Posts under ‘Photography’

This week I decided to do a quick self portrait.
This time I had two challenges. First was getting my eyes into sharper focus, as the camera kept finding my goatee and knuckles first. Second I tweaked the aperture to properly blur the background, as well as positioned myself to block out the bulk of the [...]

This week’s Photo Friday is a bit lazy. My son’s park district basketball team had a game tonight, and we had a few other things going on so I figured this would be easier than getting creative.
I’ve never been a big basketball fan, but it’s fun watching the little guys run around and do their [...]

I took this picture on Friday, but I was out running around all weekend and haven’t had a chance to upload them until now. This time I used our family game night to grab the picture.
I really liked the setup for this one, but I wish I had the focus on her face instead of [...]

I was supposed to participate in a black belt promotion ceremony called a kamiza at the Academy of Okinawan Karate tonight, but the combination of winter weather and a sick child conspired against me. Not only did I miss out on what would have been a great event but I missed out on a great [...]

Yeah, I’m leaving in five hours to pick up Cullen Bunn and head to VisionCon, but I still took a some time to bust out this week’s Photo Friday.

I may have to get up in four and a half hours to head out to the airport, but I’ve decided I’m not going to let Photo Friday get derailed on its second week. I can always sleep on the plane, right? Sure, I snore, but the engines will be louder.
For this Photo Friday I [...]

Way back in 2003, the Wife and I were in Denver and we took a side trip to visit Tom Piccirilli and Michelle Scalise. We got together in Estes Park, where Michelle took us on a brief tour of the Stanley Hotel, made infamous for its role in the creation of Stephen King’s The Shining. [...]

Last year, the goal was to do more with photography.
Oops.
So this year I figure I best start strong. Rather than messing with a focused theme like 52 Weeks or joining another group, I dreamed up Photo Friday. Every Friday, I’ll post a picture or two of whatever strikes me at the time. To get rolling, [...]

We took the kids out to see East Peoria’s annual Festival of Lights, a drive-through holiday display featuring parade floats of various items made up of Christmas lights. We keep hearing how nice it is, and we have several friends who go every year, so we finally took the time to head out there ourselves.
I [...]

I’ve finally managed to put the camera to use a little more in the last month or so. Most of it has been event or family photography rather than the creative photography I’ve been intending to do all year, but at least I got out and put my rig to use.
Sometimes my 50mm prime lens [...]