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My wife and I spent our Saturday morning the other day on a photowalk at Temple Square. The grounds were filled with tulips and flowering trees like the one above. You can see my set on flickr here.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0
Today’s photo was taken in Smithfield Utah. I was driving around with my brother and sister-in-law scouting for locations to shoot. My brother spotted this sign and gave me the challenge to shoot it without getting all the buildings and abandoned cars to the side. The challenge was on, I was able to get the result by using my 70 - 200mm lens. I used a lightroom preset to add the vintage look.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 100 * 1/1000 second *f/4.0
I’m a big fan of using presets in Adobe Lightroom. Today’s shot is an example of one of Matt Kloskowski’s Lightroom presets called Burnt Tone found on his blog Lightroom Killer Tips.
While on business in Seattle one morning, the light was reflecting off this building into my room. When I looked out and saw the morning fog and the steam from the building in the background I immediately knew that the Burnt Tone preset would make it look as if the building was on fire. After a quick crop and basic post processing in ACR the preset was applied. Be sure to check out Matt’s blog for new presets weekly.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/200 second * f/11
I just started a new job and am making some major adjustments so my postings will be light until I get into a routine. The good news, with this change I will have more time to devote to my family and photography.
The above photo was taken on our latest photowalk in Salt Lake City.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/400 second * f/4
The weather was cooperating and I was finally able to get out and try my 70-200mm lens for some portraits. My daughter (Britney) was more than happy to pose to show off her new hair style. We only had a few minutes, the sun was setting and I was loosing light fast. I noticed that when the shutter speed would fall below 1/200th second it was difficult to keep everything tack sharp. Even though I’m not 100% pleased with the quality of this portrait due to using a slow shutter I’m still happy with how it turned out.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 250 * 1/160 second *f/4.0
Today’s shot was taken on our latest photowalk in Salt Lake City. I’ve noticed lately that for some strange reason I’m drawn to water towers. I’ve paid close attention lately and noticed they are all over the valley. I plan on shooting as many as I can. You can see my Water Tower set here on flickr.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 200 * 1/500 second * f/11
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 200 * 1/40 second * f/11
I was in Seattle this week on business and wasn’t able to get out much, but I was able to make to the Space Needle. Nothing really technical about this shot. Used a tripod and set my dial to Aperture Priority, stopped down until I had an acceptable shutter speed. Set the timer(forgot my cable release) to 2 seconds as to avoid camera shake. View my Flickr set here
This business trip will be my last hopefully for a long time, I’m not a big fan of flying anymore. There was a time when flying was tolerable but now days it’s not even that. I will be starting a new job in less than two weeks and am excited to spend more time with my family and getting out to shoot more.
Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 100 * 3.2 seconds * f/8
