Monday, October 1, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Pastel evening sky
I saw the beautiful sky and ran in to get my camera. A few minutes and it was gone. The sun was shining through at enough of an oblique angle that it was lighting the underbellies of some of the clouds with a nice yellow/orange glaze.
Terry Kaiser
My uncle Terry visited for the weekend. It was nice to have him up. He was able to see his son and daughter-in-law Stephen and Crystal Kaiser who were up from California.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Ana, Venito Jr., and Venito
Dad and Mom, Ana, Venito Jr, Venito, Sonia, and Uncle Terry all visited this weekend. Stephen and Crystal Kaiser were visiting Crystal's Grandma Irlene Schauer for her 90th birthday. They had flown in from California. My Mom thought this was a great opportunity to get the family together since they were up. Dad picked Terry up in Anita, Ia and drove up.
Sonia and Venito Jr.
Dad and Mom, Ana, Venito Jr, Venito, Sonia, and Uncle Terry all visited this weekend. Stephen and Crystal Kaiser were visiting Crystal's Grandma Irlene Schauer for her 90th birthday. They had flown in from California. My Mom thought this was a great opportunity to get the family together since they were up. Dad picked Terry up in Anita, Ia and drove up.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Brent having supper
As always, he is a patient model. Even in the midst of a lovely supper of baked squash. You think I'm kidding... I'm not. Baked squash ... and they loved it! Maybe that last part I'm kidding about.
Sunset lighting the clouds in the east
The sunset lit things up beautifully. Shooting east, with the sun to my back, the clouds' bellies were lit warmly.
Spruce against a Sunset
The clouds were gorgeous and unique last night. I stepped out for 5 minutes to remember them.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Natalie against the sunset
As the sunset, I had Natalie stand for a quick portrait. SB-600 Camera Left and above triggered via Nikon CLS.
New Shed construction
This is the site of our new shed that is being built. Taken just as the sun rose.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Sunset in Minnesota
Thursday night, I went out with my fixed 50mm f/1.8 prime lens and took a few pictures of the sunset. The colors were vibrant. Very chilly outside. We are supposed to get a frost this weekend.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Goodmorning Brent
Taken Sabbath morning while we were waiting for the pancakes to finish. Brent is as always, the most patient model for pictures. He always is agreeable to humor his father when trying to take photos.
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
SB-600-triggered via Nikon CLS off camera- Flashed against ceiling to lift some shadows.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Becky and her big Bass!
Becky was casting with a medium Mimic Minnow and this big lunker just inhaled it.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Brent
Strobist info: SB-600 at camera right on stand. Gelled with CTO 1/4. Triggered via Nikon CLS. Power set manually in Nikon D80 commander menu at 1/4. Camera set at manual. Shutter set at highest no-fp synch speed of 1/200. Adjusted aperture until high lights on him and in the sky weren't blown. Adjusted exposure somewhat by moving stand forward and backward until it was about 3' from his face. Turned SB-600 to face the sensor to me and rotated head to flash his face.
Processing: Minimal. Loaded into Light room. Dust spot correction in a few places. Tweaked exposure and contrast curve. No photoshop.
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 112 mm
ISO Speed: 100
We were waiting on the women folk (again! :-) ) Sabbath morning so I grabbed the camera and stand and spent 5 minutes taking a few pictures before we went to church. The sky was pitch blue with no clouds. The sun was vibrantly bright making me squint to face into it. I turned Brent with his back to the Sun and composed this shot with just a hint of cross lighting, but mainly rim lighting.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Family portrait
I corralled everyone together for a family picture Sabbath morning. ~150 pictures later, this was the final product.
Strobist info: SB-600 off camera at camera left. Triggered via Nikon CLS. Nikon D80 in commander mode. SB-600 set at 1/4 manually via commander menu. SB-600 with 'abetterbouncecard' shot up at ceiling to diffuse down and forward. Natural window light from camera right. Two 2x3' posterboard reflectors on floor angled to lift some light up.
The vast expanse of God's canvas
Taken around 10:00 pm.
Exposure: 120 sec (120)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Milkyway and Night peace
Minor adjustments in Lightroom such as some sharpening and noise reduction, but for the most part straight out of the camera raw to jpg.
Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Our House - is a very very very fine house
take over an hour after sunset. Hover over the picture to see the big dipper
Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Thursday, July 12, 2007
The view out my bedroom window
I used a circular polarizer. Beautiful afternoon yesterday.
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Solitude
On a hike, I backpedaled a few steps when this framing of the mountain peak appeared. Circular polarizer helped. We were on a hike up in the mountains with Carrie and John.
Colorful
We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific with Carrie and Jon. Not quite sure how the birds fit in but I took this picture which turned out colorful.
Family pic at the beach
While we were in California for my conference (AUA) we also visited Carrie and Jon Carr. One day at the beach resulted in this picture. I set the tripod up on the sand and used my SB-600 Speedlight flash on camera to lift the shadows off our faces since the sun was high overhead. Some post processing as well to compress tonal ranges.
Lilly in Morning Light
While at my parents I photographed the pink lillies with yellow ones behind. I used off camera flash on camera right.
Friday, May 4, 2007
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