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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Oakley Reviews Episode 18: Flight Deck Helmet No Comments - 5:35:55 PM Tag: Oakley

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Oakley Reviews Episode 17: STPL Collection No Comments - 9:16:26 PM Tag: Oakley

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Oakley Reviews Episode 16: E Frame MX No Comments - 8:47:12 AM Tag: Oakley

Monday, January 9, 2012
Geese Sunset No Comments - 12:24:31 PM Tag: Photos

Friday, December 30, 2011
Oakley Reviews Episode 15B: Funny Car No Comments - 9:50:27 AM Tag: Oakley

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Best of 2011 Each year, I try to pick my best 12 shots. Each year, it seems like a struggle but I think a few came out okay: Oahu This was a two shot composite for dynamic range and exposure. I also included the helitour light beam from one of the shots, since it seemed cool. Firework This was taken on my smaller point and shoot. It's a longer exposure, but with a small aperture and low ISO. After holding the camera still, the handheld shots sort of came out okay. Axolotl We had these last year, but they weren't the easiest to take a photo of. This was a camera phone shot. It always surprises me when I end up with a personal top shot taken on the least likely camera. Mocking Bird This was at a bird count during the winter. On my way back to the truck, this mocking bird was popping around the rocks. It let me get close for a while before flying off. Luckily I got a few shots in. July 4th My only portrait shot in this year's collection. I had a few other shots, were the main focus was half out of the frame, while something else was taking primary focus. Not sure why but that seemed to pop up a few times this year. Oahu Beach Several Hawaii pictures were included this year. Mainly because that was the only point this year that I had time to dedicate to photography. This is a three shot exposure bracket taken just after dawn. Ghosting between images was removed, and I tried to not go overboard on the tone-mapping and color contrast. Symmetry was also something I was going for. Pigeon There were no shortage of birds in Hawaii. Pigeons came in the normal blue/purple variety as well as versions of white. It came down to one of each, but I like the expression on this one. Hawaii Stars Honestly my main goal in Hawaii was sky photos, which I managed to fail at despite lugging a tripod around. But I've learned that the photos you come home with are far from the ones you set out to get. Of the star photos I attempted, this was resting on the car roof. Just as the exposure was completing, a car drove up and shot some light into the frame. I think it actually ended up adding to the picture, so I rolled with it. Planthopper Nymph Mold I really didn't do much macro this year. Was going to specialize in video, but it didn't happen. I did find this nymph overtaken by some mold. Gave me the chance to perform some focus staking on it rather cleanly. Whipscorpion I've been wanting to see a whipscorpion for a while, and only got to see one in a pet store. Still too the opportunity to photograph it. I experimented with different compositions at each zoom level. I think this one came out the best. Tarantula Again, another pet store photos, but I like how the background compliments the focus of the photo. Scorpion Technically not the best photo, but I liked the pose. No Comments - 4:35:22 PM Tag: Photos

Monday, December 19, 2011
Hawaii 2011 No Comments - 4:49:28 PM Tag: Photos

Thursday, December 15, 2011
Vlog: Christmas Food No Comments - 11:23:21 AM Tag: Vlog

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Auntie Helgas Christmas Carol No Comments - 1:26:08 PM Tag: DCJ Productions

Friday, December 2, 2011
Tumblr Went ahead and created a tumblr account. This will be for the 365/photo-a-day project I hope to not fail at again. Link to left, or here if you're lazy. No Comments - 5:05:31 PM Tag: Tumblr