Posts in Category: Photography
Texas Fields
I originally planned on spending this past Saturday evening at the batting cages for about an hour. But after I drove over to the nearest location and found that they closed at 6 PM and not 9 PM as Google Maps told me, I decided to return to my apartment and grab my camera (all these images were taken with my D300 and my Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8). I had noticed this empty field right across the street from my apartment complex a couple weeks ago and wanted to go over there during the “golden hour” to get some shots. As the sun was slowly setting, I spent about 45 minutes out there taking pictures – the results of which you can find in this blog entry, in my next blog entry, and daily on Flickr for the next week or so. Next time I do engagement photos here in Austin, I think this would be a perfect location. Feel free to comment with your thoughts and share via Facebook or Twitter. Thanks!
The Stolen Scream
This isn’t a post specifically about one person’s photography as much as it is a post about what happened to one person’s photography. In a day and age where information is shared in real time over the internet and sometime it’s hard to track where your words, images, and thoughts end up, here’s a story that’s more-or-less a wakeup call to everyone. Whether or not you’re a photographer, this video is pretty interesting.
On his website, www.thestolenscream.com, Noam Galai, a Jewish photographer from New York, briefly recaps the story: “About two years after publishing photos of myself screaming on the Flickr, I discovered that my face was ‘for sale’ in several stores around the world, as well as on the Web and spotted it in places like Spain, Iran, Mexico, England and many other places. When I realized that its [sic] not a one-time-thing and my face is being used in so many places i decided to start collecting images/videos of all my ‘appearances’. Check out my Scream Blog where i post all the different photos i find with my face .”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lEMIf7_FM&w=566&h=346]
Jason & Jessica – Engagement Photos
A quintessential downtown Chicago photo shoot for Jason and Jessica – the future Mr. & Mrs. Betke. Although I was kind of rushed for time that day, it ended up being a lot of fun! Thanks for letting me take your pictures, and I can’t wait to share the big day with you both!
