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Daily Photos Jan - Mar 2010

"The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination". ~Ward Elliot Hour

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"Do not Fear the Flash!"<br />
01/02/2010<br />
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That's my New Year's resolution.  So I am reading a book on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, which some say is the best portable lighting system in the world (!).  Here is my first attempt at off-camera flash.  Other shots can be seen here:   <a href="http://bit.ly/6vOIk5">http://bit.ly/6vOIk5</a><br />
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I have a long way to go but I am beginning to appreciate the value of the system and "getting the flash off the darn camera" as Rick Sammon would say.  Feedback welcome.  Thanks.<br />
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Off camera SB 600 flash, Nikon 35mm lens<br />
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Also - please note about today's date:  "Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Today in the United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates, there is a rare chance to celebrate a palindrome date - 01/02/2010 - which reads the same forward as it does backward."  Boston.com.
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"Do not Fear the Flash!"
01/02/2010

That's my New Year's resolution. So I am reading a book on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, which some say is the best portable lighting system in the world (!). Here is my first attempt at off-camera flash. Other shots can be seen here: http://bit.ly/6vOIk5

I have a long way to go but I am beginning to appreciate the value of the system and "getting the flash off the darn camera" as Rick Sammon would say. Feedback welcome. Thanks.

Off camera SB 600 flash, Nikon 35mm lens

Also - please note about today's date: "Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Today in the United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates, there is a rare chance to celebrate a palindrome date - 01/02/2010 - which reads the same forward as it does backward." Boston.com.

Off cameraflashNikon 35mm lens

  • Self portrait, with graffiti<br />
1/11/2010
  • The corner coffee shop<br />
1/8/2010<br />
This little shop caught my eye and I felt like there was a picture to be made here.  Not sure if I captured it though.  Two others are posted here:   <a href="http://bit.ly/4OXtnH">http://bit.ly/4OXtnH</a><br />
Would appreciate your honest feedback.  Thanks.
  • 10 second rule?<br />
1/9/2010
  • Norwood Memorial Municipal Building<br />
1/7/2010<br />
"Norwood's town square is dominated by its town hall, the Norwood Memorial Municipal Building. It includes a 51-bell carillon tower housing the Walter F. Tilton Memorial Carillon, one of nine carillons in Massachusetts and the seventh-largest in the United States. Built in 1928, the neo-gothic edifice is made of Weymouth seamed-face granite. Visitors often mistake it for a church or believe it to have been a church, but it never was; its stained-glass windows depict not saints, but local patriot Aaron Guild".  From ikipedia
  • Robinson Cuticura<br />
1/6/2010<br />
"Built in 1892, former headquarters of Robinson Brothers & Company; later Potter Drug, manufacturers of Cuticura Soap products. Site now housing for elderly."  ci.malden.ma<br />
It's not as dismal a place as it appears here.
  • Street photography - literally<br />
1/5/10<br />
I took a stroll today, armed only with my iPhone and a keen eye - ok, I did have my iPhone - and sought out some interesting snaps, perchance, a daily.   Above is one.   Others can be seen here:   <a href="http://bit.ly/6EzWr7">http://bit.ly/6EzWr7</a><br />
What do you think?  Thanks for all your comments on the snowy night and sledding pics.
  • "January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow".  Sara Coleridge <br />
1/4/2010
  • Panning pays off!<br />
1/3/2010<br />
During my sister-in-law's surprise birthday party, held today at the local golf course, snow sledding broke out spontaneously on the hill adjacent to the club house.  Ross, pictured here, borrowed a tube from a young girl and "attacked" the hill with fervor.  I happened to be in the right place at the right moment to capture this.
  • "Do not Fear the Flash!"<br />
01/02/2010<br />
<br />
That's my New Year's resolution.  So I am reading a book on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, which some say is the best portable lighting system in the world (!).  Here is my first attempt at off-camera flash.  Other shots can be seen here:   <a href="http://bit.ly/6vOIk5">http://bit.ly/6vOIk5</a><br />
<br />
I have a long way to go but I am beginning to appreciate the value of the system and "getting the flash off the darn camera" as Rick Sammon would say.  Feedback welcome.  Thanks.<br />
<br />
Off camera SB 600 flash, Nikon 35mm lens<br />
<br />
Also - please note about today's date:  "Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Today in the United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates, there is a rare chance to celebrate a palindrome date - 01/02/2010 - which reads the same forward as it does backward."  Boston.com.
  • This happy fellow has been greeting guests (and us) during the holiday season for years.  I know I'm home when I see his smile.<br />
1/1/2010
  • krza

    on March 13, 2010

    Great use of flash here.

  • agilitypics

    on January 16, 2010

    Excellent work on the lighting. Nicely composed shot!

  • WildeLifePhotography

    on January 9, 2010

    Very nice lighting.

  • Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)

    on January 4, 2010

    I oughta do this too. Wonderful light control here.

  • Lavanya

    on January 4, 2010

    amazing details !

  • 349390pitchingwedge33

    on January 4, 2010

    great exposure and details... I would use some bounce light from the right side to cut down on the shadows...

  • Eric Lammers

    on January 4, 2010

    Sounds like you and I have common New Year's resolutions! ;-) Looks like you're off to a great start!!

  • fotoeffects

    on January 3, 2010

    Terrific lighting!

  • k dunlap

    on January 3, 2010

    Excellent lighting. I like how the deep shadow falls down and to the right. Well done!

  • 310343normvz

    on January 3, 2010

    Imaginative, creative and beautiful. Great tones and color.

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