Photos

Sunday, November 20, 2011







Veterans Day (a little late)

Sunday, November 13, 2011


This is my grandfather. He served in WWII. He was in Europe during his time in the army. He received a purple heart and a bronze star while there.

Caboose

Friday, September 30, 2011
Caboose by dustinmccollum
Caboose, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.


Light painting at Greenhill Park in Salem, VA.

Shoes

Thursday, September 29, 2011
Shoes by dustinmccollum
Shoes, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

from a recent engagement shoot

Tie Post

Monday, September 26, 2011
Tie Post by dustinmccollum
Tie Post, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

Vacation photo. Colonial Williamsburg, VA.

Surfers

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Surfers by dustinmccollum
Surfers, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.


Surfing on a Sunday morning.

Sunrise 9/4/11

Thursday, September 8, 2011
Sunrise 9/4/11 by dustinmccollum
Sunrise 9/4/11, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

Sunrise at Virginia Beach this past weekend.

Roanoke River

Monday, August 29, 2011
Roanoke River by dustinmccollum
Roanoke River, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

I made some time to sneak off and take a few photos last night. I decided to go down to the river since I knew the sunset wouldn't be good because there were no clouds.

The river was low enough that I could actually walk down it part ways to get this shot. It was about a quarter mile off the Roanoke River Greenway in downtown Roanoke.

Poker Cards

Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Poker by dustinmccollum
Poker, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

Been a while since I posted. Band and school are starting back up, so that has taken a lot of my time. Hope to be a little more regular with the blog posting soon.

Cards laid out on a ship in Williamsburg, VA. I took this while on vacation this summer.

Lincoln Memorial

Monday, July 25, 2011
Lincoln Memorial by dustinmccollum
Lincoln Memorial, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

Reprocessing old photos again. This was from our trip to DC a couple of summers ago before Rachel was born. DC is a great place to visit, just be prepared to walk, a lot.

Church HDR

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Church HDR by dustinmccollum
Church HDR, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

I've been messing around with HDR a little lately. I love what it does to the clouds.

In case you don't know what HDR is, it stands for High Dynamic Range. Basically it's combining 3 different exposures (one normal exposure, one over-exposed, and one under-exposed) of the same image into one image.

Cliff Hanger

Saturday, July 9, 2011
Salem Fair by dustinmccollum
Salem Fair, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

Another ride at the Salem Fair.

Salem Fair

Friday, July 8, 2011
Salem Fair by dustinmccollum
Salem Fair, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.

How I Shoot Fireworks

Sunday, July 3, 2011

With the Fourth of July being tomorrow, I though I would share how I photograph fireworks. It's relatively easy as long as you have a few essentials.

First, you obviously need a camera, but you also need to be able to access the manual settings on the camera itself. Some point and shoot cameras will let you do this as well.

Secondly, you need a tripod since you will be probably be shooting for at least 4 or 5 seconds.

Whatever lens(es) you have will work. But if you have more than one, you have some options as far as what you want them to look like. I shot the photo below with a telephoto lens. All you get is the firework itself, nothing else.


In this photo, I used a wide lens and got a silhouette of some of the trees in the shot.


Basically when you shoot fireworks, you want to have a long enough exposure to capture the trails of light. I usually start with my camera set up like this: Aperture- f11, Shutter speed- 4 seconds, ISO- 200. Then I vary up my shutter speeds to get different looks and combinations of fireworks. If you have a 10 second or so shutter speed you can get more than one firework in the same frame.



If you start there, you can adjust depending on what look you're going for. I used a 20 second exposure for the above photo. Be careful not to go too long or it could look messy like the one below.


For the finale, you need to use shorter shutter speeds so the photo doesn't become a big ball of light. This one was only 4 seconds and it was too long.


Anyways, if you're still reading by now, you must be interested so I hope this was a help.


Windmills

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Windmills by dustinmccollum
Windmills, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.


Windmill farm just north of Indianapolis, IN. There were hundreds of these things. Just wish I had more time here, but they were right along the interstate and we were just passing through.

I'm giving away a photo session

Thursday, June 9, 2011

In celebration of the beginning of summer, I'm giving away a free photo session. To enter, head on over to my facebook page- http://www.facebook.com/dustinmccollumphotography

These are some photos from a senior portrait session a couple of weeks ago. We did these in downtown Roanoke. I really like downtown for portraits. So many possibilities!




Art Museum

Sunday, June 5, 2011
Art Museum by dustinmccollum
Art Museum, a photo by dustinmccollum on Flickr.


shot these yesterday while downtown at the art show

Happy Memorial Day

Monday, May 30, 2011

Happy Memorial Day, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

Senior Photos

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Shot these a couple of weeks ago at Explore Park. There was a whole lot there I did not know about. It's a shame they closed it down. It was a really neat place.


See more photos here- http://dustinmccollum.zenfolio.com/marilyn


Oh, and check out my new facebook page!- http://www.facebook.com/dustinmccollumphotography


Staircase

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Staircase, originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

The staircase at Graceland. You weren't allowed to go upstairs. They said it was "private" to the family. I think they just didn't have anything up there, but that's just my opinion.

Beale St.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Beale St., originally uploaded by dustinmccollum.

It's been a while since I posted. I've been really busy lately. I've have several portrait sessions that I've been working on, and I just got back from taking my students from school to Tennessee.

Hope to post more soon now that it is a little less hectic.