Travel

I decided to see how good the Canon G9 is at shooting video during a recent trip to Centralia, PA. For those that don’t know, Centralia is a city that lit an underground coal mine ablaze during a routine garbage burning. Many decades later, almost everyone has moved out and the ground is still burning. I went with Josh to try shooting some HDR photos and we made this video to kill some time. While the quality of the recording is good, my video skills leaves much to be desired. The G9 has camera shake aplenty in video mode and the microphone is sensitive to wind. Maybe we’ll try it again at a less remote location. Caution: I say “shit” at some point in the video.

I’m sorting through the hundreds of photos I took in Spain in an attempt to make a photo book of the vacation. I’m not the best travel photographer, and I’m always a bit tough on my travel and architecture photography, but I think this is my favorite shot of the trip. I took it inside the Alhambra Palace, and I love how the focus falls only on the lettering on the left. This was taken a Tamron 18-250mm zoom lens. Yes, the one that the photo press has been gushing over all year long. Read the rest of this entry »

I often get asked what my favorite or most popular photo is, and I never really have an answer. There’s a few old shots of The Misfits and AFI that I adore, but I really don’t know if either are really popular. Well thanks to the microstock site Shutterstock, I can now kinda guess which photo is the best (at least`in the eyes of art directors). Read the rest of this entry »

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I spent the early part of November on a tour of a good chunk of Spain and it really is a stunning country. Not as picturesque as Greece, but I would trade anything to live in Barcelona. The photo above is my first ever attempt at a panorama. I didn’t follow the traditional rules. This was taken from the Alhambra Palace with no tripod and a lot of faith that I could pull off a fairly seamless shot. The picture is comprised of three photos glued together using the Photostitch program that comes with Canon cameras. The shot was not flawless. I had to clone out some of the negative white space in the corners using Photoshop, but the result is pretty awesome. Click on it and check out the full size shot. I’m sure you can find the seams if you look hard enough.