Fireside Chat

Fireside Chat

This weekend we made it back to the lake and even though it was really hot out, the girls decided they'd like to have a fire and roast some marshmallows.  Sounded like fun and it was a good time to make a picture of friends having fun as they sat … [Read more...]

Photo Shoot with Brooke

I had the opportunity to do a photo shoot with a young lady named Brooke the other night. It was a good time and we experimented with several different looks. The first was my favorite white background stuff. We also did some work with using just … [Read more...]

Shooting Birds with Radiopoppers and HSS

Goldfinches

Using the Radiopopper PX system let me achieve High Speed Sync effortlessly. This image was taken on a clear sky day with the on full power.  Camera was set to F4 and 1/1000 at ISO 200.  The flash is a bare SB800 hung in the tree holding up the … [Read more...]

PocketWizard Flex/Mini’s updated

David Hobby has updated the Strobist blog with the latest new on the PocketWizard TTL entry.  It looks like they're making progress with the problems they've been having with some Canon flashes.  It seems that some of the production runs of the … [Read more...]

Whoa, I just found a Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale off Maui

Well I think this pretty much explains why they call them "humpback" whales. I'm working on a photo book for the vacation  we went on last December (the books seem to take me 6 months to get together) and found this shot.  I'd lost track of … [Read more...]

Dayton Dragons Baseball

Dayton Dragons Mascot Gem

We were lucky enough to get tickets to the local Dayton Dragons minor league Class-A baseball game Thursday night.  Our seats were great, along the first base line and just a few rows up from the field.   The Dragons play at Fifth Third Field, a … [Read more...]

Metal Medal on Metal

Flying Pig Medal

When you run the Flying Pig 1/2 Marathon you get a nice metal at the end.  This sucker is heavy and well made.  This is a nice reminder of the effort to get ready and do the run. The medal on metal was something I came up with when I was looking … [Read more...]

The GI Trigger Winner is Daniel Turner

When my Radiopopper PX system showed up in the brown truck, I promised to give back to the Strobist community in my Radiopopper PX review post.  It was my plan to give my Gadget Infinity 16 Channel Radio Trigger/Receiver pair to someone who could … [Read more...]

Soccer Ticket

soccer_ticket

This is the latest ticket template I've created.  The idea came up at the HS soccer meeting the other night so I prototyped this one and will print it small for presentation to the team board.  I hope to be able to sell these as locker decorations … [Read more...]

Spring Soccer

Dew Soaked Throw In

We started back with spring soccer a few weeks and ago but I haven't been real good about taking photos of it this year for some reason.  Soccer is one of the things that I've always enjoyed shoot most.  This weekend I was able to get out and shoot … [Read more...]