Sunday, July 5, 2009

Shooting Fireworks

Tonight, I made my first attempt at photographing fireworks. The fireworks display was part of a large outdoor party thrown by Faith Promise Church on the campus of Pellissippi State Technical Community College. I set up my tripod and camera on a hill overlooking the campus. I used a 3 to 6 second exposure for these shots. I had a lot of fun and I'm pretty happy with how the images came out. I hope you like them too.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Secret City Festival - WWII Reinactment

The Secret City Festival was recently held in Oak Ridge, TN. This year the festival featured a WWII living history encampment as well as a small skirmish reinactment between Allied forces and German SS forces. After the skirmish, the public could walk through the battle area and the camps and get an up-close view of the period uniforms, vehicles, and camps for the soldiers. These reinactors spend a lot of effort getting the details accurate and it really is like stepping back into a living history. Below is slideshow that features the Allied troops in the first half and the German troops towards the end.



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Friday, May 15, 2009

Emerson's Habitat for Humanity Video

This is a video I put together for Emerson's Machinery Health Management business in Knoxville, TN. It follows the progression of construction of the Emerson sponsored Habitat for Humanity house built in April 2009. The video appears to end around the 4:13 mark, but keep watching. There is a nice surprise at the end. Total run time is 5:33. Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Turn up your speakers. The music rocks.





Emerson is headquartered in St. Louis MO. The Machinery Health Management business is part of Emerson Process Management located in Austin, TX.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Savannah Photography Workshop - Part 2

The following slideshow contains pictures from our class exercises as well as some grab shots between activities. I still haven't caught up on my sleep from this workshop. I haven't stopped smiling or talking about it either. It was a fantastic experience!