When a mature single woman goes to Vegas for her birthday it’s assumed that she had the time of her life. Well, I did, and it had absolutely nothing to do with scantily clad men, er… almost nothing to do with scantily clad men! Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera and Tamron 17-50 [...]
Sep 25, 2011 | Categories:guru conference, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: #PSW, black and white, body paint, Capture NX2, conference, convention, D-Town TV, danilew-flickr photos, Dave Black, Gregory Heisler, Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, infrared photography, instructors, Jay Maisel, Jeremy Cowart, Jim DiVitale, Joe Glyda, Joe McNally, Julieanne Kost, Kelby Media Group, keynote, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, model, Moose Peterson, Nevada, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Nikon D300, panoramic photography, photographers, Photoshop CS5, Photoshop Lightroom 3, Photoshop World, Scott Kelby, summer, Tamron 17-50, travel photography, Westcott | 2 Comments »
The Lord giveth and He taketh away and in my fickled existence He also taketh away then He giveth it back. Make sense? No, I didn’t think so. Well, let me explain… A Lose-Lose Situation In February of this year, my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers lost Super Bowl XLV (45) to the Green Bay Packers. My team [...]
Sep 03, 2011 | Categories:guru conference, photography, ramblings | Tags: #PSW, conference, D-Town TV, giveaway, Kelby Media Group, Las Vegas, loser, luck, Photoshop World, winner | 5 Comments »
I can shoot birds when they’re sitting still or slowly circling. Well, actually, the longest lens I have is the Nikon 70-300 VR so I can truly only shoot slow birds at a certain distance. Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera and Nikon 70-300 VR lens Obviously, I don’t do it that often. The first weekend [...]
May 16, 2011 | Categories:guru workshop, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: Alligator Farm, Better Beamer, birds, black and white, borrowlenses.com, Castillo de San Marcos, cattle egret, Charles (Chas) Glatzer, danilew-flickr photos, ESVNWR, flash, Florida, foliage, Fort Matanzas, great blue heron, great white egret, infrared photography, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon 300 f/4D, Nikon 70-300 VR, Nikon D200, Nikon D300, Nikon TC-14 II, Photoshop Lightroom 3, reenactment, rookery, SB-900, shootthelight.com, speedlight, springtime, St. Augustine, Tamron 17-50, teleconverter, tourist, travel photography, wildlife photography | 8 Comments »
Yesterday, I travelled a mere 60 miles south to see one of my favorite authors, Bryan F. Peterson. Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera and Nikon 85 f1.8 lens The Camera Club of Richmond brought the famed photographer to the historic Byrd Theater in Richmond, Virginia for the day (9:00 am to 4:00 pm) and I [...]
Apr 10, 2011 | Categories:guru seminar, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: Bryan Peterson, Byrd Theater, danilew-flickr photos, Learning to See Creatively, lecture, Nikon 85, Nikon D300, Photoshop Lightroom 3, Richmond, Understanding Exposure, Virginia | 2 Comments »
