blog.rekphoto.com » General http://blog.rekphoto.com Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:05:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 more iPhone shots http://blog.rekphoto.com/2011/03/more-iphone-shots/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2011/03/more-iphone-shots/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:32:30 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1263 Continue reading →]]> The D300s is bulky compared to the iPhone 4 and I always have my iPhone with me, so more often than not it tends to be my go-to camera anymore. With a little one at home, the opportunities to get out and ‘shoot’ are slim at this point but with spring here I’m hoping to get out more. Here are some of the recent shots from my iPhone, taken with the instagram app. A few of them have some Pic Grunger applied as well.  The rest of my instagram photos are on my flickr.

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2011/03/more-iphone-shots/feed/ 0 Easter Fun http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/04/easter-fun/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/04/easter-fun/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:36:53 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1204 Continue reading →]]> A few days late, but here are some of my favorite shots from Easter :-)

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/04/easter-fun/feed/ 0 Baby Candy http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/baby-candy/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/baby-candy/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:13:24 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1184 Continue reading →]]> Not candy for babies, but candy that represents babies! Home made to celebrate our little man.

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/baby-candy/feed/ 0 Pecan Sandies http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/pecan-sandies/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/pecan-sandies/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:15 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1093 Continue reading →]]> Working from home this afternoon, I decided to treat myself to some cookies (well I probably would have done that whether or not I was working or not but that’s beside the point).  Has been a while since I’ve had Pecan Sandies, but they sure were good.  What is your favorite cookie? (Mine is Oreo, but these were calling my name!)

Nikon D300s, Nikon 17-55, processed in NX2 with Color Efex Pro

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/pecan-sandies/feed/ 0 Penn Camera Photo Contest http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/penn-camera-photo-contest/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/penn-camera-photo-contest/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:44:10 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1063 Continue reading →]]> The February Penn Camera photo contest subject is snow, so I found my two favorite snow pictures from this past year to submit.  The prizes are Penn Camera gift cards, which are quite useful!  There are lots of great entries, so we’ll see — wish me luck!  I should know early next week if I’ve won a prize :-)

Manassas Battlefield Cannon, Nikon D300s, Nikon 18-105VR

Melting Snow, Nikon D300s, Sigma 150 Macro

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/03/penn-camera-photo-contest/feed/ 6 Snow Day http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/02/snow-day/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/02/snow-day/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:10:24 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=1019 Continue reading →]]> The DC area is being hit by some more snow (we’ve already had about 20-24 inches) — some areas will get at least another foot. So being stuck at home, watching the news, and keeping an eye on things, I figured I’d take a shot of what’s keeping me warm (coffee and donut) as well as what’s keeping me from going stir-crazy (iPhone with Facebook, Twitter, and the new Google Buzz, as well as having the news on in the background!).

Shot with Nikon D300s body and Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S lens

The snow is drifting pretty well out on the deck as well — going to be a nightmare to get out there and clean it when the door won’t open.  Guess I’ll crawl out the window!  These two were shot with Nikon D300s body and Nikon 18-105VR lens.

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/02/snow-day/feed/ 0 Black and White Photography http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/black-and-white-photography/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/black-and-white-photography/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:32:48 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=905 Continue reading →]]> Every now and then I get in the mood for some black and white photography. Since I’ve been busy with my new son (and busy napping!), I haven’t had as much photo time as I’d like. Yesterday I went to a nearby park in Vienna, VA and took some shots there, then went to the main drag for a bit.  When I got home, I processed them all in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2which makes it super easy to convert everything to B&W since you can get one the way you want it (contrast, etc.) and copy those settings. All were shot with a Nikon D300sand Nikon 18-105VR lens.Had a circular polarizeron as well which did a nice job on the blacktop and skies to make them a bit richer.

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/black-and-white-photography/feed/ 0 Cold Weather http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/cold-weather/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/cold-weather/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:28:44 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=862 Continue reading →]]> The weather the last couple of days has been miserable!  Very cold, very windy — and did I mention miserable?  Pulled a few of my recent “cold weather” images to share.  One is from around Thanksgiving, when it was cold and rainy.  The rain was hanging off the ends of the branches just right!  It was featured on RedBubble in the Rain Drops & Water Art and Split Tone Black and White groups in December.  Taken with a Nikon D300s and Nikon 18-105mm VR.

The second image is of some ice that had formed on the window during a very cold day a week before Christmas.  You might remember the blizzard we had that day, leaving over 20 inches of snow in the DC area! Taken with a Nikon D300s and Sigma 150mm Macro.

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2010/01/cold-weather/feed/ 0 I’m In Washingtonian! http://blog.rekphoto.com/2009/12/im-in-washingtonian/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2009/12/im-in-washingtonian/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:24:27 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=785 Continue reading →]]> I noticed the other day that Washingtonian put my name and winning photo contest entry up on their website:

I had been checking the local store for the magazine but they still had the old one. Finally yesterday I went to Borders and they had the magazines in!  Bought 10 of them for myself and a couple of them for family that don’t live in the area.  Very excited to have my photo in there, right on page 11!  This is the January 2010 issue of Washingtonian.

Thanks to everyone that voted for me, this is really a great feeling :-)

]]> http://blog.rekphoto.com/2009/12/im-in-washingtonian/feed/ 4 Happy Holidays http://blog.rekphoto.com/2009/12/happy-holidays/ http://blog.rekphoto.com/2009/12/happy-holidays/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:25:31 +0000 robert http://blog.rekphoto.com/?p=798 Continue reading →]]> It’s that time of year. Stress over presents, traffic, shopping, family issues — not to mention eating poorly. I was doing a bit of each of that when I felt the burn (must’ve been the alfredo pasta at 11am, leftover from the previous week’s holiday party, or maybe all the cookies!). Got some Tums and wanted to share! I call it Grapeberry. ;-)

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