Cooper River Bridge

Here is Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, S.C.  This bridge is gorgeous at night, as you can see.  This view is from the pier just off the downtown shoreline.  I was lucky to get this shot this night because after I took this one they began to turn off the big lights at the base.  I know this is not the best shot because of the pier showing at the bottom of the picture, but, like I said, I had no other choice but to show this one.  And just in case you didn't know, the majority of downtown Charleston was man made.  I'm not talking about the buildings, obviously, I'm talking about the peninsula.  This was taken at 7:56pm (eastern time), during summer,  on a Panasonic DMC-LZ8, 5.8 aperture, 30sec shutter speed, ISO 100, and 19mm focal length.

Covered Bridge

Ok, here is the covered bridge I was talking about earlier.  Matt and I have been trying to find one of these to take pictures of for a while now.  We found one in Pigeon Forge but it was impossible to get a good shot of it.  This is found in Mahomet, Illinois in the Lake of the Woods county park.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  This would also be an awesome place to take senior pictures, wedding shots, bridal shots, engagements shots, etc.  I will definitely be hitting this place up again when it starts to snow.  This shot was taken at 1:50pm, shutter speed of 1/50sec, aperture of 8, ISO of 100, focal length of 24mm, I always use a polarizer on my lens, and of course the tripod.  I did some color enhancements and cropping in Photoshop.

Budget Budget Budget

We have taken care of our budget and fixated on our debt.  We are currently putting about 33% of our income into debt.  I am hoping by this summer I will have a full time job and triple my income in order to get out of debt faster.  My hope is to pay off the truck no later than March 2011.  My part-time job just isn't cutting it.  I am going to talk to a few people and see if I can rent a space to teach trumpet lessons in order to have extra income.  Other than that, we are living extremely tight right now until we are out of debt.  "Live like no one else, so you can live like no one else" (Dave Ramsey, 'Total Money Makeover')

Kayla's model pics

Here are a couple of pictures that were taken of Kayla in front and inside of a covered bridge near our apartment (I will post a pic of the bridge in my next post).  Kayla decided she wanted to jump in front of my picture that I was taking of the bridge and got a posing opt. without knowing it.  I did do some editing in Photoshop in order to get the red to pop out.  Let me know what you think about these two pictures (I know the woman in it is hot, so refrain from posting comments about her angelic beauty).  I'm kidding, but seriously.

This past weekend Kayla and I went for a walk at our county park, "Lake of the Woods".  We really wanted to see some awesome colors here and enjoy the fall weather.  It was a perfect day for pictures.  This is a picture of a deer that we had been watching for a while.  We found out there were actually four right around us.  I had to slow my shutter down here, because I didn't think to raise my ISO, and follow the deer as it was running.  You'll notice the leaves of the tree are blurry because of this.  Here is another picture of the deer not too far from this sight.  Time of day was 2pm, ISO 100, shutter 1/80sec, aperture is 5.6, and focal length is 85mm.  I did some minor work in Photoshop for color, cropped the photo, and typical lighting and contrast.

This deer was very brave.  We were pretty close to him before he ran off.  Time was 2:15pm, ISO 400, aperture of 5.6, shutter 1/40sec, and focal length of 85mm.  I used my tripod as a monopod for these shots.

This is the first picture I took that made me think I might be able to do this photography thing.  This picture was taken at the Memphis Zoo while hanging out with Matt & Jenn and Lori.  I was constantly stopping and trying out my new camera, the Nikon D70.  I decided after going to Greece and paying over $100 for MY pictures to get developed that I was going digital.  This was taken March 13, 2006, f-stop of 5.6, focal length of 300mm, and shutter speed of 1/1250sec.

Brushy Mountain

This was taken at the top of Brushy Mountain.  We have the Rhododendron up close with mountains taking the depth of the picture and the blue sky to create infinity.  I've always loved how mountains create the perception of "forever" when I look from the top of one over the others.  The trail leading up to brushy mountain (trillium gap) was less than desirable, but the view you get when atop brushy mountain is worth the hike.  Matt and Mr. Danny were with me at this time.  Time of take was 2:30pm, shutter speed was 1/40sec, aperture was at 11, ISO of 100, focal length of 24mm, with a polarizer on the lens (I almost never take a shot without the polarizer).

