Sunset reflection

This was taken with my Fuji F10 sitting on top of my dad's blue truck, and zoomed out so it caught the sunset reflection.

Christmas Morning

High Contrast B&W

Going through some of my files, I came across this photo that I had never done anything with.

Reece - Three Frames

I couldn't decide which one I liked best, so this was my solution.

Another Christmas Shot

I stole the idea for this from someone's Flickr post, and this was my first attempt to recreate it. I started to not post this version, because there are a couple of things I would like to change about the photo, and I plan to reshoot another version sometime soon.

I used two flashes to light this photo, one as a background light turned down really low and gelled blue. The second is a SB-800 placed inside the book with an orange gel and dialed down to 1/64 power.

Snowman

It's getting closer... is everyone ready?

Wintry Morning

On my drive into work today.

Flourescent

Christmas Portrait

Given the fact that neither of our kids really like having their photo made, we decided that this year's Christmas card photo was going to be something quick and simple. Here's one of the set from today.

Graveyard

I passed this place along U.S. 23 near South Shore, Ky., and thought it looked neat. I actually had some time, so I stopped and snapped a few quick photos, and did a lot of post work on it. I shot it as a RAW file, then exported two versions, one at normal exposure, and one very dark to get the ominous clouds in the sky. I merged them with Photomatrix to get the final effect.

Officer Reece

For his preschool Christmas program, Reece has the part of the police officer in the Frosty the Snowman story, so we got him this costume, which turned out to be incredibly cute.

Reece's Big Eyes

I love when you can see reflections in people's eyes. Click on the photo for a much larger version.

Pet Shop Birds

Horizontal Blinds

This photo started as just a shot of the blinds in our office with light peeking through the little holes in them. I started playing with it in Photoshop, rotated it about 40-degrees, changed the color balance to get an orange color from the light, and really bumped up the contrast and black values, and thought it made for an interesting shot.

Kids at the Caves

Some more from last weekend I'm just getting around to posting. Here are some shots of Reece and Kenzie at Carter Caves last weekend.

Fall Fishing

This is also a shot from Sunday of a couple of fishermen on Carter Caves Lake.

Carter Caves

One of the natural bridges at Carter Caves State Park near Olive Hill, Ky. I don't know why we don't go there more, it's a really cool place about 20 minutes away from our house. It was a beautiful day here, sunny and in the mid-70s, so we went there with the kids thinking we may not get many more days like that before it turns cold.

One thing I like about this photo are the two people in the lower-right hand portion that gives you some idea of the scale of this place (click on the photo for a larger view).

Happy Halloween

Part of the decorations from a house in my neighborhood.

The Drive Home

Scenes from the Roof

We climbed up on the roof of our office building today (it's only five stories) but I grabbed some shots of Ashland's Central Park, and some of the downtown buildings. The last shot is Ashland's Sky Tower. At 12 stories, it's the tallest building in town, and once housed Ashland Oil offices, but as you can tell, it's still not that tall.

Rainy Fall Day

We finally got a little rain here, which made the colors on the trees pop a little more.

Soldier at Dawn

The statue outside the Carter County, Ky., Courthouse.

Fall Flower

I didn't notice the little bug on the top until I got this home and looked at it on the computer. Click on the image for a larger view.

Carter County Corn Maze

We went to the corn maze at the Carter County Fairgrounds today, and I have to say I was very impressed. It's a huge maze that takes about 45 minutes to walk through.

Here's an aerial view of the corn maze that's on the fairgrounds webste.

Objects in Mirror...

Crosses at Sunrise

If you drive past Grayson, Ky., on I-64, you're probably familiar with these.

Wine Time

Full Moon

ISO 500, 1/250 sec., f/8

Signs of Fall

I pass this tree on my way to work every morning, and it always seems to turn before all the others. This is just a quick photo I snapped from the car. Maybe one day when I'm not running late I'll stop and get some better shots of it.

Reece

Hanging in There

Despite some cold mornings, we have roses that are still hanging in there.

Spider-Reece

So, we have a Speed Racer costume for Reece for Halloween, but on Friday night we watched Spiderman 3 ... so, he then decides he needs a Spiderman costume instead. You can see who won that argument.

Boys at Play

Sunrise Roses

Oops!

One of my favorite blogs to look at occasionally is Photoshop Disasters where people submit goof ups they've seen from others using the imaging software. We got a new memory card for our camera at work the other day, and I noticed this one immediately ... notice anything off with the reflection of the card?

Dew on the Leaves

Windows

My Family

My wife needed a professional portrait for her new job, so while we had all the equipment out, we grabbed a few family shots today. Since I'm usually behind the camera, I don't appear in many of our photos, so Lisa snapped a shot of me with the kids, and I have to say, I like being behind the camera much better than in front of it.