Been A While...

So its been a while since my last post on here. I have not been doing a whole lot of photography lately, I have gotten caught up with work and shows. However I do have one photo that I wanted to share with you. It is a photograph of my friends old barn, taken in Richmond UT. Check it out.

Nikon D80, f/8.0, ISO 400, HDR blended with Photomatix Pro.

Heading out on our voyage to New York.

Course has been set, new Jib is up, lines are good and we are ready to head out. Leaving Tortola tonight heading to New York city on this 49 foot sail boat. We will be out at sea for about 9 days, maybe 8, possibly more. For the past several days I have been doing nothing except partying and prepping the boat for its voyage. It has been good, sadly though I have no photos to put up just yet, I have some taken but none on the computer to put up. I will hopefully be able to put them up while I am in New York for a week. I will post back here when we sail into NYC!

Trip to the British Virgin Islands

So I am leaving for the British Virgin Islands in less than 4 hours. I am meeting up with my cousin who I have never met, and my Uncle. We are gonna be sailing my Uncles boat up to New York. The plan is to get in tonight and get to the boat, where my cousin and I will start prepping it to go on its 10 day voyage. We will probably island hop for a week or so, then head out to sea and eventually make it to New York. I will have my D80 and will be taking plenty of photos and hopefully be able to post some before we leave the virgin islands so keep following and see what comes up!

Past couple of weeks.

So I really haven't been able to shoot a whole lot these past couple of weeks but here are some that I had been able to get.

So about two weeks ago my friend Kylie and I went for a drive with our DSLR's just looking around for something to shoot. We ended up finding an abandoned bus on the side of the road, it was pretty torn up, which made it even more interesting. However we were only there for a couple of minutes because we were not sure if it was on someones property and really didn't feel like getting the cops called on us. But this is what I was able to get.


Nikon D80, 1/320 sec, f/3.5, 18 mm, ISO 100, Flash Fired




Nikon D80, 1/200 sec, f/7.1, 200 mm, ISO 100, Flash Fired




Nikon D80, 1/200 sec, f/8.0, 18 mm, ISO 100, Flash Fired


Then a couple of weeks ago I was up late one night and decided to go out and take some night shots, it was like 3 in the morning and I was sitting there in the middle of the road take random photos. It was a very interesting experience. This is what I got out of it.




Nikon D80, 13 sec, f/13.0, 70 mm, ISO 100




Nikon D80, 15 sec, f/13.0, 135 mm, ISO 100




Nikon D80, 33.7 sec, f/18.0, 135 mm, ISO 200




Nikon D80, 30 sec, f/18.0, 135 mm, ISO 200

Best of 2008.

So the other day I saw a post from a fellow photographer of his best photos of 2008. So I decided to try the same thing. Then I realized that I have only had my D80 since April of 2008, not even a year! So I have gone through my photos from these past 8 months or so and this is what I came up with. Hope you like.

Favorite Portrait of '08


Nikon D80, 1/100 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500

So I think that this is my best portrait of '08, taking the day I got my new SB-600 flash and a big thanks to my now ex-girlfriend for putting up with me wanting to take some good photos of her.

Favorite Photowalking Image of '08


Nikon D80, 1/25 sec, f/4, ISO 250

Taking at my one and only photowalk of the year this photo really grew on me. I got really into colorization a while ago and I found that colorizing the red ring around the wheel added a lot of character to the shot.

Favorite HDR of '08


Nikon D80, f/8, ISO 100, HDR Blended with Photomatix Pro.

This shot, which was taking on a trip to California right before Christmas, soon became my favorite HDR of '08, now there is a runner up to this which was a very very first HDR which I still love.

Runner up to Favorite HDR

DPS Photo Contest.

Hey all, I just added one of my portrait photos into the DPS photo contest on photo trade. Now I don't normally do this but if you would be so kinda as to vote for it please just click on the side and vote for it. Thanks!!!

Tour of Kenneth Linges' Studio and a photowalk in Provo.

Yesterday I went to my first photowalk. We all met at Kenneth Linges' studio in Orem, where he gave us a tour and talked to us about different lighting techniques. Afterward we all met up again in front of the Courthouse of Provo. Kenneth came along with us but did not bring his camera, instead he would set up a model and teach us how to light and shoot it. It was very informative and I had a blast.
Even though we kinda stayed in the same place and did more talking than walking I learned a lot. Here are some of the shots from yesterday.

Before everyone showed up I was able to get this shot of the Courthouse.


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Kenneth taught us how to use reflectors correctly and how to stand in the middle of the road stopping traffic.
I am not sure what the models name is.


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/4.2
Focal Length: 31 mm
ISO Speed: 200

The other side of that shot.


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200

We then went over to another street and took some shots with a model, some random photowalker, on a bike, which belonged to some other photowalker.


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 250

I then got this shot of the bike, I really liked the red circles around the wheels so I colorized the shot.
And as David Terry pointed out it looks like a Canon "L" Series "Tire".


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 250

Then I went back and got this last shot of the model and the bike.


EXIF
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 250

With most of these shots Kenneth would light up the model with a heavy duty flash light, like the ones you can buy from Home Depot, and a diffuser made from a see through binder. I think that I am gonna go and get me some. I really enjoyed this photowalk and can't wait for the next one.