Christmas Tree

Here a a few shots I took last night of Sarah and I's little Christmas tree with fake fiber optic lights. Taken at ISO 100, 2 sec, f5.6. I think some of them came out looking like colorful cloth.

Engagement Photos

Here are a few shots from Sarah and I's engagement shoot with Ben and Jenna. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, so we had to work with what we had. But, overall I think they came out pretty good.

Franklin St.

Halloween on Franklin St.! Always a fun place to photograph. Sarah decided to take me since I had never been. Here are a few shots from the night. The clowns are by far my favorite shot.

New Toy

I recently purchase a Lensbaby 2.0. It is a lens that produces optical distortion around a "sweet spot" which the user can move around. Its pretty cool, and you can come up with some interesting shots. Here are a few I''ve taken over the past couple of weeks.

Art Teacher!

Sarah designed the word "teacher" and I created the rest of the design so I can put it on the door to my classroom.

A special portrait

This is a portrait of my father and I. I did it for him for being the Best Man at my wedding. The composition combines two different pictures taken around the same time. I chose the best image of my dad and of me and put them together to render the image you see here. Note: There is a slight reflection off of my father's beard from the sheen of the pencil marks.

Costa Rican Culture

On our journey to Costa Rica we encountered many different people. These boys thoroughly enjoyed being photographed. I would take their picture and they would run back to see what I had captured... laughs and comments ensued. They wouldn't have stopped if we hadn't had to leave. The fishermen were fishing off of the same beach and were surrounded by pelicans waiting for a escaped fish.

Macro lens trick

I discoverd this trick on PopPhoto.com. With a telephoto lense on your camera, take a spare 50mm lense with the aperture all the way open and touch the two lenses nose to nose. You can get incredible macro shots.

Plaing with zoooooom

These are a couple of interesting shots of a tealight candle while zooming with a slow shutter.