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| best photos of 2013 |
| Posted: December 31 |
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| These photos represent my choice of
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| st. Louis zoo |
| Posted:
November 29 |
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| The weather was nice today so I decided to
visit the St. Louis Zoo. I shot photos inside the Primate House
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| Augusta Missouri |
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November
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| I decided to visit Augusta, Missouri today. It
is located in St. Charles County just west of the Missouri
River. It was a very nice day and I got a few good shots of the
town and the Augusta Winery. |
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| forest park - st. Louis |
| Posted:
November 3 |
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| Today I visited Forest Park to try to get some
Fall Color shots. |
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| revised landscape book |
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Posted:
September
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| I have revised my
Landscapes book by adding a number of
photos that I took this past summer. |
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| my candid photography tips |
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Posted:
September
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| I am often told that my candid photos of
people are my strongest suit. I feel this
way as well. Thus I thought that I would
discuss some points that I think help me
achieve good results when photographing
people in a candid setting. |
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| st. Joseph Missouri |
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September
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On my drive out to and back
from Driggs each summer I had only stopped in
St. Joseph, Missouri to get gas and/or eat a
meal. This time I decided to head west to the
waterfront area hoping I might discover some
nice photo ops.
The riverfront definitely
did not offer any great photo ops but we ran
into a section of town called "Museum Hill". It
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| snowy range |
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Posted:
September
3 |
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| On the back to St. Louis from Driggs, we
stopped by the Snowy Range just west of Laramie, Wyoming. Bill &
Jane Heaston had done that on their way back to Little Rock and
urged me to do that as well. Since Bill had flown out to Driggs
and rode back with me, we decided to visit the Snowy Range. |
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| anatomy of a shoot |
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Posted:
August 30 |
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| As a follow-up to the shoot below, I visited
this location again on 27 August 2013. I have included a link
which shows the sequence of photos I took that morning. This
should provide some feel for the changing weather conditions
that morning. |
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| old patriarch tree |
| Posted:
August 28 |
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| For a number of years, I have been looking for
the so-called Old Patriarch tree. I had first seen it pictured
in a book on photography locations in Grand Teton National Park.
I had looked for it a number of times but could not locate it
although I knew roughly where it was located. |
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| Yellowstone national park |
| Posted:
August 23 |
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| I don't normally visit Yellowstone National
Park all that often. With a lighter than normal visitor schedule
this summer I decided to take a two day trip to Yellowstone. My
main objective was to visit the northern and eastern portions of
the park. My prime destination was the Lamar Valley. |
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| bluegrass festival |
| Posted:
August 13 |
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| This past weekend was the 26th Annual Grand
Targhee Bluegrass Festival. |
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| my candid photography tips |
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Posted:
August 6 |
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| I am often told that my candid photos of people
are my strongest suit. I feel this way as well. Thus I thought
that I would discuss some points that I think help me achieve
good results when photographing people in a candid setting. |
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| raptors on the ranch |
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Posted:
August
3 |
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| This was the second annual version of this
event. I was once again asked by my good friend Emily Nichols to
come take photos. She used the photos I took last year in their
promotional and communications literature. |
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| music on main |
| Posted:
August 1 |
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| Music on Main was good tonight. The lady
pictured at left is my friend Jessica Collins. |
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| a pretty young lady |
| Posted:
July 31 |
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| I have been taking this young ladies photos for
the last three years. She has the MOST spectacular eyes. |
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| music on main |
| Posted:
July 25 |
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| I attended Music on Main tonight. At
left is Ashley (far left) and her friends. |
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| Targhee fest |
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Posted:
July 21 |
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| Targhee Fest is always a lot of fun. It also
features a "target rich" environment for my candid photos of
people. At left are my friends Jessica and Megan. |
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| 70 th birthday celebration |
| Posted:
July 18 |
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| I don't normally make a big deal about
birthdays (especially my own) but I decided to celebrate this
decade change. I made reservations at The South Fork Lodge for a
dinner. |
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music
on main |
| Posted:
July 11 |
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This was the second Music on Main of the
summer. The weather was a bit moist at times and on the cool
side.
