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,... 

My Cannon in the Snow photo is being featured in a group on RedBubble this month, called “That One Great Shot“.  It’s the cannon I wrote about in a previous post.  The cannon sits on Manassas Battlefield Park, in Manassas, Virginia, west of the 234 and 29 intersection atop a hill next to a monument.  Read More →

It’s snowing like crazy out there, and here in the Washington DC / Northern Virginia area they are calling for anywhere from 10 to 25 or so inches of snow.  According to the weather this morning, they’re saying it may be more than we got in 1983, when the last big blizzard hit the area.  Photographers all over the region are out taking pictures, or at least will be once the snow settles... 

Had a chance to photograph this family recently during a photo get-together.  If you remember my post about Mr O a couple weeks back, this great couple showed up as well to be photographed by my friend Andrea, who graciously allowed others to shoot them as well.  These are my favorites from the day!  They were fantastic to work with, and a lot of fun.  Even with a bunch of lenses pointed at them,... 

I met Mr O at a recent photo get together at Manassas Battlefield Park.  There were several kids there, and O was always right there to be photographed.  I think you’ll agree he’s a real cutie with a huge smile — and his personality was just as big!  We were there to practice shooting with off-camera flash as well as the extreme backlighting from the sunset, and Mr O’s shots... 

I recently entered the Washingtonian Magazine November Photo Contest and have been selected as a finalist!  The theme is “wide angle”, and one of my favorite lenses is the Tokina 12-24 which is pretty darn wide — and the one used for the finalist image. I would greatly appreciate it if you would vote for my Jefferson Memorial photo, titled “Dawn’s Early Light”.... 

I’ve lived in Manassas for about a year and a half now and have come to really appreciate the history of this location.  From the Battlefield (there are a couple other shots of the Battlefield in this post) to the downtown area, there are a lot of photographic opportunities.  Right now I’m staking out locations for portraits — if you have any suggestions or would like some portraits... 

In my last entry, I posted a few shots I had taken with my new Sigma 150 Macro.  Below are 2 more … well 1.5 really!  The first one is on the last entry as well, but with a filter applied to give it an entirely new look!  I like the darker version, what do you think?  The second image is a daisy I shot at lunch the other day while swatting mosquitoes off my neck.  It’s pretty much... 

Picked up a new macro lens (finally!) from Adorama using the Bing.com cashback bonus.  Here are a few test shots from it — lens is a Sigma 150 f/2.8 Macro.  I still need to practice with it some, I really do like the focal length of it — a few bee shots (not sharp due to camera shake) I was far enough away to not worry about getting stung!  Have to keep shutter speeds up at 150mm though,... 

Late last year my wife and I went to Harrisonburg, VA to stay at a bed and breakfast and just “get away” for a while without going too far.  The place we stayed at had this great cat that lived there — he greeted us when we got there pretty much, and hung out with us the entire time, probably from all the lovin’ he got from us (we pet him constantly while sitting on the porch!) ...