No matter where I go, what lenses I bring, which bag I use, or even if I carry a speedlight, the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 goes with me. But, but… why you may ask? It’s my normal view. Lots of photographers will tell you that your normal view with a full-frame camera is around 50mm. Well, [...]
Jun 05, 2011 | Categories:lens review, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: baby girl, Best Western Hotel Cantur, candles, Capture NX2, church, clay pipe, Color Efex Pro 3, danilew.com photos, Dirty Thirty, fast glass, Gran Canaria, handheld, illumination, lowlight, museum, National Museum of the American Indian, newborn, Nik Software, Nikon D300, Photoshop CS5, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Lightroom 3, prayer candles, prime lens, Restaurante Gauguin, salmon crepes, Sigma 30, slow shutter speed, travel photography, Washington DC, Washington National Cathedral | 6 Comments »
Almost two years ago, I took my first steps in learning model photography at the now defunct Pinhole Box Studio in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was a great day and I learned a lot of lighting techniques from the instructors but much more so from the model. Meet Roxie: beautiful, sweet, effervescent, and a natural in [...]
Mar 02, 2011 | Categories:photography, ramblings | Tags: Capture NX2, cheerful, Color Efex Pro 3, danilew.com photos, female, flash, Fredericksburg, headshot, model, model photography, Nik Software, Nikon 105 macro VR, Nikon D300, Photoshop Elements, Pinhole Box Studio, playful, posing, red hair, redhead, Roxie, smiling, studio, studio light, twenty-something, Virginia, Viveza 2, woman, young adult | 3 Comments »
Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera, a Tamron 17-50 lens, and a Nikon SB-900 flash In late May of 2009, a small group of intrepid photographers from NikonCafe.com drove up to Forest Haven Asylum in Laurel, Maryland to have a look around the abandoned mental institution. We all met at the administration building [...]
Dec 01, 2010 | Categories:photography | Tags: abandoned, broken, building, burned, Capture NX2, chair, charred, danilew.com photos, decay photography, dilapidated, fire damaged, flash, Forest Haven Asylum, hallway, hospital, Laurel, Maryland, mental institution, Nik Software, Nikon D300, NikonCafe.com, Photoshop Elements, red, SB-900, speedlight, suburban decay, Tamron 17-50 | 4 Comments »
Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera and Nikon 70-300 VR lens During the last 5 years, the DC/MD/VA sector of the NikonCafe.com internet photography group have traveled to Virginia’s Eastern Shore for a Spring and Fall Migration weekend shoot. One of our regular venues is sunrise at an Oyster, Virginia marsh then we [...]
Nov 02, 2010 | Categories:photography, travel | Tags: abandoned, autumn, boat, boat graveyard, Capture NX2, danilew.com photos, decay photography, derelict, Eastern Shore, fall migration, foliage, landscape photography, marsh, Nik Software, Nikon 70-300 VR, Nikon D300, NikonCafe.com, Oyster, Photoshop Elements, rural decay, Virginia, wetlands, wooden | 5 Comments »
Amtrak passenger train pulls into Fredericksburg, Virginia railway station – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens The above photo was taken towards the end of Scott Kelby’s 2009 Worldwide Photowalk in Fredericksburg, VA. Our walk leader, Rachel, had chosen a route filled with fantastic photo opportunities [...]
Oct 01, 2010 | Categories:digital darkroom, infrared, photography | Tags: #WWPW, Amtrak, Capture NX2, Color Efex Pro 3, Cross Balance Filter, danilew.com photos, false color, foliage, Fredericksburg, infrared photography, landscape photography, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, photowalk, Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk, summer, train, train station, trees, vintage, Virginia | 12 Comments »
Driftwood stuck in the mud of a marsh in the wetlands of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
Sep 01, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: black and white, Capture NX2, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, ESVNWR, foliage, infrared photography, landscape photography, marsh, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, Silver Efex Pro, spring migration, springtime, trees, Virginia, water, wetlands | 15 Comments »
Riverboat awaits repairs at the city dock in Fredericksburg, Virginia – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
Aug 01, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: boat, Capture NX2, city dock, danilew.com photos, false color, foliage, Fredericksburg, gangplank, infrared photography, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, Rappahannock River, river, riverboat, sepia, Silver Efex Pro, summer, Virginia, water, wooden | 3 Comments »
Infrared photography is often described as “invisible light” or light that we humans cannot see. So, how do we take a picture of what we can’t see? Easy. We see everything in Technicolor brilliance but some scenes and subjects, in our mind’s eye, look better in black-and-white. Infrared is very similar to black-and-white photography, so [...]
