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LJ Parker > Plog 3-10-08: Whaaa?

So, Saturday I went to a Camera Club outing. Unfortunately I got there a couple hours later then I wanted to. Luckily we found a campsite (the last one!) but by the time I got the tent set up and truck unloaded I only had about 10 minutes to hook up with the group. Well, here's the problem - I forgot the instructions at home for where they were all meeting at.  I looked for about 45 minutes but never found them.

So, instead of going back to camp I spent 3 hours taking photos. Have to say, I'm not a  fan of landscape photos - dunno if I am just no good or not, but I never seem to like my landscape stuff.  I figured since I was alone I'd go looking for critters. Still a little cold for them though. I got some cute chipmunk photos and found one lizard.

This photo is a natural rock formation, and pretty much is how I felt the whole week last week - but especially saturday. Take it as you will.
LJ Parker > Plog 4-12-08: Ah! Spider!

Shooting some macro shots at a workshop with the local camera club. On the way out, while packing up we saw this guy in the corner. Didn't get a macro shot, but got a decent zoom shot. If he wasn't so high up I would have loved to get some macro shots of him.
LJ Parker > Plog 5-9-08: Fun Times

So I did a little bit of experimental photography at the camera club meeting tonight. This is one of my favorite images. The only editing I did was basic stuff in Lightroom (crop, noise red., etc). No goofing around, this was all done in camera. 

You can see a few more of my images from tonight over in my new Experimental SM gallery.
LJ Parker > Plog 4-18-08: Pretty Lights

My first time shooting long exposure night-shot car lights. I'm hoping to get a better at this, but most importantly find a great/interesting place to shoot in town. This intersection, not so interesting, but I knew there would be lots and lots of cars. It was  a good place to practice.

Any tips on this kind of shot are useful. Thanks for looking.
LJ Parker > Plog 7-13-08: Baseball, Baseball, Baseball

Went to my first night baseball game since 1994. It was tough, to say the least. In my opinion, I came out with pretty much zilch in the manner of decent shots. I was using my 70-200L with 2xTC and fully open at 5.6. I still ended up having to turn the ISO up to something like 500 or 640 for everything, just to keep the shutter speed high enough. Everything is SO grainy it is horrible. 

I'll be downloading noise ninja this week to give that a try, but overall so far I'm very disappointed with the way my images turned out. Perhaps I'm not meant to do sports shooting anymore, I don't know. Sure these would work fine for B/W newsprints, but put them online or in color 8x10 or 11x14 prints and judges would rip me a new one.

:sigh:
LJ Parker > Plog 6-4-08: Baseball OOB

What can I say? I started with a baseball shot I took and made an OOB experience out of it. I think it works well with the shot.

[EDIT] This photo actually won 1st place in the "Creative" category and I have had many comments (good ones) as it now hangs in the hallway at the hospital the camera club meets at.
LJ Parker > Plog 2-24-08: Portraits

Took part in the Sony/PopPhoto Digital Days seminar today. The best part about the class is that there is a model shoot. Most of the class was covering things I already know like F-stop, ISO, Av, etc. The model shoot was the big deal to me.

This photo is one of the ones I got, the rest will be uploaded at full size into my People gallery. I feel like I did decently. I wish I would have brought a longer lens, but I was more interested in having a fast lens. I took most of the shots with a 50m f/1.4.
LJ Parker > Plog 3-2-08: Family What?

So, you may not know this but a few years ago Las Vegas was trying to get more families to move in. They had a lot of fun things for kids to do and advertised the city as "family friendly". 

Well, as you may have heard the most recent slogan is "what happens in vegas stays in vegas" and the "mayor" is saying that they never tried to get families here. He's saying that they never advertised the city as family friendly.

This photo is proof of the lies. A not-that-old local amusement park with rides and games. It was a very popular spot for kids, teens, and families to go to play and hang out. Now it is a big lot of dirt. The sad thing is that the sign is still there.
LJ Parker > Plog 8-06-08: Cupcake

Photo taken for a photo-scavenger-hunt, this is photo #1 of the 13-photo list.

Currently enjoying my new Canon G9 and carrying it everywhere!
Plog 4-12-08: Ah! Spider!

Shooting some macro shots at a workshop with the local camera club. On the way out, while packing up we saw this guy in the corner. Didn't get a macro shot, but got a decent zoom shot. If he wasn't so high up I would have loved to get some macro shots of him.
LJ Parker > Plog 4-12-08: Ah! Spider!

Shooting some macro shots at a workshop with the local camera club. On the way out, while packing up we saw this guy in the corner. Didn't get a macro shot, but got a decent zoom shot. If he wasn't so high up I would have loved to get some macro shots of him.
Plog 4-12-08: Ah! Spider!

Shooting some macro shots at a workshop with the local camera club. On the way out, while packing up we saw this guy in the corner. Didn't get a macro shot, but got a decent zoom shot. If he wasn't so high up I would have loved to get some macro shots of him.
See photo in gallery

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