Mill Creek Redeaux

Feels like Hollywood around here lately with all the re-makes I’ve been doing. This time I went back with the family to Mill Creek Park in Youngstown, OH again yesterday. We’ve had a fair bit of free-time on our hands lately and getting out to the park is a nice way to spend the last days of Summer. In case you’re wondering, it’s a BIG park, so going there often is still fun as there’s always things to see and do it seems. As promised earlier, I took the D3 and re-shot the one location I took with my phone and posted earlier. Pics came out grand, and aside from the MUCH improved clarity, the cell phone pics still hold up quite well when viewed at a small size. Anyhooooo, here’s the redone shot and a few others from the day.

This one’s from the Lily Pond just a few minutes drive away. (And yes the water really is that blue. Not sure why, but that’s not all the sky’s reflection causing the effect.)

Glory Be, It’s Me!

Finished editing a self-portrait tonight to use on my website. I’ve needed one for a long time, but never wanted to do the cliched ‘looking at the mirror through the lens’ type or the  ’pose with  big lens and camera’ type either; EVERYONE seems to do those and I think they’re tacky. I also didn’t really want to put my face out there either, since I like a bit of anonymity in everyday life. With that in mind, I think my new portrait works perfect — you can see me, but not really, it’s somewhat of a unique viewpoint, and it’s automotive related. Bingo!

Grant St. Bridge Revisited

Title pretty much says it all. I went back this morning to re-shoot a pic of the Grant St. bridge here in New Castle because I wanted a better one than I could get on the day of the ceremony and posted earlier. This time the weather was playing into my hands, so got a great picture, and one much more in tune with the other New Castle pics I recently took. Here it is:

Works for me!

Caught With My Pants Down

Had some time to kill yesterday, and since the weather was so beautiful we decided to go out to visit Mill Creek Park in nearby Youngstown, OH (www.millcreekmetroparks.com). No problem, but it was decided somewhat on the fly, so I only had the G10 with me. That wouldn’t have been an issue except that the battery was near dead and on the way we came across a car show that used up nearly all of it except for a few frames(will post those later). The scenery was gorgeous and I wanted to take pics once we got there, so what to do? Yeah. Camera phone.

I don’t even have a good one — just an LG EnV2. As a phone it’s great; as a camera it’s . . . a phone. And not much more. That’s OK though, I stepped up to the challenge and managed to get some good shots just the same, it required patience though, that’s all. Here’s my faves from the day. You maybe could think of them as scouting pics, because I am most definitely going back with the good stuff to re-shoot a few of these. In the meantime, it was still a fun shoot actually; made me think and have to work with the limits given. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be?

My favorite:

And one from some random industrial stuff:

Grant St. Bridge Ceremony (UPDATED)

Shot photos of the Grant St. bridge dedication early yesterday morning in New Castle, PA. The repair/completion of the bridge was a long time in the making, so the dedication was a welcome event for many of the participants and residents of the area. Overall, there were maybe 40-50 people attending, and aside from the dignitaries it was mostly local residents watching the ceremony. Newspaper was there as well and their photog was also snapping shots, so I tried to stay clear of her  because she had a job to do and didn’t need me in the way. I had the D3 w/ 24-70 on it and the D200 w/ the 80-200 as well. Probably overkill perhaps, but I don’t like changing lenses on the fly, so it works for me. In the end, I delivered just over 50 pics from the day, some of which are included below for your pleasure. Nice event all around, I hope I get a chance for more of these in the future.

G-caf

Was emptying out the G-10 tonight after a few weeks use and came across these two fine reminders of early morning comfort.

Moving Day

So as just mentioned, my main website is with a new provider now and I’ve just completed the transition this evening. Domain is still the same, www.emasterphoto.com, but the look is all new. Check it out when you have a moment!