David Strevel and I served as leaders for the Capital City Camera Club‘s low-light architectural outing to the North Carolina Museum of Art. You may remember I scoped it out few weeks earlier. I’ll share some of the advice I offered the club in a later blog. The session was scheduled to start at 6pm – but the formerly sunny
May 5 Went to Durham to take an evening shot of the Carolina Theater at the “blue” hour. The tricky part was this shot was getting the proper ISO without making the tubes that form the glowing sign completely indistinguishable. Thankfully, the 5DMkII handles high-speed like a champ. Shot at F9, 1/13s, 1250 ISO. May 8 A few days later,
Got to scoop out the new addition to the North Carolina Museum of Art for the first time this weekend. I skipped the opening last weekend in order to avoid the crowds. Pretty neat addition, I’ll be checking it out more in the near future. Yes. That is a ginormous metal tree in front of the addition. Photos from one
Latest photos from the last month. I haven’t been doing much photography “for fun” lately, so it’s nice to get out once in awhile! This is a Camaro 350 captured in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Photography Meetup Group had a walk-around session in downtown Durham on Tuesday, April 6. Met a bunch of cool people who I definitely
This will be my last blog for awhile, I am slammed. I’m fighting off getting sick which I really can’t afford right now. Sleeping odd hours to not sleeping at all. There are several things I’m striving to balance over the next 60 days and beyond. STRIKING BALANCE …between my professional and personal life. My personal life has been completely
Growing up in Jersey, 3-4 inches of snow meant we’d have a delayed opening. Thankfully, in Carolina that means if it snows Friday night, people still have work off on Monday. Main highways are sketchy and side roads are atrociously laden with ice, we just don’t have the equipment to handle even small accumulations. As if a little bit of
The fogged rolled into Raleigh on the last day of the year, so figured it was as good an excuse as any to break out the camera and shoot in some old haunts. Went to Yates Mill and Lake Johnson. Though I tell you, since Yates Mill re-opened to the public, not having to trespass has altered the personal experience
By the time I had gone to the ’09 North Carolina State Fair for the first visit, the ’09 State Fair of Texas and traveled through much of Texas, my stomach had a good gastrointestinal workout with all sorts of fried fair food and all the Tex-Mex you can shake a Yam On A Stick at. That’s why when I
First, I’d like to thank the gracious hosts in Texas who made the remainder of my blitzkrieg Texas tour wonderful memorable. So much appreciation to Jamie, Dina & Trey, Reb and her ever-creative beansprout, Clayton, and Stephanie. Though I went through the cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Houston in a 48-hour span, I only took the time to capture
First, I want to thank my Dallas friends for being such gracious wonderful hosts and dealing with my topsy-turvy schedule- James, Chanda, Haewon & Dan, Marcia, Steve & Cindy, Laura & Bob. It was wonderful to see and hang out with all of you even if it was for a brief spell. Next time I’ll try to make it a
Went with my friend Karin to the ’09 North Carolina State Fair on opening afternoon. Upon entering the gates was a very patriotic man on stilts. Speaking of patriotism, the refreshing thing about this year’s state fair is that it wasn’t in an election year! Thank goodness because last year was going to drive me crazy with the great flocks
Took a mini-road trip between Wilson and Greenville along old US-64, now ALT-64. This was the path I was originally traveling when I got stung by a raid of wasps. It’s past crop season so all of the fields are in various stages of dying. The tobacco barn is an intricate part of the North Carolina vernacular. Sometimes I wonder