Pic Of The Day #1 ...?

This is an image that I took recently on a visit to Florida. I was visiting my parents who winter in Sarasota each year. I've never been really into shooting flowers, vegitation, or in this case, trees. But, this tree trunk seemed unusual to me, since I'm not from Florida. This was not the best image from the trip (most are also brighter and less discomforting), but today was not the most productive day for me, so this image seemed to express my frustration. Tomorrow will be brighter!

Watch out for more "Pic Of The Day" images in future posts. Who knows, this post may start a tradition?

Los Angeles Travel Museum

Even though I've been in Southern California for a few months now, I haven't explored much yet. Many of my Sunday afternoons are spent on the couch recovering (from long Saturdays shooting). But, last Sunday afternoon, I drove over to the LA Travel Museum to check it out for a future engagement shoot. I got these pics while I was there.

Other places I've visited recently are: The Nethercut Museum, and The Norton-Simon Museum. These visits were a while back, but I may blog them anyway, so stay tuned.

So nice of them to paint that handle red so I could make a more interesting image!

...Oh come on! ...there are children around here!

...do I detect at theme going on here?

Beautiful Bride

...brought to you by the new, and complettely amazing Nikon D3, ...and a lovely bride!

I don't usually have a lot of time to review past weddings once I've finished editing them, but the recent wedding I shot in San Diego was different. It's the first wedding I've shot with the new Nikon flagship DSLR, the D3. It's likely the most advanced digital camera on the planet, and its precision is truly amazing. So, I've spent a few hours that I normally wouldn't to study the images from this wedding and gain some insight into this camera's personality.

This is by far the most advanced and configurable camera I've ever shot, and it's going to take some time to explore its posibilities. But I knew imediately upon picking it up that no camera before had felt so natural and well balanced. I think this may be the first camera that will just "get out of the way" and let me take pictures. I'll post more updates as I learn this amazing camera.

But in the mean time, as I study the images from the D3, I keep finding images that I can't resist adding a little photoshop magic to. This is an image of the lovely bride enhanced with an "old photo" treatment.