Residential

Here's several images from my first realestate photography attempt. These were shot with the new Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 lens I just got, love this thing.

I used the HDR technique for these but I think I'm going to try another location with some speedlights set up for fill flash, and not rely on the HDR, or perhaps a mixture of both would be good.

Nikon SB-900

Here it is, the new Nikon SB-900. Nikons new Flagship speedlight. It can zoom from 17-200 in just 1.2 seconds. Don't get all excited it's not in the US yet. It's slated to hit US stores on July 25, 2008.

The Yaddo

Michael Furgang and I did a bit of exploring around Saratoga springs last week and ended up, among other places, at the Yaddo. The Rose garden is under heavy construction so that was a big bust, but other shots came out great. I wanted to trespass onto the upper grounds and shoot the mansion from close up, but Michael had suggested not getting arrested yet, to early in the day.


This is a 9 shot HDR with some special Photoshop CS3 thrown in at the end for good measure.

Baby Cooper

These are some images of a birthday party we recently attended for some friends sons first birthday. Baby Cooper (that's his first name, no relation, honestly) was great to shoot, what an angel. He was curiously interested in the large dome at the end of the 14 mm lens, kept trying to pop it like a bubble; it made for some great images though because he always looked directly at the lens, a very odd thing for kids, they usually just want to cry when a huge lens is jammed in their face. The party was great lots of fun, more to come of baby Cooper I'm sure. 

Alexandria Bay

Well I just returned from a long weekend trip to Alexandria Bay, NY with my family so here are a few of the pics I took from that trip. Although we went as a family vacation I took more images of the location than the family (habit of a professional photographer I guess). We got to visit the very large Boldt Castle which resides on Hart Island, between Canada and the USA. The Castle was intended to be the new residence of Boldt and his wife over a hundred years ago, but she died and so did his ambitions of finishing the castle, it was never completed and fell to ruins. The 1000 islands preservation society took it over and has rebuilt most of it since then.
I would love to revisit this place for the sole purpose of non stop shooting, there just wasn't enough time to shoot everything.


This is a pano comprised of 2, 9 shot HDR images I took on the shore looking toward the Canadian side of the seaway. The water was very choppy so I was pleased with the way Photomatix merged them to a smooth, calm look.


A night shot from the US of Boldt Castle.


From the Back





This is a 9 shot, hand held HDR of the servants quarters of the Boldt family boat house. Interestingly the boat house isn't part of the Boldt Castle. It's actually 1/2 miles away toward the Canadian side of the seaway.


This is one of the tunnels half underground that connected the castle to the power station. Very cool down here.



This is the main dinning room, being that no one ever lifed in the castle all the funiture was added later by the preservation society, but it's still cool to see what it could have been if it were completed.