Taken just after the “peak” time of the red glow after the a rare total lunar eclipse on the morning of December 21, 2010 at approximately 3:24AM from Miami, Florida.
This was a 1 second exposure at f5.6 using a 300mm Canon lens on my 7D.
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Red Moon after Lunar Eclipse December 21 2010
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Malayan Water Monitor
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Walking through Miami MetroZoo is a must for any visitor to the Miami area – just be prepared for wonderful weather now in the Fall and a long, long walk! Yesterday was no exception!
I have a yearly pass to the zoo and visit numerous times throughout the year. I scheduled time to go to the zoo with a friend who has the same camera I do (Canon 7D). She usually shoots fast action at gymnastics meets and wanted to learn a little more about shooting other things and maybe even learn a little about HDR. We started the day as soon as the zoo opened up and didn’t leave until the late afternoon.
As we walked through the Asia exhibit, we went up the stairs to see the otters playing in the water. As we stood there, I heard some kids kinda screaming and when i looked over, I saw the Malayan Water Monitor more active than I have ever seen it. This thing is huge! At almost 10′ long, it is just shy of the maximum size they are known to grow.
This HDR is processed using Photomatix Pro 4 from a single RAW capture. Zoom in for details on this guy – enjoy!
From Wikipedia:
The Water monitor, (Varanus salvator) is a large species of monitor lizard capable of growing to 3.21 metres (10.5 ft) in length, with the average size of most adults at 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) long.[1] Maximum weight of Varanus salvator can be over 25 kilograms (55 lb), but most are half that size. Their body is muscular with a long, powerful, laterally compressed tail. Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.
More info at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_monitor
Photo Industry Jobs – Do You Have A Future In Photography
Saturday, October 16th, 2010There is a large world of photography. It touches each of us in our lives on a daily basis in some form or another. Photography is so much a part of our culture now that we barely even notice all the places that it exists. When you watch television, look at a magazine or even view a billboard on the highway, this is all because of photography. There are so many ways that photography crosses our lives each day. There are a lot of opportunities for a person looking for photography jobs.
What photography jobs are available?
If you enjoy photography and are guessing of it as a career, there are really many various directions you can choose from. Apparently, there is professional photography but even in that case there are many other smaller options that you have as well.
You can become a photographer in a specific field such as wedding or child photographer. You can select to make money taking beautiful pictures of things such as animals, buildings or ships. If you enjoy scuba diving, you can become an marine photographer. Pretty much anything you can think of, there is room to take and sell pictures of it. If you love making pictures and the idea of a career in photography looks good for you, just how do you begin finding photography jobs?
How do you get photography jobs?
There are different ways of finding photography jobs, depending on the type of job you are looking for and your experience. You can begin by creating a resume and portfolio of your work. Then you can search on the internet at independent photography job boards or photography web sites and forums. Get specific into types of photographing you have done and look on the internet for those.
You can go locally and look for internships or local firms or companies that may need lensman. You can get the word out by servicing small events such as birthday parties and such. Get your name out as someone who will work these functions. Send friends and family your portfolio and ask them to spread the word. You may even want to take a part in a charitable or non-profit event to boost your portfolio. Another option is to create portfolio website with image widget and get the word on the photography forums.
You can also start submitting your work to contests and magazines to get yourself known and build your portfolio. Ranking or winning in contests and getting published in magazines can help you form clips that you can use for getting bigger and better jobs.
Lastly, you can actually apply to jobs directly. It is best to do this only if you have the proper qualifications for the job. You don’t want to set your goals so high that you get let down but there is nothing wrong with going for what you want. Most importantly, get as enclosed with what you love as possible. Study as much as you can about photography and what makes good photography. Subscribe to magazines, sign up on RSS feeds, read books, look at winners of photography contests.
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A Guide To The City Photo Techniques
Monday, October 11th, 2010Architecture is a wide subject, and one that surrounds us every day. It comes as no surprise then that it is also a really popular subject in photography. But despite its diversity there are a list of easy rules that apply in most situations, or will at least get you thinking more deeply about how you can best portray a particular building.
When photographing old mansion, a straightforward and simple composition usually works best, displaying the natural beauty and elegance of the building. It usually helps to include some of the surrounding scenery to give context to the architecture and make it feel less cramped.
When filming modern architecture you can get away with using a much more modern, abstract style. Experiment with wide angle lenses to produce extreme perspective, or photograph the building from uncommon angles. Also, because modern buildings are often squeezed in very close to one another, you can crop in tightly on the building without making the photo feel unnatural.
The question of whether to show your building’s environment depends on the situation and the message you want to convey. Ask yourself whether placing your building in context would add to or detract from the photo. If the scene compliments your building then shoot a wider photo, but if the surroundings don’t fit with the message you want to express, cut them out. For example, consider an old building in the middle of a modern city. If you wanted to capture this sense of not belonging then it would be important to include some of the surrounding modern buildings. But if you just want to emphasise the beautiful old architecture then the newer buildings would only detract from the picture, so you should crop them out.
Lighting is a essential part of architectural photography. Of course we have no say over the position and orientation of a building, and lighting the building ourselves is usually out of the question (not to mention expensive!). Instead we have to make do with what nature provides.
