Tag: photography

  • Short Trip To Salt Lake City

    Short Trip To Salt Lake City

    I flew down to Salt Lake City on Monday morning for some training and to take a few more company photos. A direct flight would have been quick and easy, but as it turns out, a direct flight costs about $500 more than the long way. I stopped in the Denver airport for a few…

  • Great Quotes by Ansel Adams

    Great Quotes by Ansel Adams

    A good photograph is knowing where to stand. A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into. A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. Dodging and burning…

  • Great Photography Quotes

    Great Photography Quotes

    “ You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams “ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson “ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” – Matt Hardy “ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make…

  • Super Cheap Lightbox For Small Product Photos

    Super Cheap Lightbox For Small Product Photos

    My daughter is 4 years old. This year at the church Awana program, she was able to purchase some Christmas gifts with the points she earned by memorizing Bible verses. For me, she chose this lovely cross. The verse on it is God breathed as is all the Bible, but suddenly, it means just a…

  • My First Family Photo Shoot

    My First Family Photo Shoot

    At about 10:00 am on Thursday my wife called me and asked if I could take some family photos of her sisters’ family that evening. I happened to have a borrowed Nikon D100 and 50mm 1.8 lens. The conditions were not ideal, and the short notice didn’t allow for much planning on my part. I…

  • Sawmill Photos

    Sawmill Photos

    These are a few photos of some random things around the sawmill I’m working on in Boise.  The steel has such wonderful worn and weathered textures and the gears, motors, and chains make for some interesting images.  These are taken with my Canon A640 and altered slightly in Photoshop. View the set on Flickr