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dance floor quietly waiting

Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, ISO 100,  f/1.4, 1/125 sec, +/-0 EV, IS on
Shot this through the iron gate of a closed nightclub in downtown Auburn while I was on my way to lunch. I really like the way the skylights illuminate the dance floor in the background. The space heaters hanging from the [...]

’round back

Pentax K10D, Pentax SMC-A 50mm f/1.7 (manual focus), ISO 100, f/8, 30 sec, +/-0 EV, IS off
Taken in an alley behind an apartment building on Historic Highland Avenue in Birmingham, AL. I was drawn to the combination of lighting (sodium vapor and mercury vapor), the texture of the brick and the arrangement of the trash [...]

Blue Hour made simple

I’ve already blogged here once about taking sunset photos but after taking this blue hour shot tonight I just had to share how easy this is.
I had to run downtown around 6pm to pick up some fresh oysters from the Fish Market. On the way out the door I grabbed my Pentax K10D, 16-50 f/2.8 [...]

Abondoned trailer park

I’ve driven past this place a number of times and often thought I should come back with my camera. This morning it was foggy and rainy and I thought “Ah ha! Perfect conditions for the trailer park!” ;-)
The picture above was heavily processed in grayscale mode in Lightroom. I tweaked just about every slider to [...]

Is your house on fire, Clark?

With a little time on my hands between semesters I decided to pull a partial Clark Griswold and break out the Christmas lights and a ladder. Using some nifty plastic clips we bought at Home Depot I outlined the entire roof of our townhome. Interestingly enough, that only took three 200′ strings of imported Italian [...]