Side-front lighting usually brings on the best architecture photos. It provides plenty of illumination and also casts long, fascinating shadows across the face of the building, making its surface details stand out and giving the building a more three-dimensional look.
Back lighting is the worst kind for architectural photography because it produces very uniform, dark surfaces. The best way to deal with a backlit building is to either trim out the sky and use a longer exposure to rescue some of the detail, or photograph the building as a silhouette. Alternatively you could wait until it gets dark…
When photographing architecture it is easy to get stuck in the mindset that ‘architecture equals buildings’. Of course this couldn’t be far from the truth, and in fact most man-made structures come under the architecture influence – bridges, towers, windmills, memorials, and even lamp posts. Think laterally and see if you can find some interesting pictures that most people would neglect.
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Las Vegas City Center Buildings and Monorail
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Went for a quick tour around the Las Vegas Strip on my first day of a business trip before starting a week-long training session that was actually off of The Strip. That didn’t bug me much because I was here for a pretty intense computer hacking class and needed to give it all the attention I could. Besides, I come back in a month for vacation and I will have plenty of time to get new pictures of this wonderful city.
During my quick tour, I took the monorail which attaches the Monte Carlo Hotel to Bellagio, via City Center. If you haven’t been to Vegas lately – City Center is a beautiful location waiting for photographers to take in all the colors, lines, architecture, just everything!
The buildings in the center are named Veer – and my favorite of the bunch. If I had to move here, this is where I would call home!
Uploaded from Las Vegas Airport… now going home!
Hope you enjoy!
Photo Recovery For Canon Digital ELPH
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The Canon Digital ELPH series of cameras are a sleek line of high performing digital cameras. The only major problem, a problem that can arise with all digital cameras, occurs when the memory card gets formatted accidentally. Many things can cause a card to be corrupted and lose all of its data. For example, turning off a camera before an image is completely written to the memory card, removing the memory card from a camera while an image is being written to the card, removing the card from a card reader while files are still being transferred to a computer, dropping the camera, or simply doing nothing! No matter how the photos were lost, the feeling of frustration is the same for everyone.
The first thing you need to do after you realize your memory card has been corrupted or formatted is to take a deep breath, and realize that there is a good chance you will get them back. I’m not joking, trying to work on computer and mechanical issues when you are stressed out only makes things worse. You have to realize that your photos are somewhere, and you may get them back, and you may not, but stressing out will not do anything.
Next, don’t take anymore pictures on that card. If the data that was corrupted is written over, it will make the recovery process much more difficult. Now take the card out of the camera, and clean it off with a soft towel, micro-fleece is best, if it had gotten wet, or covered in any other substance- no matter how bad the accident was, most likely the data on the memory card is still intact, so if software solutions don’t work, you can always try seeing a data recovery professional.
A data recovery professional will be able to swap the data off of your broken memory card or hard drive on to a working card or drive of the same model. This is an expensive option, so it is best try using a software recovery system first.
The next step is to plug the memory card into a card reader and make sure that it still shows up as a drive in windows. If this doesn’t happen, you may have to let the card dry further and try again the next day or on another computer. If you have gotten this far, and your memory card is being recognized as a drive, it is time to choose a suitable photo recovery software.
Fortunately, today there are many good programs that can easily recover corrupted photos. Many of these software programs are free to download and try out on your memory card. Only after the program has scanned your card and verified that the photos are in fact recoverable will you be asked to pay any money.
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Camera Chargers
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Just about everybody uses a digital camera these days to take pictures and video. They are very handy and you can upload what you took onto your or even straight online. It is fun to be able to share pictures this way with other people. Yet your digital camera isn’t going to work at all if it isn’t charged up.
generally of the batteries will hold at least a five hour charge so you should be fine once you charge it up for quite some time. Ensure you figure out how to read the battery life on your digital camera so you will never need to use it and not have enough battery life left to use it (like my mum)
There are many diverse types of camera chargers and you will need to make sure you have the right one for your product IE: your EX-Z35 charger wont fit your D40. When you buy a digital camera these chargers should come with it. Some have a cord that plugs into the wall and then into the digital camera. Watch the information on the digital camera so you can read when it is fully charged. It is a good idea to track that time too so you will know how long it is generally going to take for you to get a full charge on your digital camera.
Other types of digital camera chargers are going to require you to take the battery out of the device. You will then place it into the cradle on the charger so it can be plugged into the wall. These often have an indicator light on them that turns on so you know it is charged. They will turn off when they digital camera has been fully charged.
Some types of digital cameras also have a USB cable that allows them to charge while plugged into a computer. It is important to keep a very close eye on where you put your camera charger. Try not to wrap the cord too tightly or it can make it fray and not work like it should.
If your digital camera charger isn’t working then you can contact the manufacturer of the camera. It may be under warranty and in that case they can send you a new one at no charge. If it isn’t they can offer to sale you one. You can also look for that same digital camera charger online for a lower price.
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Sidewalk Above the Subway in NYC
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Night HDR photography in New York City
Gorilla at Zoo Miami
Monday, July 19th, 2010
The Roadside Barn
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
While traveling through upstate New York, I was taken back by the amazing sites. I am happy to say that my GPS took me off the main roads due to traffic and allowed me to find places like this.
Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did when i saw this and stopped to setup for the shot.
