The Frozen Pond

by | Mar 5, 2009 | Events

It finally warmed up a bit today as Mother Nature gave us a glimpse of spring time in Rockford, so I ran out after work to play with my new Canon 40d. It has been tough to just look at it the past few days, but between the warm weather and clear skies, it was some...

New Gear, Canon 40d

by | Feb 23, 2009 | Events

I officially retired the Canon XTi and moved onto the 40d this past week and my first impressions are very good ones. There are many features that made me take the jump to the 40d, 6.5fps, live view, longer battery run time but the one with most value to me was the...

Summertime fun

by | Feb 18, 2009 | Events

This past summer I had one of my joys of my childhood relived and passed it to the next generation, The Rockford Speedway’s World Famous Figure 8 Trailer Race. I mean really, is there a better way to spend mid summer’s night with good food, family and...

Tilt Shift Photography

by | Feb 16, 2009 | Pros

This past fall I was giving the great opportunity to spend the afternoon at my friends farm during the corn harvest. It was cold and windy, but well worth the time I had there. It also gave me the inspiration to try out a new type of Photoshop effects I had recently...

Star Trails

by | Feb 15, 2009 | Pros

When I first purchased my DSLR, one of the pictures that I truly looked forward to trying to capture was the stars rotation in the nighttime sky. I took some time at some of my favorite photo sharing sites and got some ideas on how to take the pictures. The dilemma...