Dec 2010
Ghosts In The Night
12/06/2010 02:26 PM Filed in: Lightbox
This past weekend, while in Washington, D.C., I had the opportunity to do some night photography. This has long been something I have wanted to do, so... When I learned I would be in town for the weekend, I made sure I packed and took my camera bag.
I set out on my nighttime photo adventure Friday evening after a great dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grill on 15th Street, NW. I grabbed my Canon 40D, my Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens, and a warm coat. Washington, D.C. gets cold in December, but the walk to the mall and monuments was pleasant. The chill in the air also assured that few people would be out and about.
Reaching the mall and the Washington Monument, I headed east walking a circuit from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial and back. The images below, though, are of The Three Servicemen statue near the entrance to the Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial.
The Three Servicemen statue is one of my favorite statues in Washington, D.C. The faces of the soldiers have such a haunting quality to them or, at least, that is how I have always seen them in my mind. It is this quality I wanted to capture using the blackness of the night to frame the faces of the soldiers.
As I mentioned above, all these images were shot with a Canon 40D and a Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens. In addition, I also used the 40D’s built in Speedlite with its intensity dial all the way back for a bit of fill light. In the digital darkroom, I processed all the images using Lightroom 3, applying a vignette to darken the corners and filtering for high ISO noise. Enjoy!!
I set out on my nighttime photo adventure Friday evening after a great dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grill on 15th Street, NW. I grabbed my Canon 40D, my Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens, and a warm coat. Washington, D.C. gets cold in December, but the walk to the mall and monuments was pleasant. The chill in the air also assured that few people would be out and about.
Reaching the mall and the Washington Monument, I headed east walking a circuit from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial and back. The images below, though, are of The Three Servicemen statue near the entrance to the Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial.
The Three Servicemen statue is one of my favorite statues in Washington, D.C. The faces of the soldiers have such a haunting quality to them or, at least, that is how I have always seen them in my mind. It is this quality I wanted to capture using the blackness of the night to frame the faces of the soldiers.
As I mentioned above, all these images were shot with a Canon 40D and a Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens. In addition, I also used the 40D’s built in Speedlite with its intensity dial all the way back for a bit of fill light. In the digital darkroom, I processed all the images using Lightroom 3, applying a vignette to darken the corners and filtering for high ISO noise. Enjoy!!
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Christmas Parade: 2010
12/01/2010 04:23 PM Filed in: Lightbox
When Thanksgiving weekend arrives, the town of Westminster, Maryland decks-the-streets for the annual Christmas Parade. Attending the parade is a regular tradition for my family. This year we braved the cold and crowds with seven adults and five kids.
Ralphie and his trusty Red Rider Carbine-Action Air Rifle were not seen on the streets of Westminster, but I thought I heard Clark Griswold say... “We're gonna have the hap hap happiest christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny f*cking Kaye.” (Sorry for the language, I just couldn’t resist...lol)
These images were shot with a Canon 40D and a Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS lens. This year I also brought along and used a Canon 580EX II Speedlite. That was a big rig to shoot with on a crowded street, but fun all the same. All the images were processed with Lightroom 3. I hope you enjoy the images. Happy Holidays!!
Ralphie and his trusty Red Rider Carbine-Action Air Rifle were not seen on the streets of Westminster, but I thought I heard Clark Griswold say... “We're gonna have the hap hap happiest christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny f*cking Kaye.” (Sorry for the language, I just couldn’t resist...lol)
These images were shot with a Canon 40D and a Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS lens. This year I also brought along and used a Canon 580EX II Speedlite. That was a big rig to shoot with on a crowded street, but fun all the same. All the images were processed with Lightroom 3. I hope you enjoy the images. Happy Holidays!!
