50mm Lens and Why Every Photographer Should Have One
May 23, 2016
Canon's 50mm Lens Lineup
The 50mm lens is one of the most used lenses in my bag, and many other photographer's bag as well. Why? Well, here are my reasons why I own and use one:
1. It came with my camera when I bought it. Ok, that might not sound like a reason but it is one. But, I did purchase a "better" one later. When I say "better" I re...
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Some Ruin It For All
May 12, 2016
In every aspect of human existence, there will inevitably be some knucklehead that ruins it fall all the rest, and photography is no different.
Recently the 90 year old Monroe Station in Florida was burned to the ground by a photographer literally “playing with fire.” The Monroe Station was originally constructed in the 1920s by advertising magnat...
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Art Walk May16
May 11, 2016
Elkhart, IN hosted a free, self-guided, public art phenomenon known as downtown ArtWalk, which brings together art lovers and community friends to ever-evolving downtown Elkhart. With exciting and unique offerings around every corner, downtown Elkhart celebrates the arts and artists who enhance our community.
Dawn and I were invited this year to b...
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Journeyman Distillery Tasting at Notre Dame
May 06, 2016
Spirit tasting with friends
O ur good friends Nina & Dave invited us out to the Rohr’s at Morris Inn located on the campus of Notre Dame University for an evening of sampling some fine spirits made by a local distillery.
The Journeyman Distillery is an Organic Spirits Distillery, located in the EK Warren historic Featherbone Factory, in Three Oak...
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Amazing Elkhart Race 2016
April 30, 2016
Racing for charity
For the third year in a row, Dawn and I photographed the Amazing Elkhart Race. This year's race was bigger and better than ever. The event bennafits the Church Community Services of Elkhart County. The Church Community Services' Amazing Elkhart Race challenges teams of four to complete 10+ different legs throughout the city. T...
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Danielle and Eric's Wedding
September 12, 2015
Michael and I got to know Danielle and Eric while Michael was coaching Danielle’s brother in hockey. We had the pleasure of getting to know the entire family and they are all wonderful people.
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How To Photograph Fireworks
July 02, 2015
F ireworks
1. Use a tripod
2. Use a 24-70mm lens
3. ISO around 100 or 200
4. Aperature betwen F8 and F22
5. Set to Manual Mode
6. Shout on Bulb from around 2 to 6 seconds
7. Use a cable reelase or a timer
8. Start when the mortor is going up
9. Turn off Autofocus, manually focus on the first shot
...more to come
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Curwood Castle Museum
June 14, 2015
I had an invitation to join one of my photography friends on a "group photo session" up near Lansing Michigan. Rob Miller asked me to join him, along with other photographers, to photograph some models with a castle as the background. Castle? I said. Rob replied that there was some sort of castle up by Lansing, MI and that we would be photographing...
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NPC Bikini Competition in St. Louis
April 04, 2015
Dawn and I were headed down to St. Louis to attend this years Shutterfest put on by Sal Cincotta and much to our surprise one of our favorite models was competing there in a regional bikini contest along with 200 other very fit young ladies.
Dawn and I got up, had breakfast and drove to the bikini and body building event. No sooner did we walk in...
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Purple Guitar
March 23, 2015
A friend of mine asked me to take a picture of his favorite guitar as he just could not get a good image of it without getting a bad reflection on it somewhere.
Now, purple is my favorite color, so any chance I can get to photograph something purple, I do! It really was a beautiful instrument, and I loved the wood grain in it, just beautiful.
Bel...
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Michiana Wedding Network Soiree 2015
March 14, 2015
Michael and I are part of the Michiana Wedding Network, a group of wedding vendors located in and around Northern Indiana. Every year we get together at the end of the year and have a little party. This year we had a Roaring 20's style Soiree, and we all dressed up (some more than others).
The food was good and the friendships was even better. We...
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