Hiking Spencer Butte at Night

January 10, 2012

We never intended to be walking the trail in darkness so how did we now find ourselves blindly stumbling down the now barely visible path? Late in the day on Sunday we had decided to do a family hike up Spencer Butte in Eugene for some well needed exercise. We pulled into the parking lot [...]

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Help Support Bali Animal Welfare Association

January 7, 2012

My sister who is President of Decipher Inc. recently had the opportunity to spend a bit of time on the ground in the island paradise of Bali.  I’ve been to Bali as well back in 2005 and fell in love with the culture, people, scenery and incredible beaches.  Some of my sister’s time in Bali [...]

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Time-lapse Photography

January 5, 2012

I‘ve always liked and been amazed with some of the time-lapse videos I’ve seen so I decided to try making my own.  I thought a bit about what I wanted to create and finally decided to mount my camera in the back seat of my car with a wide angle lens and shoot while I [...]

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The Last Sunrise of 2011 – Happy New Year!

December 31, 2011

On this last day of 2011 I wanted to do something special so I woke up before dawn and got in the car and drove to Mount Pisgah which has nice 360 degree views of the surrounding area.  I wanted to catch the last sunrise of 2011.  I arrived at the parking lot and turned [...]

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My Favorite Photos of 2011

December 30, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close I want to take a look back at the images I shot and pick out and highlight my favorite photos.  These are not necessarily my best photos but simply the ones I like the most.  So here they are in no particular order. Sleep – November 2011 The Farm [...]

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The Best Photography E-Books I Read in 2011

December 30, 2011

A few days ago I wrote about The Best Photography Book I Read in 2011 so today I wanted to mention a few of the Best Photography E-Books I read in 2011.  I’m a firm believer that if we want to improve and develop our photography we need to constantly be learning.  This is true [...]

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The Best Photography Books I Read in 2011

December 29, 2011

I love to read and one of the subjects I most love to read about is photography.  I read a lot of photography books this year, both in print and Kindle format and these are a few of my favorite books that did the most to help me further my photography. Photography Vision Books Vision [...]

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Christmas Eve with the Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS II

December 26, 2011

For Christmas I purchased the Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS II which replaces my Canon 70-200 f/4.  The main reason I wanted this lens was the extra stop (f/2.8) and the IS (image stabilization) because I plan to shoot more weddings this next year and typically the inside of a Church is often a lighting challenge.  [...]

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Open a Box, Win a Canon 5D Mark II

December 23, 2011

Is a B&H box arriving at your house before January 2nd?  Well B&H Photo is running a box opening contest with a grand prize of a Canon 5D Mark II.  All you need to do is make a video of your B&H package being unboxed in all its fabulous glory and submit it on the [...]

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My Grandma – Mary Koenig 1908-2005

December 22, 2011

This is the time of year when my thoughts turn to thinking about my Grandma.  It’s not because she passed away on this day back in 2005 at the age of 97.  It’s because she was a great grandma and an incredibly talented baker who always created these extraordinary Christmas cookies that I can still [...]

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