I was inspired by The Strobist, a great blog about lighting that I recently discovered, to try some of my own lighting experiments. Ingredients: Objects in my house (shell found on the beach today, an antique spur from a flea market in Buenos Aires, and a Buddha head I picked up in Taiwan), a piece of glass, a sheet of white paper, a sheet of black paper, and two lights. And my camera, with a macro lens. And 2 hours to spare.
I had the privilege of seeing last week, from my window, three icons of modern day transportation lined up next to each other: The Concorde (fastest passenger jet ever), the Space Shuttle (highest altitude orbital space craft ever), and the Queen Mary 2 (largest Ocean Liner* ever built):
The Space Shuttle is on the deck of the aircraft carrier (now museum) Intrepid, while the Concorde is on a pier right next to it, in between the Space Shuttle and the Queen Mary 2.
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Canon EOS 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 400
18mm
f/4.5
*There are now some cruise ships that are bigger than the Queen Mary 2, but she remains the largest Ocean Liner (a vessel that has a set route between two ports – in this case Southampton and New York – and is built to withstand rough seas).
With nature providing fewer opportunities for color photography, I decided to do some indoor photography, experimenting with ‘macro pyro photography'(my personal technical term):
ISO 2000, -4 ev, f/2.8, 1/8000
ISO 2000, f/2.8, 1/100
ISO 2000, f/2.8, 1/20, add’l lighting from flashlight
All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro IS USM
The town of Branford, CT, honored all men and women killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq with flags. One for each casualty. A powerful reminder of the futility of war.
iphone, edited with Snapseed
No, just a train arriving, taking me to New York on a dark Sunday night…
First of all, I’m very excited about having more than 100 followers as of yesterday! Thank you all for making my day!
Here is a shot that kids would get very excited about:
This was a fun fair setting up at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The staff had fun testing the equipment prior to opening night.
Shot with Canon Powershot G12
And sometimes I can’t help myself and I just HAVE to pull out my camera and take a picture of these mouth-watering delights. The first one is my favorite bakery in New York: Amy’s Bread on 9th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen. Their Miche is to die for! The second one is a market in Stowe, VT. What’s your favorite bakery?
On a walk through Brooklyn I found a parked Rolls Royce (yes, parked and unattended!) and had fun experimenting with some close-up photography of the hood ornament, called ‘Spirit of Ecstacy’ , designed in 1911. Here are a few of my favorite takes.
All images shot with Canon EOS 7D, 100mm macro lens
Burning Man 2012 is coming up at the end of the month. Here’s a photo I took there in 2006.
Driving by New Haven’s port facility, I spotted these rusting pieces of equipment.
Canon EOS 7D
Great shot of an antique car at the LeMay auto museum in Tacoma.
Only took 85 tries of different lighting to get the perfect shot of an apple. Found new respect for food photographers.
Canon EOS 7D, EF 15-85mm
ISO 100
f/11
0.4 sec
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 