Cavaliers vs. Pistons a Photographic Endeavour Every Game

Tonight’s Pistons game was more energetic and interesting. The game was more fast paced than the last few have seemed, and the crowd was even seemingly more energized. I am not sure what it was that made the game feel that way, since the stadium was still only at less than half its’ capacity. I hadContinue reading “Cavaliers vs. Pistons a Photographic Endeavour Every Game”

Detroit Pistons Vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

After a week and a half on the road the Pistons returned to the Palace and faced the Oklahoma City Thunder. After living in Oklahoma for a year, I never became a Thunder fan. But my girlfriend is, so I must be careful what I say about them 😉 The game was very close, andContinue reading “Detroit Pistons Vs. Oklahoma City Thunder”

Detroit Pistons Vs. Atlanta Hawks

This past Friday I had the opportunity to shoot the Detroit Pistons vs. the Atlanta Hawks at the Palace of Auburn Hills. I had the opportunity to shoot the game because of a connection I was able to make through some family and friends to the official photographer for the Pistons. I am extremely gratefulContinue reading “Detroit Pistons Vs. Atlanta Hawks”

Birmingham Seaholm Water Polo Vs. Chelsea and Troy High

I am getting a little better at water polo. This weekend I  shot water polo twice. The quality of my shots are getting better, but they still need some touching up in lightroom. The lighting in the pools is absolutely horrible, even with a 2.8 lens I am still slightly dissapointed. I am fortunate thatContinue reading “Birmingham Seaholm Water Polo Vs. Chelsea and Troy High”

Florida Sea Base Reef Fish Identification Edition II

So here it is boys and girls, the link to my Reef Fish Identification PDF. The work is about 50 pages long and contains my own writing, and photography. It took over six years to gather the photographs needed to complete the work. Edition III is currently being edited and added to with the photosContinue reading “Florida Sea Base Reef Fish Identification Edition II”

Star Trail Photography Continued

Star Trail Photography Attempt 2 Tonight I tried once again to put together a decent star trail photo using my canon 20d and a decent manfrotto tripod. Unfortunately there is a lot of light pollution in my area, so the number of stars you can see in the shot is limited. But I will definatelyContinue reading “Star Trail Photography Continued”

Experimenting with star trail photography

So tonight I tried once again to capture a star trail. I set my camera up for an extra long exposure, for about 40 minutes. Again it failed miserably. So I decided to finally do some research. I found this tutorial via google, and it provided just what I needed, directions, and even freeware toContinue reading “Experimenting with star trail photography”

Macro Challenges

This week I came across three macro shots that I would have like to spend the entire dive on. First, on a 40 ft spur and groove west of Alligator light, I came across a sailfin blenny. I took around 10 shots but I was with another group of divers that wanted to move onContinue reading “Macro Challenges”

Another Successful Week

With another successful group of students certified this week, today I enjoyed a couple fun dives with a great group of guys. Each week is different, a different group dynamic, but all my crews have been great this summer. Teaching this summer has been a challenge to say the least, but I have learned alotContinue reading “Another Successful Week”

Past Few Weeks

The past few weeks have been very productive. My homemade camera setup has been modified and repaired several times, and my photos are getting better and better (I think). This juvenile spotted drum was found hanging out on Long Key Ledge Reef off the coast of Long Key. This loggerhead is a common sight onContinue reading “Past Few Weeks”

Back In Business

The wind died down a bit yesterday enough to let the boats venture out. It was a rough set of dives from what I heard from the other divemasters as I was in the classroom with Mike and I’s new certification crew. They attempted a dive at Alligator resulting in no viz. Reed who jumpedContinue reading “Back In Business”

Tragedy

Again tragedy strikes, I have flooded yet another camera. I believe it to be my own fault, something on the housing o-ring caused the housing to leak I believe. Luckily it only flooded a little and my memory card was not affected. I ended up completely disassembling my camera in an attempt to fix it,Continue reading “Tragedy”