phjmay A younger friend of mine was asked to photograph her first wedding. She wanted to take the job as she knew the couple personally but was a bit nervous not having done a wedding before. I tagged along as her second shooter to cover any other angles she needed and fill in where needed. Often … Read more
I have friends who LOVE fireworks. For me, they all look the same. I’ve been to some big shows that have music and such. They all seem – meh. But this particular year was different. Our local fireworks dealer was putting on their annual end-of-year clear-out show. It was a free show put on for … Read more
My family and I were on our first real vacation ever. The girls were teenagers and I had my first season off of coaching football in nearly a decade. We were off to Mackinac Island (maybe another post). On the ferry ride over a friend from high school had messaged me asking if I could … Read more
Came across an old proof sheet from college 20 years ago. Coming up on film and developing in a dark room taught me a lot about the art and science of film and photography. It takes patience and there is no instant gratification with no screen to review my shot. Each shot matters when I … Read more
While my engineers are dealing with ISO 26262 I’m wrestling with another ISO in photography. Famed economist and American philosopher Thomas Sowell once said life is about trade-offs. One of his favorite hobbies is photography because there are trade-offs between shutter speed, aperture, and iso. There’s no perfect picture there’s just a balance between the … Read more
Our local Recovery Center hosts an annual softball tournament for teams from Recovery, Police, Fire & the Church as they compete for the coveted championship title. I’ve been able to come out and capture the event blending to loves; sports action and people.
ND Filters: I usually don’t stack glass in front of my expensive lenses. Pay thousands of dollars for layers of glass in my lens and then throw on a cheaper piece of glass in front? When capturing video on a track I parallel the shutter speed with the car’s speed and keep the aperture wider. … Read more
Living in a port city on some of the world’s largest bodies of freshwater, we need aquatic search and recovery. Our local dive team exemplifies citizen volunteers. 1950s – members of the local dive clubs would often be asked to recover drowning victims by local law enforcement agencies1960s – a team was organized under the … Read more