Wedding: Andrew & Tara

Wedding: Andrew & Tara

Had a blast shooting a beautiful back country wedding a few weeks ago. How many Virginians have never enjoyed the rolling hills and farms …

 

SpeedLight ProKit Test 1

SpeedLight ProKit Test 1

I got a package in the mail from SpeedLight containing their portable flash reflectors called PRO KITs. I love packing light with just standard …

 

Baby Ellis in a Bass Drum

Baby Ellis in a Bass Drum

Today we had a fun shoot with Craig Sowby, owner of My Online Drummer and his new baby boy of 7 days. He brought …

 

Pushing time-lapse

Pushing time-lapse

I thought this video by Ross Ching was very cool.  Here is a short interview with additional insights to how it was made.

 

National Botanical Gardens

National Botanical Gardens

I just picked up a $9 reverse lens adapter, allowing me to take standard lenses and mount them backwards. I had some fun playing …

 

The Phipps Family

The Phipps Family

Shooting family portraits may be the most enjoyable genre of photography for my wife and me.  There’s no all day commitment and no “the most …

 

Gallery: Surfing Under an Orange Sky

Gallery: Surfing Under an Orange Sky

Very interesting shots taken with the California wildfires in the background.  Hopefully they’ll get them under control soon. LINK: Surfing Under an Orange Sky  

 

Film vs. Digital

Film vs. Digital

I’m not sure if this is the final nail in the coffin, but it’s an interesting comparison using extreme enlargements (building size) between the Nikon …

 

Marks’ Military Marriage

Marks’ Military Marriage

As a second shooter, I shot a very fun and unique military wedding this last weekend. Here are just a few of my candid shots. …

 

Tea Party

Tea Party

I try and get out to cover local events when they occur down town.  Two days ago I decided to see what interesting shots might …

 

Shooting Sherrell

Shooting Sherrell

Looking back on recent posts, I realized that I haven’t put much of my own work on this blog lately so I’m doing that now. …

 

The Vintage Look by Jim Talkington

The Vintage Look by Jim Talkington

As I peruse the wild world of photography on the wild world web, I occasionally find gems worth sharing with DPS readers.  In this post, …

 

Smoke and Mirroring

Smoke and Mirroring

I had the opportunity to interview Stoffel De Roover, one of the great smoke photographers out there.  If you haven’t seen smoke photography before, check out this interview …

 

I don’t follow… a crazy cat walk

I don’t follow… a crazy cat walk

I don’t follow fashion.  But the photos in this series were interesting enough to keep me viewing for a few minuets.  Strange and interesting (are …

 

Baby on white

Baby on white

I had a great time taking pictures of little baby Olive last week. We went for what I have officially named, “the baby on …