Too many hobbies, not enough focus
We've had a lot of rain lately and the weather has just started to get better. There have been more and more beautiful days. On one such day last week we decided to take an evening trip to the beach. We were just planning to drive up to York and travel through, but I brought …
I read a few blog posts by Niel Van Nickerk about balancing flash with ambient light and I found them very intriguing. The posts were basically a detailed discussion of how to control fill flash, which is the act of using flash in a daylight setting to fill in the shadows in an image. But …
If you've ever driven down Borthwick Ave past the hospital you may have noticed the Liberty Mutual building that I work in. You may have also noticed that it has quite a bit of nice landscaping around it. We have a large man-made pond wrapped by a walking path and two bridges. There are trees, …
We were at our friend's house last weekend planting a memorial garden when this little baby squirrel hopped across the lawn out of nowhere. He was very young, definitely a baby and definitely without his family. He seemed too young to be afraid of humans so he did his best to integrate with us by …
Remember film cameras? Remember how you had to choose the correct film speed in order to get your pictures to come out? Oh c'mon, you remember - ISO speeds - those numbers that indicated how sensitive the film was. ISO 100 was only for pictures outdoors in the sunlight, ISO 400 was all-purpose, ISO 200 …
What they Are Sally baked her first batch of cupcakes for a paying customer this weekend and I wanted to document the event. When I wasn't giving the boys my attention, I was grabbing as many shots as possible. I didn't get a ton, but I got enough to celebrate with and I did some …
My CFO recently gave me the go-ahead to purchase some new lenses for my camera, so I purchased two: a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM. Both lenses are the highest quality that I have ever owned. I've been using the Canon 70-200 for about two weeks and I'm very impressed …
I spent the day at Kingswood Farm in East Kingston today doing work for the United Way Day of Caring. My team and I were cleaning up and decorating the farm in preparation for an open house for the Wings & Hooves program this weekend. Wings & Hooves provides free riding lessons to children and …
More photos!!! This is a very eclectic collection. Some of the photos are from our trip to Wildcat last weekend to take the Gondola and go down the zip line. The gondola took us up to the top of the mountain and the mountains in the distance were beautiful. There was a bit of haze …
I'd like to celebrate the opening of the Photography section of the site by posting my Photographic Equipment page. If you were ever interested in the various cameras that I've owned over the years and the stories behind them, check it out. It can also be accessed from the Photography menu at the top of …
