I finished photographing the 22 local churches selected for the 2013 calendar of the agency I work for. I’m now post processing the images to black-and-white as well as removing unavoidable obstructions from the images…signs, power lines, light poles, etc. I’m having a little easier time of it this year as only a couple of the churches were on main city streets with all that brings.
Read MoreArchive for 2012
Barn Owl – Autumn Wreath
It seemed a good autumn image…
Read MoreCatching the bright spots of fall
A few local autumn sample images I’ve collected this week while being out-and-about. While there’s not widespread color there are some color “hot spots” here and there.
Read MorePull over scene
Yesterday I began photographing selected local churches for a calendar the non-profit organization I work for does each year. This is my third year doing the calendar photos and the second year of having supporting churches as the theme. I usually photograph a little over 20 churches to cover the 12 months and then smaller photos on the inside and back of the covers.
Read MoreMy what’s going on camera kit
I’d travelled to photograph the raptors at the Carolina Raptor Center with a very conservative camera gear kit — my Nikon D700 with a AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 G VRII lens mounted and a 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED lens in a bag as a secondary choice. That was everything, and the 24-70mm lens never left the bag. I call this my lets see what’s going on camera kit.
Read MorePhotographing Raptors
This was weekend was the “Fall PhotoWILD” event at the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, NC. On both Saturday and Sunday they close the center to the general public in the mornings and provide amateur and professional photographers, who have previously signed, access to photograph 20 different raptors in unique settings each day.
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