Knapp Wedding Pictures - Arden, NC

Here is a shot from my cousin's wedding that I shot in the beginning of August. I'll be posting some of my favorite shots from that wedding in the next few days.

Street Performer - Asheville, NC

Another collage made in Picasa. I don't think any of these shots are great on their own, but they look good together.

Street Performer - Asheville, NC

A banjo player - Asheville, NC

This is the banjo player from the 2nd group of street performers that I shot in Asheville. These guys were very grateful that I actually asked if I could shoot them before firing away.

Street Performer - Asheville, NC

Street Performer showing off his D chord - Asheville, NC

This is the same street performer that I posted yesterday. I made this little 2 shot collage with Picasa in no time flat!

Street Performer - Asheville, NC

This guy will be my subject for the next few days. He was playing outside Malaprop's, the local independent bookstore in Asheville, NC. I simply asked if I could shoot him for a few minutes and paid him a whopping $2. It was pretty sweet to shoot while listening to some good tunes.

Juney Whank Falls - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Juney Whank Falls - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

While I was shooting this falls one of the hikers struck up a conversation. It went something like this:
Hiker dood: "That seems like an awful lot of work for a picture"
Me: "A yup"
Hiker dood: "What are you going to do with them?"
Me: "Look at them"
Hiker dood: "Oh"

Indian Creek Falls - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

I shot this on the one and only day we were able to hike while we were in NC.

Note: I moved all the technical photo stuff to the hover text. So, if you want to see it just hover over the picture.

Cougar Yawning - Coopers Rock Cougar Sanctuary - Bruceton Mills, WV

I shot this burst sequence at the Coopers Rock Cougar Sanctuary at the Mountain Creek Cabins in Bruceton Mills, WV. This is shot through 2 fences with the distracting fence in the background. If taken out of context the last shot looks like the cougar is about to pounce. Amazing animals!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash Used: No

Finster at a campfire - Medina, NY

I don't remember how I handheld this at 1/25, perhaps I rested it on the ground and I think I used the poor-man's IS (fire at least 2 shots in rapid fire, the 2nd, 3rd are usually sharp).

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.4
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/25 sec
Aperture: 1.4
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash Used: No

Accordion Festival - LeRoy, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 140mm
Flash Used: No

Accordion Festival - LeRoy, NY

To entertain myself (further) I took my camera to the accordion festival and just shot random people sitting around me.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4L
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/640 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash Used: No

A post - Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
ISO: 100
Exposure: 10.0 sec
Aperture: 18.0
Focal Length: 13mm
Flash Used: No

Outlet on the other side - Abandoned subway, Rochester, NY

This was the creepiest spot we made it to. This was as far as we went. The tracks ended at a door (which was weird) and then continued on the other side of the door. This shot is on the other side of the door, in an area which was pitch black. The outlet was illuminated with Chris and I strobing it with our flashes during the 30 second exposure.

Camera: Canon

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 100
Exposure: 30.0 sec
Aperture: 13.0
Focal Length: 19mm
Flash Used: No

Tripod Used: Yes

Alien Invasion - Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
ISO: 100
Exposure: 3.2 sec
Aperture: 11.0
Focal Length: 22mm
Flash Used: No

Creepy window in a creepy room in the creepy - Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

The odd yellowish light is my friend and I painting the pitch black room with an LED flashlight, and a regular flashlight.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
ISO: 100
Exposure: 30.0 sec
Aperture: 16.0
Focal Length: 10mm
Flash Used: No

Grass-n-Graffiti - Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

I liked the way the graffiti mimics the grass in this one. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, if so, kudos Mr(s). Graffiti Artist!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 16.0
Focal Length: 22mm
Flash Used: No

Fro-man Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1.6 sec

Aperture: 16.0

Focal Length: 10mm

Flash Used: No

Lighter Dood - Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

Which do you prefer? Vote in the comments please!



Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1.3 sec
Aperture: 13.0
Focal Length: 10mm
Flash Used: No

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Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm

ISO: 400

Exposure: 0.8 sec

Aperture: 13.0

Focal Length: 10mm

Flash Used: No

Someone's bed - Abandoned Subway Rochester, NY

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 10-22mm
ISO: 100
Exposure: 15.0 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 10mm
Flash Used: No

Tripod Used: Yes

Abandoned Subway - Rochester, NY

I finally got down to the abandoned Rochester subway with a few friends. We didn't see any bums, but we still got a bit nervous in the darker areas. For this shot I "painted" the graffiti with my flashlight to make it stand out a bit.

Camera: Canon

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4L

ISO: 400

Exposure: 6.0 sec

Aperture: 18.0

Focal Length: 32mm

Flash Used: No

Tripod Used: Yes