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Down Town

I wen out looking for christmas lights worth trying some long exposure photography with. But I ended up finding this building instead. It was lit up so nicely, but it still took about 15 seconds of...

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Something different

I decided to do something a little different. So I was playing around with my new Sigma lens and thought I would also play around with the look of this photo. So I added some filter effects to take...

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Tilt Shift

I tried to work through doing a Tilt Shift effect for an photo I took this past summer. It’s a simple technique that makes these kinds of shots look like a model. Here’s the link to a good tutorial so...

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Spring is coming

Don’t worry, spring is coming. It doesn’t matter what that the groundhog says tomorrow. Until then… Flowers!

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Baby on Board

I got to do a pregnancy photo shoot with a great looking couple. After about an hour of pictures this one stood out to me. It’s a wonderful moment. If you try to pose people too much you’ll miss...

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Plucky Duck

Quick and easy lesson for nature photographers… make sure you are set for continuos shooting. I took this shot of a Mallard less than a second before take off and really missed out on some cool action...

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Protest Corner

How patriotic is that?! There’s a street corner in my town where every friday people go out and wave signs at traffic. I was out on a bike ride this afternoon so I decided to stop in a grab some...

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Wedding Gig

So I had another wedding gig the other night. I was exhausting! I ended up with more than a thousand pictures after everything was said and done. But I got a lot of great shots and the whole family was...

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More Wedding Fun

So here’s another shot from the last wedding I did. It can be really hard to get candid shots of kids. Whenever they see a camera they lose their minds. Teach a kid well and he could be a photobombing...

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Nature walk

So, it’s been a while since I’ve done a photo walk. Yesterday I went out to the park that is right behind my apartment and I ended up getting a whole boat load of good nature shots. Deer, turtles...

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Abstraction

I went for something a little more abstract with this picture. It’s actually a close up of a broken big screen tv someone left out by the dumpster in my apartment complex. I really got the inspiration...

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Another Wedding

I had another wedding gig a few weeks back and I’m just getting around to posting the results. I know the turn over is terrible but I’ve been really busy with moving and the job and the baby girl on...

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Tower

A simple lesson in finding good photography is looking for lines, design, and shifting perspective. These things can be anywhere if you just start looking. This shot is from the inside of an old...

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Bride Time

Here another shot from the last wedding I did. If you take enough pictures you’re bound to get a good one like this. It’s always good to get off to an angle and keep your background in mind.   I wasn’t...

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Bugs: The Perfect Wildlife Subject

So it turns out that bugs are the best photo subject. They are colorful, easy to find, and not timid for the most part. It works out great so long as you have a lens that can handle a little bit of...

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Babies babies babies

There may be a lot of baby pictures going forward as I have my own to endlessly take picture of. Hospitals are not usually very good for lighting. A lot of mixed lighting. And I was kind of distracted,...

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It’s been too long

I know it’s been far too long since I updated the site. Here is a picture of the reason why. . .   Nellie is almost 4 months old now and demands a lot of attention. More updates this spring for sure....

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Herons in the Park

There are quite a few Herons who travel between the parks in my town. I was able to sneak up on this one a bit with my 300mm lens.   Oh, and sorry for the long delays in posting. I’ve just got too much...

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Been gone too long

So I’ve been away from the site for far too long. I’ll blame Moving to Green Bay and having an 18 month old girl to chase around. That combo will take up a lot of your free time let me tell you. This...

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