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Family

A frozen moment in black and white

This picture is the answer to why I tend to carry a camera most places.  My family was just  visiting some extended family when Brooke decided that it was time to go outside and play in the backyard.  Out go the grandparents following to watch over and play with her.  Standing idly by on the side, I waited to get something like this.  I love her expression and the spontaneity of the moment.  I don’t know about other real photographers, but I could not have posed this given the entire night.  In reality, the moment lasted about 2 seconds, which I took a burst of 3 frames and found 1 that became this.  I’m quite pleased.

Family, Urban

Where does the time go?

Another month has flown by so yet another may start.  With everything going on, photography has taken a backseat somewhat and has been limited too family shooting.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it does limit this blog a bit.

One of the great benefits of the nicer weather though is constantly being outside and following my daughter around.  If she’s awake and it’s not raining, she generally wants to be exploring the town, running around the park or just watching other people.  She is branching out more and trying new things, like the ‘big’ slide at the park by herself and trying to climb up the fake rock wall.  It’s just awesome to be in the moment.

While I was on my lunch break, I had to walk down to a local store and pick up a few things, so naturally, a camera came with me.  I was a bit limited on time and even more limited on inspiration.  I do like this one shot though.

 

Family, Nature

The snow is finally falling!

All day the snow has been falling off and on.  I’ve had to shovel the walk 3 times, but it felt good to get out and do it.  The morning was spent with Brooke and Dayna, but once Brooke went down for a nap, I drove the short way to Laurelville to do some light hiking and picture taking in the snow.

I packed my Benro Travel Angel tripod and put an ND filter on the front of the 14-42mm.  This exposure was 1/10 second and f/11.

The hike was great, if a bit chilly.  There was no one around and was great to clear my head.  Shortly after I got home, Brooke stirred from her nap and as we were playing in the living room, she snatched up my Canon underwater camera.  Thankfully, it’s shock and drool proof.  I wonder how long until she starts taking better pictures than me?

G3 + Oly 45mm

Animals, Nature

After turkey-day with a deer and the Oly 45

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Let me first say that I hope everyone had a fun and safe Thanksgiving with their families and friends.  My family had a great time getting together, even if it is very busy and sometimes crazy.  We had one more side of the family to visit today, so I had one last chance to gorge myself on a wonderful home cooked meal.  Before that could begin however, I noticed a young deer walking behind the family members house.  I excused myself, grabbed my camera and tried to sneak around out back quietly.

For the people reading this strictly for the gear… I had my micro 4/3’s kit.  The longest lens I currently have is the Olympus 45mm f/1.8.  So that gave me an equivalent view of 90mm (in 35mm terms).  How I wish I would have the 45-200mm right then.  So these shots are cropped in fairly close.

The deer was about 40 yards back when all of a sudden something spooked it and it ran directly toward the house and close to where I was standing.

When it got within 15 feet of where I was standing, it finally realized that I was there and stopped dead in it’s tracks.  Apparently it was rather used to people, because it just stood there for a few seconds looking at me.

Apparently I wasn’t that big of a threat, as I was quiet and I could hear numerous gunshots in the distance (we were in the mountains).  The deer slowly trotted back from where it had come from.

I followed it for 50 yards up into the woods along a path.  The ground was wet and made it easy to be quiet and not make any noises.  The deer knew I was back there all the time, but just didn’t seem to care.  The next 3 shots were all taken from about 12 or 15 feet away.  That was as close as I could get.

After following and observing this deer for about 15 minutes, he simply looked at me one last time, decided she’d had enough and bolted.  It was a great and very peaceful experience, one that doesn’t happen often enough in our busy lives.