Photographing a Band – Coupe de Ville

February 13, 2012

Last week I went on a shoot with my friend Renee a fellow photographer (Renascent Photography) for a local band called Coupe de Ville. They are a local Eugene band specializing in performing classic rock. They were looking for photos to use on their website and promotional materials.  I’ve never shot a band or group [...]

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3 Photography eBooks Only $17 on PhotoWhoa

February 5, 2012

This offer is now over. This past week I was introduced to a site called PhotoWhoa which is a daily deals site for photography products.  Every month they post up a few deals on various photography products at discounts of usually 50-90% off.  Products include gear/equipment, software, training materials and other photography related products.  Every [...]

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Geese Flyover at Sunset

January 28, 2012

Yesterday evening I noticed that it looked like it might be a good sunset.  There was a little haze on the horizon and I hoped that would translate into great evening colors in the sky.  So I grabbed my camera gear, convinced my youngest son to step away from his Nintendo 3DS and headed out [...]

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Willamette River Flooding Adventure

January 26, 2012

We’ve had a lot of rain recently thanks to some late winter storms that finally dropped some snow in the mountains.  But the rain and now rising snow lines has created an excess of water that quickly finds it’s way into the river basins.  I took my boys down to Alton Baker Park in Eugene [...]

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Tulip Tuesday – From the Archives

January 25, 2012

Every year the family and I make the 1+ hour drive north to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn Oregon to take in the acres upon acres of colorful blooming tulips.  It’s really an amazing experience and one we enjoy as a family.  If you find yourself in Oregon around March and April go [...]

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Macro Photography – Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro

January 24, 2012

Last month I purchased the Canon 100mm f/2.8 IS Macro lens.  Previously the only macro capability I had was the macro setting on my Tamron 28-75 f/2.8.  The Tamron isn’t bad at macro shots with a minimum focusing distance of 13 inches but it’s not in the same ballpark as the Canon 100mm which is [...]

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Making the Print – New eBook Available

January 17, 2012

One aspect of photography that I’ve always struggled with is printing my photographic work.  I would love if the image I see on my screen matched the image that gets printed but far too often that doesn’t seem to be the case and it’s frustrating.  I’ve really noticed the difficulty in matching up the two [...]

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Conquering Foreign Languages

January 10, 2012

As a photographer that loves to travel and photograph people, cultures and landscapes it’s important to me that I am able to at the very least speak a bit of the local language.  Not only is it helpful in getting around and making sure that what you just ordered isn’t going to blow your socks [...]

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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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