How to Take Photographs of Fireworks

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Photography | No Comments »

With the 4th of July right around the corner, most Americans will be viewing a fireworks show somewhere.  Last year was the first year I had an SLR camera (Nikon D40x - which I love btw) so it was the first time I could really take pictures of the fireworks.  It was a great learning experience for me.  I read some articles before I went out to get some ideas, but it really just came down to trial and error.  ...

Flower Photography

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Photography | 2 Comments »

I was reading through some of my photography blogs today and came across a collection of "41 Delicious Flower Photographs".  These photos are absolutely beautiful and I highly recommend taking 5 minutes and looking at them.  I have posted some of my own on my photoblog (http://scott.menzer.org/photo) but this collection has really inspired me to be creative and take more flower pictures.  Hopefully over the next few weeks I will get a chance to take some more pictures while the ...

Sparks Dance Video - Friday

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Photography | No Comments »

As promised, here's another one of the time-lapse videos I created from the Sparks dance show. This one is from Friday night's pictures. Check out Viddler for the rest. Anyone that's done time-lapse videos from pictures: What software did you use? I couldn't find anything for my Mac that would let me change pictures fast enough. I ended up using my PC and Microsoft MovieMaker to make it look right. Let me know in the comments...

New Photoblog!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Photography | No Comments »

I didn't like the way the "photoblog" part of my blog was turning out, so I decided to just install a standalone photoblog (PixelPost) and integrate it with Wordpress.  After spending about 5 hours manually getting the themes to match and have the photoblog work like I wanted, it's ready for your viewing pleasure!  Take a look: My Photoblog. I'm going to work on some further integration, like showing recent photoblog posts in my blogstream or as a widget, but that ...

Sparks Dance Video - Thursday

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Photography | 1 Comment »

I just put together all the pictures I took from the Sparks dance show into video format. Here's the first one. I'll post more over the next two days. If you want to see them now, check out Viddler. Enjoy!