This year was the 20th anniversary for the annual Ballooning event in my hometown, Bowling Green, KY. The event was previously known as the Balloon Classic, now, it’s Balloon, Tunes, and BBQ. There are some big sponsors and all the profits go towards the United Way of Southern Kentucky. I was excited to go and grab some [...]
This is not an easy blog post to write. It’s a large subject that crosses a lot of aspects of my life. I’ve always loved photography. Even before the only photography class I took in college, I loved it. We used large format cameras in that class and I spent a lot of time in [...]
I was pumped to get my 28″ Westcott Apollo Soft Box in the mail today and immediately did some tests with it. I’ve seen it used all over the internet and I know it’s one of the most popular and cheapest options out there for a soft box light modifier and wanted to see how [...]
So I’ve decided to start hitting the photography side of things a little harder, if for no other reason because I enjoy it! Out of necessity, I will be taking a lot of self-portraits since that will be the easiest and quickest way to experiment and take photos, not because I enjoy being in front [...]
I posted a photo yesterday on my tumblr photo blog of my Mom sitting inside the flower cooler of her florist shop, MacKenzies. I came up with the idea for this photo because I wanted her to have some more photographs of her and her store, I wanted the practice, and I like the idea [...]
I’ve seen this effect used in some wedding photographer’s images with the heart shaped bokeh (blur) is in the background so I did a little investigating into how this effect is accomplished. You can watch a video tutorial on how I did this above, or buy your own kit that B&H sells, click HERE. This [...]
I spent yesterday taking photos with my new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens (see bottom photo) getting some shots while I was at launch and the break down area at Lookout Mountain Flight Park. The idea was to go about and take pictures more of the people of the sport than the sport itself from a [...]
So there’s not a one for the ‘Funny’ category this time around, but there’s two in the ‘Inspirational’ category, something I need more than humor today. ____________ Film/Animation 1. I really enjoy Patrick Bovin’s work, this one is no different. For some reason the embedded video isn’t working, here’s the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CVYOCMpJRY [...]
I went with two friends to Colorado for a week recently to hike up a 14er. We were going to start with Mount Evans, but the road to the trailhead was closed because of snow. So we decided to try for Mount Elbert which is the tallest mountain in Colorado at 14,433′. We spent the [...]
Today I shot footage for the Sewanee Annual Fund. This will be one of three videos and in this one I interviewed the infamous Dr. Haskell. We had a nice interview and then I grabbed some footage of the campus as the sun was setting. I used the Rode VideoMic hooked up to the Zoom [...]
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