Posted in Photography, Technology, personal on Oct 25th, 2009 1 Comment »
I took the boys and dogs for a walk in our backyard this afternoon and of course I took a camera. I saw a tree with a single leaf hanging on and had to grab a shot. After some processing in Photoshop and Nik’s Color Efex Pro, I came up with a nice Autumn theme [...]
Posted in OSU, Photography, Technology on Feb 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
There are several ways to stitch together photographs to make stunning panoramas. One of the easiest ways is with Microsoft’s free photo organizer called Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG). WLPG is a free download that works with XP, Vista, and now Windows 7. For Vista users, this tool is an evolution of Vista’s Photo Gallery [...]
Posted in OSU, Photography, Technology on Jan 5th, 2009 4 Comments »
Check out this 10 photo panorama from the OSU campus. The sun was setting and the photos aren’t that great, but this is still cool. Using Silverlight’s Deep Zoom feature, you can zoom in, out, and all around. You can get close enough to see detail in these photos. I used the free Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) to [...]
Posted in Photography, Technology on Dec 11th, 2008 8 Comments »
Way back in 2001-2002, Microsoft released a set of free utilities for XP called PowerToys. Theses were small, very useful programs. One of the best tools in the set was the Image Resizer. Once installed, you could right-click on any photo, click on Resize Image, then select one of the preset sizes or create a [...]
Posted in Animals, OSU, Photography, personal on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve decided to open an online store to sell my photos. I only have a few images online right now, but I’ll be adding more as I dig through our archives. I’ve got the famous “Solitaire” image as well as several from the Theta Pond shoot. I’ll be adding images from Boone Pickens Stadium and [...]
Posted in Animals, Photography on Jul 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
Help me select which photos to submit for a wildlife & nature photo contest at work. I have more photos than are allowed to be submitted. I have my favorites which I will submit, but I want other opinions as well. Take a look at the photos below and tell me which ones you like. [...]
Posted in Animals, Photography on Jul 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Gentry and I took a quick trip to the Cherokee Spur Ranch in Afton, OK. This 1,000 acre ranch overlooks Grand Lake and is a start-up business which offers weddings and event services, guided hunting tours, paint ball, skeet shooting, and other City Slicker excursions. Gen shot this wedding there several months ago. The owners liked her work and hired her [...]
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