Pictured is actress Daniela Ruah. |
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| fourth of July - Jackson, wy |
| Posted:
July 4 |
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| I usually try to make it over to Jackson for
the annual Fourth of July Parade. Lots of interesting photo
opportunities present themselves. |
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| gray's lake |
| Posted:
June 30 |
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| Grays Lake is a wildlife area in Idaho that is
south of my place in Driggs. I have been meaning to go there for
a number of years and finally made it today. |
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| fireworks at huntsman
springs |
| Posted:
June 29 |
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| Yeah. I know it isn't The Fourth yet. The
Huntsman Springs folks who put on our fireworks here in Teton
Valley insist that it happen the weekend before the Fourth. |
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| music on main |
| Posted:
June 27 |
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| Made my usual journey down to Victor for
Thursday night's Music on Main. Here is a photo of yours truly
with my good friend Julie Reggio. |
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| grand Teton national park |
| Posted:
July 2 |
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| I went to Grand Teton National Park today with
my friend Thomas. Since last summer, Thomas and I have being
trying to work out a time to go take photos. |
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| photo walk - land trust |
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Posted:
June 22 |
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| The Teton Regional Land Trust sponsored a
"photo walk" at their most recent property, a four hundred acre
parcel of land along the Teton River. It was being headed by
Loren Woods, a Jackson photographer,
whom, I had met via email over this past winter. |
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| raptor fest |
| Posted:
June 16 |
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| This was my third year to attend Raptor Fest at
the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, WY. Horned owl pictured
above. |
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| grand Teton national park |
| Posted:
June 16 |
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| I would like to have had a few more clouds to
add interest to these photos but you takes what you gets! |
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| micro positioning plate |
| Posted:
May 31 |
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| Continuing to do my part to keep Manfrotto in
business, I purchased the 454
Sliding Micro-Positioning Plate at
Schiller's Camera today. |
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| topaz clarity - initial
testing |
| Posted:
May 28 |
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| I have done some "Before
and After" tests with the new Clarity software and thought I
would share my initial impressions by way of some examples from
some of my recent shoots. For the following photos, I applied
presets and did not go into the sliders and masking features of
the program |
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| topaz clarity |
| Posted:
May 26 |
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| Topaz Labs just released a
new product called "Clarity". It is basically the Lightroom
Clarity slider on steroids. |
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| Soulard market |
| Posted:
May 18 |
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| I decided to visit to the Soulard Market
today for my photography outing. |
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| Shaw nature reserve |
| Posted:
May 12 |
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| I made a visit to Shaw Nature
Reserve today. It is a nice "park" and
offers some nice photo opportunities. |
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| st. Louis zoo |
| Posted:
April 30 |
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| Decided to spend some time taking photos at
the St. Louis Zoo today. |
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| forest park |
| Posted:
April 28 |
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| Made an early spring visit to Forest Park
today. |
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| Lightroom / Photoshop
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| Posted:
April 26 |
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| Often times on the various
forums I follow, a question will be asked about the need for
both Lightroom and Photoshop (or Elements). This fellow does a
nice job of providing an answer. He is only listed as "Mark K W"
or I would more fully credit him here. |
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| taking Lightroom 5 for a
spin |
| Posted:
April 22 |
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| I have been playing around
with a few of the new features of the Lightroom 5 Beta...
revised Spot Removal tool, the new Upright tool and the new
Visualize Spots tool |
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| hyper-focal distance |
| Posted:
April 21 |
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My good friend Mike
Margulus & his wife Liz just got back from a trip to Scotland
where they worked with a professional photographer one-on-one.
One of the topics they covered was the use of hyper focal
distance to maximize the depth of field in photos |
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| Missouri botanical garden |
| Posted:
April 20 |
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| I visited the Missouri
Botanical Gardens this morning. The weather was great and
therefore lots of folks were there. It seemed most of them had
cameras! |
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| Lightroom 5 Public
Beta Announced |
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Posted:
April 15 |
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| Adobe’s
Lightroom is probably the best software
available when it comes to a photographer’s digital darkroom
needs. The company has been putting lots of time and effort into
building it into something that appeals to both pros and
enthusiasts, and now it’s releasing Lightroom 5 beta,
representing the fastest turnaround for a major point release in
the app’s history. |
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| blurb book |
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Posted:
April 13 |
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Received it in the mail
today. Amazing turnaround.
The quality is every bit as good as the
"Music in Teton Valley" book I had done last
summer.
Two of my friends (Mike Quirk & Bob Scharff)
upon viewing the book requested their own
personal copy. I processed each copy to
Blurb using Lightroom. I had the books
delivered directly to them. Again great
turnaround and great results. |
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| landscape book - blurb |
| Posted:
April 9 |
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| I ordered my second photo
book from Blurb today. This is a book of my
landscape photos in an 11" x 13" format. It
should arrive sometime around April 23. |
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| st. Louis zoo |
| Posted:
March 4 |
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| I am enjoying
taking photos inside this winter in the Primate House.
The primates are housed behind glass windows but for the
most part the photos come out pretty well. |
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| panoramas |
| Posted:
February 26 |
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| Read an
interesting
article
about taking panoramas. |
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| Missouri botanical garden |
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Posted:
February 16 |
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| Visited the
Missouri Botanical Garden this morning to take photos
of the blooming Camellia flowers. There were a lot of
folks out his morning doing the same thing. |
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| gimbal head |
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Posted:
February 17 |
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just purchased an
Induro GHB2 Gimbal Head
and love it! With my Manfrotto Ball Head it was difficult to
maneuver my Canon 500 mm lens. |
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| st. Louis zoo |
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February
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I decided to make a
Zoo outing today since the weather was a bit
nicer than it has been for awhile.
My main objective was to try out the video
feature of my Canon 1D-x but I also wound up
taking some photos as well. I shot just
enough video to learn that to get better at
it I would have to devote a great deal of
time to that task. Not sure I want to devote
time to that but it is nice to know that in
a pinch I am able to get something. |
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| River Road - Alton, IL |
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Posted:
January 26 |
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I went out today with
my friend Brian Luenemann to try to get some eagle
shots. I photographed a
number of Bald Eagles but even with my 500mm
+ 1.4x TC on my tripod and heavy cropping, I still did
not have a very good yield as they were
pretty far away from our shooting location.
This photo is the best of the bunch. |
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| cam ranger |
| Posted:
January 6 |
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I ran
across an article
about an interesting new device that allows
you to control your camera and compose your
photos using an iPad. It looks to offer some
interesting possibilities for those who
already own an iPad. |
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| st. Louis zoo |
| Posted:
January 3 |
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I went to the Zoo this
afternoon after lunch to take some photos.
I was mainly wanting to
take a number of photos so that I could test
out my new Lightroom Workflow and work out
some kinks. I got some decent photos using
my Canon 1D-X with the 70-200 mm + 1.4 TC
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