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 ...

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 ...