Also not a pinhole

More help from work - some ice cream was delivered packed with dry ice. Of course I had to take the dry ice home and play with it! This is a fancy empty bottle that somebody had given me, put into a blue plastic bowl along with the dry ice. No doubt you could do some commercial shots just as easily. Dry ice is fun :)

Not a pinhole

A guy at work gave this to me and told me to take some pictures of it. I'm not sure what else to say, except "this is the result". Not my normal thing, but I thought I would try. In case you want to know about technique, its diffused light coming through shades, on a black piece of papered cardboard. In some cases I blocked light further with my body, to avoid specularity. At least it... [More]

Cindy's Spare Bedroom

Camera Obscura image ala Abelardo Morrel.

Concert/Band Photography

So, my brother is close friends with this rock band in Charlottesville, VA (where we both went to college) called Under the Flood. Last weekend they were playing here in Richmond, so I asked the guys if I could try my hand at taking some photos during their show, and they said OK. (Promotional Plug: They are actually really good and they are on the verge of signing with a... [More]

Winter in Springtime

Over Easter weekend, we got a rare late snowfall in Richmond, VA. We didn't get hardly any snow all winter, but in April when it should be 65 degrees, we got almost an inch of snow!!! Anyway, it was melting quickly but I tried to run out and grab a shot or two to mark the occasion.

I headed over to Bryan Park, which is known for it's large azalea garden. I thought it would be neat... [More]

Sample Slideshow PDF

Here is a simple demo of the default slideshow from Lightroom. It should open in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which will probably ask you if it's OK to view full screen.