Descent of a Beer

A beer going down, not much better; maybe whiskey but that is for another time. Sitting around trying to watch a movie one night I took these photos. Apparently I was paying less attention to the movie than I was my drink. But what is wrong with that? The movie was RocknRolla; I will have to watch it again, I heard it is good, the beer Fat Tire.






Fat Tire is a small brewing company out of Fort Collins, Co. I can’t get in Virginia yet. The beer was brought up to me by my friend Billy from North Carolina. It has just been distributed to his city. He is a little obsessed with the stuff. I do find it a tasty beverage but I’m not nearly fanatical as old Billy.






While trying to concentrate on the movie I thought of the 60mm lens I have that I hardly ever use. I recently bought an 18 to 200mm lens that is a great all around lens so I rarely take it off. Their just happened to be a beer in front of me so I got out the camera out and started snapping. I also just got a SB-600 so I wanted to get some practice with that as well.






The descent of a beer is a short story but it is a good one; smooth, tasty and refreshing.

Around the Pond

I went down to visit a friend who lives in South Carolina just outside of myrtle beach. One morning I got up way too early, but the light was good and I was awake so I went out back and took some pictures around the pond (it was also too cold).









It doesn’t take long to get into the country in South Carolina. My freinds place is set back off the road a bit and he has a pond in the back and corn feilds, well not much corn growing this time of year, on either side.
I took one lap around the pond and snapped off a couple of frames and went back in to the warm house.

Below are some pictures of the some of the other stuff we got into that weekend. Country living is a little freer in some respects.

Early Morning Excursion

I got out early this morning to play a little golf but it was to cold, FROST DELAY! So I decided I might as well take advantage of the early morning light and take some pictures. So after a quick breakfast I headed to Phoebus.

I had recently gone to the Eastern Shore and seen an exhibit of wildlife photography so I wanted to try my hand at it. I remembered these fishing boats out by Fort Monroe close to were I live.

While dodging traffic on the bridge next to the boats I got a couple of shots off. The image above is one of them.

Below is a photo of a tree out on Grand View beach. A friend and I shot had shot some video on this beach a while back and I had always wanted to go back and shoot some stills. The clouds and light were not as good this day as the day we shot our video but it is still and interesting scene.

What is it about portraits?

I don't take many portraits but I got a chance a while back to go with a friend of mine, Chad Nance, while he interviewed the Mayor of Richmond Doug Wilder. No fancy lighting just natural light.



I don't know if I don't take portraits a lot because it is too much pressure to get someone to sit for you and then if the photos don't come out then I have to share my failure with someone else. Or maybe I just don't like people that much or maybe all my friends are boring looking. I would like to start taking more though, its good to have goals.



These shots I just took while Chad was talking to the Mayor, I think they came out good.

On the road again

I actually took these photos before I took the on from the previous post, I just revisited them today. I took these off of Hwy 60. When I originally took these the sun was coming up over the dark building, it is red, and I wanted sun flares. editing them today I came to the conclusion that it didn't work, it was a waste of time; thank goodness for digital. No wasted film. Who knows I might come back to these photos in a month or two and want sun flares again.


I shot these in color and did the post in photoshop. This building (above) is bright red so one day I might want a bright red building and I have the RAW file to go back to and get the red back. I used to love to shot black & white film. Back in the "old days" of film you had to be able to see the image in black & white before you took it. Know you can either not worry about it or try to see in color and in black & white to figure out how to compose it and get the lighting right.