I'm always chasing that illusive photograph, the one better than the last. While I'm focused on that, take a look at a few I've caught.
Travel & Place
Paramount, Amarillo, TX, 2007
Nikon D200 | 17mm | 1/60 | f/18Neon sign by direct sunlight.
Hill Country Rod Run, Boerne, TX, 2008
Nikon D200 | 17mm | HDR | f/20HDR, combined five exposures. Diffused sunlight.
Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium, 2006
Canon EOS 10D | 17mm | 0.7" | f/9.5Taken after midnight by flood and stadium lights. Two photos, stitched.
Digital Darkroom
Fix'em Up Truck, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 31mm | 1/20 | f/11Old Ford farm truck in a barn.
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 39mm | 1/200 | f/13Series of buried cadillacs, by natural sunlight.
Multiplicity, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 35mm | 1/1000 | f/8Gary Sweeney by natural sunlight. Six exposures, stitched.
Plume, 2009
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/125 | f/8Smoke by strobe in darkness.
People
Zachary Beggs, 2009
Nikon D200 | 28mm | 1/60 | f/5Strobe and reflector.
Gary Sweeney, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 35mm | 1/1000 | f/8Direct sunlight, fast shutter.
kathryncorneli.us, 2010
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/125 | f/10Outdoor shade and two strobes.
R.T. Bodet, Grey Holiday, 2006
Canon EOS ELAN 7Ambient stage light. Scanned slide film.
Andy Padron, 2009
Nikon D200 | 50mm | 1/60 | f/2.2Soft window lighting.
Michelle's Graduation, 2009
Nikon D700 | 35mm | 1/80 | f/2.8Natural light through open window.
Valarie Geckler, 2009
Nikon D200 | 50mm | 1/200 | f/16Strobe and reflector in for fill, second strobe behind umbrella.
Kathryn Cornelius, 2009
Nikon D200 | 50mm | 1/120 | f/5.6Backlit by natural light through window. Two strobes as fill.
Details & Macro
Glimpse, 2005
Canon EOS 10D | 50mm | 1/60 | f/2.8Small strobe off a reflective road sign. Macro lens.
Bother Sleeping Dogs, 2003
Nikon E4500 | 20.6mm | 1/4 | f/3.9Macro setting on old Nikon handheld.
Ironclad Beetle, 2008
Nikon D200 | 35mm | 1/10 | f/2.8Native only to South Texas.
Kerplunk, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 50mm | 1" | f/5.6Into a fish tank, strobe and reflector.
Renegade, 2010
Canon EOS 10D | 50mm | 1/125 | f/8Macro lens, two strobes.
Animals & Wildlife
Peter Pan, 2010
Nikon D700 | 35mm | 1/40 | f/3.5Toy Aussie by ambient window light.
Hummingbird, Comfort, TX, 2006
Canon EOS 10D | 300mm | 1/2000 | f/5.6A quick shutter and direct evening sunlight helped freeze this little guy.
Pete (or Repeat), Comfort, TX, 2009
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/60 | f/1.4Barely lit by outdoor sconce.
As Dog as It Gets, 2010
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/800 | f/8Maltipoo Jackson in direct sunlight.
Play Ball, 2010
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/125 | f/10Pan, flanked by two strobes.
Cardinals Rule, Comfort, TX, 2008
Nikon D700 | 185mm | 1/125 | f/9Cardinals by direct evening sunlight and reflector.
Dance! Dance!, 2010
Nikon D700 | 50mm | 1/250 | f/10Outdoor studio with two strobes.
Release the Hounds, Corpus Christi, TX, 2004
Canon EOS 10D | 50mm | 1/2000 | f/5.6Captured by daylight and I took it from there.
Nature & Landscapes
Hill Country Cloud Vines, Comfort, TX, 2009
Nikon D200 | 17mm | 1/50 | f/2.8Setting sun and lightning strike painted themselves.
The Quarry, San Antonio, TX, 2010
iPhone 3GS | 3.85mm | 1/1203 | f/2.818 holes at The Quarry.
Night Lightning, Comfort, TX, 2008
Nikon D200 | 80mm | 6" | f/2.8Lightning exposed ominous night sky.
Retirement, Comfort, TX, 2010
Nikon D700 | 17mm | HDR | f/11HDR, combined seven exposures. Sunset.
Catch-All
Foggy Night, Comfort, TX, 2009
Nikon D200 | 24mm | 1/3 | f/4.5Heavy fog, backlit with truck high-beams.
Carved Pumpkin Lampshade, 2010
Nikon D700 | 50mm | HDR | f/8Lit internally, HDR. Hand-carved.
A little about myself.