Photography
Too often, I take a picture of something inspiring (like a sunset or baby’s smile) only to be disappointed at the result. More than an image, I want to capture a feeling; but it’s not easy. Sometimes it comes close, sometimes it doesn’t.
I lug around a backpack of lenses (Canon 24-70L, Canon 70-200 2.8L IS, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 15-30, and sometimes my Sigma 300-800), a Cannon 550 flash, tripods and monopods, my Canon 1Dm2, sometimes an assistant (one of my kids with a Canon 10D), and shoot pictures.
Using shutter speed, focus, aperture, focal length, frame position, and lighting (er, and photoshop), I try to preserve a moment of my life. Whether I stumble upon these moments, hunt them down, or create them, I hope for an image that takes me somewhere. Snap. Cool sand in my toes, water lapping against my ankles, the smell of seawater, warm sunshine on my face, and they cry of seagulls. That’s a nice one to capture.
I hope you enjoy my pictures. I’d love to hear your comments! You may also want to check out my article “Zen Photography in 10 Steps.” You can also see some of the slide shows I have put together in the past few years here.
.JPG "Launch Virtual Gallery")
If you have the Piclens plugin you can walk through a virtual gallery of all of my pictures by clicking the play button that shows up on the bottom left hand corner when you hover your pointer over the ram on the left. Click right on the play button, not just the picture, and you will find yourself in a massive virtual gallery. But if you haven’t installed the plugin, you’ll need do that first. Note: this is the best way to browse my photos. If you don’t have the plug in, it’s fast, easy, and way cool. Many sites (Google and Flickr are two of many) support it. Follow the this link and click “download” to install it (you may need to answer “yes” to a prompt asking if you are sure you want to run it). You’ll need to close explorer and restart it it and you’ll be on board! Come back to my site and follow the ram inside! Once you are there, roll your mouse wheel to zoom in and out, click a picture to focus on it, and click and drag to move through the wall of photos.
If you are interested in saving money printing your pictures, see my post here.
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An album of my favorites. Some of these are repeated in other albums.
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These were taken shortly after I bought my first SLR Camera, a Canon Elan. They are scanned from slides and a bit grainy, but you can still get an idea of how exciting it was.
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.JPG "2007 Summer Vacation to Minnesota")
We logged nearly 4,000 miles on our trip to Minnesota! We stopped in Glacier National park on our way out and Mt. Rushmore on our way back.
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The kids and I went to Southern Utah for Spring Break in 2005. We did tons of swimming, hiking, rock climbing, and exploring.
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Over Labor Day weekend we went camping on the West Coast to Mora Beach. The weather was perfect and the beaches were beautiful! We have to get back to this spot again.
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I would sure love to take my kids to Washington DC someday. I have been twice and want to go back again. I have too many places on my list of cities to visit.
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I spent over a week in China for business and was able to take a few days for sight seeing.
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Various pictures that I have taken over the years of animals (some in zoos, others in the wild).
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Pictures of People's pets
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We are lucky enough to have my sister and her family live close. Their kids have sure been fun to take pictures of over the years...
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My kids are the best, what can I say? Here are various pictures of them over the years...
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Pics of the 2004 Scottish Highland games in Enunclaw, WA. The music was excellent! Also pictures of the Skaggit County Tulip Festival.
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I've always loved the fighter jets. I try and get some shots of them ever year at the Seafair in Seattle.
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This is a collection of pictures I've taken in the Seattle area.
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