Jul 18, 2010 | Categories:digital darkroom, infrared, photography, ramblings | Tags: Capture NX2, channel mixer, color, danilew-flickr photos, false color, foliage, Great Falls Park, infrared photography, landscape photography, Maryland, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Nikon D300, overlook, Photoshop Elements, summer, Tamron 17-50, water | 7 Comments »
Close-up view of pinning a boutonniere on to the jacket of prom date Image above made with a Nikon D300 camera, a Nikon 18-200 VR lens, and a Nikon SB-900 flash My most viewed and requested photo for the months of May and June 2010.
Jul 01, 2010 | Categories:photography | Tags: boutonniere, Capture NX2, close up, danilew.com photos, flash, flowers, formal attire, formal dance, hands, high school students, jacket, life events, lifestyle photography, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D300, Photoshop Elements, pinning, prom, roses, SB-900, speedlight, tuxedo, two people, young adults, young man, young woman | 10 Comments »
Two empty Adirondack chairs overlook the Chesapeake Bay in Cape Charles, Virginia – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
Jun 01, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: Cape Charles, Capture NX2, chairs, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, false color, foliage, grass, infrared photography, landscape photography, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, spring migration, springtime, trees, Virginia, water | 5 Comments »
A Moment in Time - 15:00 G.M.T. (U.T.C.): The New York Times Global Mosaic project on Sunday, May 2, 2010 On Thursday, April 8, 2010, The New York Times newspaper and its online blog, LENS, asked the world to photograph something, anything, at 15:00 GMT on Sunday, May 5, 2010. A Moment in Time. Admittedly an [...]
May 09, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: A Moment in Time, Baltimore, Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, Color Efex Pro 3, coworkers, danilew-flickr photos, event photography, false color, friends, infrared photography, Kirkin' o' The Tartan, lifestyle photography, macro photography, Maryland, Nik Software, Nikon 105 macro VR, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Nikon D300, NY Times, Photoshop Elements, roses, Scottish, tartan, travel photography, Washington DC, Washington National Cathedral | 13 Comments »
Trees reflected in an Assateague Island blue-skied cove of Chincoteague, Virginia – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
May 02, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: Assateague Island, blue, Capture NX2, Chincoteague, cove, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, false color, foliage, infrared photography, landscape photography, marsh, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, reflections, spring migration, springtime, trees, Virginia, water, wetlands | 2 Comments »
The salt marshes of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge wetlands extend to the Atlantic Ocean – infrared Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
Apr 01, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: Capture NX2, Color Efex Pro 3, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, ESVNWR, false color, foliage, infrared photography, landscape photography, marsh, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, purple, salt marshes, spring migration, springtime, trees, Virginia, water, wetlands | 1 Comment »
The sun rises to create shrubbery silhouetted in golden reflections on a Chincoteague Island cove in Chincoteague, Virginia – a false-color infrared image Image above made with a Nikon D200 IR-converted camera and Nikon 18-200 VR lens
Mar 01, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: Assateague Island, autumn, Capture NX2, Chincoteague, Color Efex Pro 3, cove, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, fall migration, false color, foliage, golden, green, infrared photography, landscape photography, lens flare, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, reflections, Virginia, water, wetlands | 1 Comment »
I had dipped my big toe into the cold murky waters of infrared photography and received quite a bit of positive feedback on my first set of pictures. The next step should?ve been to carefully wade into that deep pool ? little by little – and stay close to shore, perhaps only getting my feet and ankles wet. However, the encouragement from friends and strangers alike emboldened me to push far beyond baby steps. Instead, not knowing or caring where the bottom was, I decided to jump in headfirst.
Feb 05, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography, ramblings, travel | Tags: Assateague Island, autumn, Capture NX2, Chincoteague, Color Efex Pro 3, cove, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, fall migration, false color, foliage, infrared photography, landscape photography, migration, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, NikonCafe.com, Photoshop Elements, reflections, spring migration, springtime, sunrise, travel photography, Virginia, water, wetlands | 5 Comments »
As of Monday, January 25, 2010, my photo website is officially launched!
Jan 26, 2010 | Categories:infrared, photography | Tags: Assateague Island, Capture NX2, Chincoteague, cove, danilew.com photos, Eastern Shore, false color, foliage, infrared photography, landscape photography, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, purple, reflections, spring migration, springtime, Virginia, water, wetlands | Comments Off
While I’m very pleased with my very first DSLR (a Nikon D300) camera, I am absolutely in love with my infrared camera (a Nikon D200). Infrared blocks visible light and therefore subjects such as foliage (grass and trees) show up as white instead of green in photographs, skies are darker, and clouds are bold and more defined. To put it mildly, infrared is otherworldly!
Jan 16, 2010 | Categories:digital darkroom, infrared, photography, ramblings | Tags: Capture NX2, channel mixer, danilew-flickr photos, false color, foliage, infrared photography, Jim Chen, landscape photography, marsh, Nik Software, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D200, Photoshop Elements, Stafford, swamp, train station, Virginia, water | 19 Comments »