Sunsets

This is the view we get to see every night when it is not raining.  Not this exact picture, but relatively speaking.  There are times when we will just sit outside, eat supper, and watch the sunset.  It is pretty amazing how fast it can change.  This is one of the reasons we chose where we live.

the Argiope Spider

Kayla and I saw this two weekends ago while we were camping at Moraine View State Park in Illinois.  It was very windy and mild temperature.  We were sitting on our tent's rain cover, while it was drying out, and reading Dave Ramsey.  Kayla saw this in the distance so I rushed and got the camera.  There are hundreds of subspecies of this spider.  It is also known as the "Black and Yellow Garden Spider".  This is the backside of the spider; the one below is the front side with its catch.  The little bugs you see on the web are soybean bugs, or something like that.  They had been flying around in swarms for two weeks, which is why there are so many on the web.  You would look outside and it looked like it was snowing.

Roaring Fork Baptist Church

Here is the Roaring Fork Baptist Church in Gatlinburg, TN.  This church is like any other church you or I might attend.  The difference...it is in Gatlinburg.  Yes, that difference can make a church look or feel different to visitors.  This was taken the same day I took the "clunker".  This church is a small community church and embraces its members and visitors every Sunday morning, night, and "mid. week" night.  This picture intrigued me just like the rainbow picture.  It is a wonder how light surrounds exactly where the steeple is located.  Though a lot of people might think, "you are weird and are just looking for signs", I say, "God is showing us his favor with his people".  I decided to turn this picture into an infrared.  I liked how the clouds illuminated the sky with this filter.  This was taken at 8a.m., focal length of 16mm, shutter of 1/2 a second, aperture of 22, and ISO of 100.  This was taken in the parking lot of the church.  If you would like to see more churches around Gatlinburg just type in "church in Gatlinburg" down below and it will bring up many others.

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The Mill

Here is a picture of the mill on the Motor Trail above Gatlinburg in June of '09'.  This picture was shot early in the morning after lots of rain fell the day before.  Matt and I scoped this out the day it was raining.  I have another shot that looks just like this one.  You can decide which one you like the best.  We had to cross the stream just a little ways, but it was flowing so fast it would have been very easy to fall in.  We had to roll up our shorts (just a tad) and cross with our bags on our back and tripod in hand (we do have waterproof backpacks so don't try this with a regular pack or bag).  In this shot, I had to squat down on a rock, stabilize the tripod, and make sure I didn't slip off the rock into the water.  It was very uncomfortable, but I think it was worth it.  The focal length was 46mm, aperture at 8, ISO of 100, and shutter speed of 13sec.  Here is the other picture I took the day it was raining.

This one is unedited, straight off the camera.  I look forward to going back and shooting more scenes of the Smokies, very soon.

The Message is proclaimed

This was taken on June 14, '09'.  This Rainbow had formed right after two storms had passed through the Munford-Atoka area in TN.  There were actually two rainbows, the other being to the right of this one.  I didn't include that one because of the work it took to make this one decent enough to show, and I liked this one better.  There were many power-lines in the way, which I had to take out.  The focal length is 64mm, the aperture is 8, the shutter is 1/40sec, ISO is 100.  I also really liked the way the steeple was being lit up by the remaining sun light.  No, it is not a great picture, but it is one that reminds me that God keeps his promises.

A true Clunker

This picture was taken in June '09'.  Matt and I had been taking pictures along the motor trail up above Gatlinburg.  We have always seen this place but never stopped.  We had to fight off bugs the entire time I was taking pictures here (Matt was too lazy to get his camera out. ha). I used a tripod, the white balance is manual, the focal length is 16mm, f-stop is 8, shutter length was 2 seconds, and ISO is 100.  Minor brightness and contrasting was performed on the computer.  This is one of my favorite shots from this trip to Gatlinburg.  I will be posting more in the near future.

Redbubble Website and ordering

Here is a website that you may go to to order any pictures that are posted here. If there are pictures you see here that you don't see on redbubble please let me know and I will post them to redbubble. I will be posting my first pictures very soon. Still in the "dark room". Click on the Title above to go to my page on redbubble.com.

Price Photography blog

I will start a new blogging adventure. I've never done this before and am terrible about updating certain things. However, I am going to do my best to post photos I take on this site for everyone to see. If there is anything you would like to say about it, just say it (Be nice). I will also talk about how I took the picture along with the settings on the camera. If you have any suggestions as to what you might want to see just let me know.

If you would like to see pictures that I have already taken just click here.