February 1, 2012 – A year of portraits – Joe Kington

02.01.12 Joe Kington

Joe Kington has been a barber for 37 years, since he was 18 years old. That’s a lot of haircuts! He opened his own shop in Mortons Gap, Ky back in 1984 and has been in this place since 1996, which used to be the towns city hall. Like most small town barber shops it’s the hub for folks to stop by and visit, not just to get a haircut. If you need a good haircut and want to chat about anything then stop by and pay him a visit.

Image was processed with Photoshop CS5 with levels adjusted to lighten up the midtones and then I applied the Topaz Adjust Photo Pop filter to sharpen up the final image.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sgima 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32mm
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/160, f/6.3 with an ISO of 4,000
File Type: Nikon RAW

January 31, 2012 – A year of portraits – Randy Hardesty

01.31.12 Randy Hardesty

Randy Hardesty is one of the Madisonville Community College Community Theater actors who is performing Thursday – Saturday at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts in a production called “Almost, Maine.” Here he portrays a character named “East.”

Image was processed with Photoshop CS5 with levels adjusted to lighten up the midtones and then I applied the Topaz Adjust Photo Pop filter to sharpen up the final image.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 @ 80mm
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/160, f/2.8 with an ISO of 4,000
File Type: Nikon RAW

 

January 30, 2012 – A year of portraits – Henderson Pep Club

01.30.12 Henderson Pep Club

I just had to shoot this group portrait of the pep club at Henderson High School for my portrait of the day. I love the many different costumes, expressions and interactions going on in this picture. Of course anytime teens see someone taking their picture, they have to ham it up a bit, which usually makes for a better picture.

Image was processed with Photoshop CS5 with levels adjusted to lighten up the midtones and then I applied the Topaz Adjust Photo Pop filter to sharpen up the final image.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 31mm
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/40, f/3.2 with an ISO of 800
File Type: Nikon RAW

Shots fired!

Hopkins County Sheriff deputy LyDon Logan radios in an all clear from a 911 call of shots fired from a resident on Willow Drive in Nortonville. Deputies and Kentucky State Police troopers laugh at the scene after investigation found the shot sounds were from eggs cooking on a stove top, according Deputy Logan. (Jim Pearson/The Messenger)

I went out to Nortonville, Ky with a reporter today about a shots fired call from a resident who armed themselves with a shotgun after they heard three shots. Kentucky State Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene and it was pretty serious stuff, until further investigation revealed that the shots came from eggs that were left too long on the stove.