This photo has two things going for it, well perhaps three. Good use of leading lines, a very low angle and something to do with trains, what can I say. When out shooting pictures, either with your phone or your camera, try to capture your pictures from a different angle. By doing this you’ll add more impact to your pictures. Photographing a small child? Get on the floor with them and put the camera on the same level. You’ll get better pictures and expressions… trust me.

Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s with the built in camera. Post processing was done in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust.

I like the leading line of this driveway, dark shadows and and the highlights of the sun filtering through the clouds on this shot I did today just south of Hopkinsville, Ky. I think everything contributes to the air of mystery that I wanted this photo to convey. I’ve passed this driveway many times as I travel down US 41 toward Nashville and thought that I needed to stop and shoot a photo, but the lighting was never dramatic, like I envisioned, until today.

Photo shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic app with the Lowy lens and Claunch 72 Monochrome film. In Photoshop I did some dodging and burning and converted it to a true grayscale image. Some sharpening was also applied using Topaz Adjust.

Today I was waiting on the bank teller to finish my deposit at the banks drive-thru when I looked up and noticed the interesting lines and shapes that you see here. Goes to show that there are pictures all around us just waiting to be made, you just have to pay attention when they present themselves to you and have some sort of a camera with you.

Shot with the iPhone 5s using the built-in camera with a square format. Post processing was done in the Snapseed App.

Well, I can’t really decide which of these two landscape photos I like better for my film challenge photo for February and so I’m going to post both of them. Out of the whole month I shot 2 rolls of TMax400 with my 6x12cm 120 Camera for a total of about 14 images between about 10 subjects.The top image is of a lone tree I found in a snowy field somewhere down in Christian County, Kentucky. I just like the loneliness of the photo.I like the second photo for many reasons, but perhaps mostly the lens flair that I ended up with on this sunset along Kentucky 109 between Hopkinsville and Dawson Springs, Ky.
Film was processed in TMax developer and scanned using an Epson V700 Photo. Post processing was done in Photoshop CS6 and Topaz.

While out roaming around today, enjoying the nice weather and looking for things to photograph, I stumbled across this game of Rugby in Hopkinsville, Ky. Not having shot sports in awhile I thought I’d stop and see if I couldn’t get a picture I could use for this week’s “Rule of Thirds” challenge. I made the guy in green reaching for the ball from a throw-in from the sidelines my main subject as I really like how he’s stretching out trying to catch the ball.

I do think this is the first time I’ve shot Rugby since I was in college at Syracuse University.

Shot on RAW with my Nikon D-800 with a Nikkor 70-300mm lens @100mm. Exposure, 1/8000 @ f/4.5, ISO 800.

Today I captured this shot of two trees and the sky as I was waiting for a train at John Rivers Road, south of Hopkinsville, Ky. I’m a sucker for trees and skies and to top it all off I got just a little lens flare from the sun that helps to set the trees off even more.

I shot the image with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone 4s using the Lowy lens and Blanko BL4 film. Post processing was done in Snapseed.

No, it’s not the movie!

I think this is the first time in a very long time I can recall both lakes at the city park being frozen like they were this morning. The look of the ice reflecting the trees and the sky caught my attention during my daily exercise. One of my walking buddies, Brian Walker, braved the ice a little next to where I was standing shooting this photo and when he walked on it it made no sound at all, like it was frozen solid.

I shot this with the HDRpro App and then processed it in Snapseed.

I have been eying and thinking about this picture for several weeks now and the elements came together today when I stopped by for dinner tonight.

One of my favorite BBQ places, Brother’s BBQ in Madisonville, Ky recently renovated and they have panted the walls this bright read and accented the dinning area with these booths along the way with chrome and black tables along the wall that are setup for people with laptops. You can’t see it, but there’s an AC outlet behind the condiments, which until this visit was quite visible and not really to my liking for a picture.

Tonight when I arrived I noticed that they had condiments setup in front of the outlet making this picture a nice graphic design that I captured.

I shot it with the HDRpro App and processed it through the Snapseed App for the finishing touches.

Oh yes, the BBQ was great, as always!

Well, 2013 has come and gone. For 2014 I’ll be posting photos from two different photography challenges that I’m participating in with the West Kentucky Photography Club.

One is a weekly, year long challenge and the other is a monthly, year long film challenge. Of course I’ll be posting other favorite photos that I shoot as well.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the pictures from this past year and continue to do so in 2014!

Please help me grow my fan base in 2014 by inviting your friends to my blog and by sharing my pictures! Happy 2014 everyone!