Cloverfield View

Cloverfield View

Cloverfield was one of the most amazing movie's I've seen this year. I couldn't stand it when I was watching it due to all of the camera motion. However, after the movie was over I thought to myself "wow, that was really an amazing way to tell a story." Creating a movie from the perspective of the victim is nothing new, but the way that just a little bit of information is presented at a time puts all of the pieces to the puzzle at the end. This photo was taken at F1.8 with my Nikkor 50mm lens. ISO 400 at shutter speed of 1/100. I'll be traveling again this weekend and hope to take some great shots of both Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Michigan.

Orion Cover

Orion Cover, originally uploaded by edwardjohnphotography.

I froze taking this photo, but it was well worth it. A picture of this light structure is on the cover of coffee table book, but I like my version better. Shot tripod mounted with Nikkor 18-55mm lens at 1/30 sec - F/11. ISO 200. I'm sure many people have taken pictures of this thing head on with someone standing under it (I know because I have,) but I prefer to take different views of an object to get a different perspective. Remember the movie Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams had all of the kids stand on their desks? Well that's the idea, take a look at things in a different way.

Horse Tie Post

HorseTiePost, originally uploaded by edwardjohnphotography.

Yet another photo from my walk through the streets of New Orleans. I know this was taken a bit more than a week ago, but it's worth posting. These horse tie posts are everywhere in the city of New Orleans especially in the French Quarter. Police occasionally go by on horseback, but I'm not sure how often they actually use these posts. This captures the essence of the city in a great way with the old post and the new drawing of Margaritaville in the background.

Proud Parents

Proud Parents

I took this photo tonight during the band concert. These parents were looking down proudly at their child that was performing on stage.

Zig Ziglar and the Golden Tower

NewCenterGoldenTower, originally uploaded by edwardjohnphotography.

The New Center Area of Detroit is home to The Fisher building, the Fischer theater, and the formal home of General Motors. I took this shot through the window of my car while waiting at the stop light. Carrying my camera with me at all times is really an advantage when my eye sees such a well framed shot.

Carrying the camera with me everywhere is really helping me to become comfortable behind the lens and to really improve my craft. In order to get better, you need to keep working at it. Tonight I was listening to Zig Ziglar on the Inspiring Words of Encouragement podcast, and he said something that relates to this very topic. "You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great." Thanks Zig for making my evening.

Deer Prints In Snow

Deer Prints In Snow, originally uploaded by edwardjohnphotography.

I can't wait for winter to be over, but in the mean time I continue to find reasons to take pictures of the white stuff. These are deer tracks that I found near dusk. The shadows from the trees on the snow add a lot of depth to the shot.

ISO 100
Exposure: 1/640
Aperture: F/5.6
Focal Length: 50mm

Dear Tracks

Dear Tracks

Working with Raw file formats sure takes up a lot of space. I understand that every time you move a jpg file around it loses some quality. I don't know if that is the truth or not, and it certainly goes against my engineering principles. I'm not willing to take a chance, so I am now taking all photos in Raw format and losing disk space quickly. The tracks in the snow near the girl are actually from dear that passed by recently. I love the angle of this shot with the sun peaking in the background. I really need photoshop lightroom to work with these files though.