To my invisible audience...

Well, boy, its been a long time since I have last posted a blog. What can I say, its been a busy last couple of months. I haven't done as much photography as I would have liked, but I do have some pictures to post.

Also, I have been working on my lectures and I have uploaded a newer version of my first lesson. I am working on updating it even more, plus updating the rest as well. I also plan to make some online tutorials on histograms, perspective correction in photoshop and perhaps a few more on photoshop since I don't teach photoshop in the class.

Go here to see my latest lecture and I hope to have the next three posted in the next several weeks, if not days. This will also be where I will start posting the online tutorials.

Well, here are some of the pics I took the other day at Ford Lake, Ypsilanti. I love the gradient of colors in the sky along the horizon just before and during sunset, especially on a clear day. This is me playing with patterns, lines and shapes.

This one is my favorite of the bunch:


This one is more of a pattern shot - a weeping willow against the yellow/blue sky:

Boardwalk - lines:

Im not sure how to label this one off the bat, but its similar to the weeping willow but with more of a subject based image than a pattern shot.


I would appreciate feed back on any of these images. They were all shot with a Nikon D300 using a Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 lens, at ISO 200. The aperture and shutter speed varied, but most were shot at about f/4. The only post porcessing I did was some brightness/contrast, color saturation, sharpening, and cropping.

For those who don't know, my web address is: www.oil-rigs.net, and I am based out of Ann Arbor MI. I keep promising to unveil my latest project, but I haven't gotten all the images I would like. Tomorrow I am expecting to get the famed Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens in the mail and I plan to go crazy with that lens. Ill post updates. This is supposed to be a great lens for architecture, and that is the only clue I will give as to what my current project is.

I have a few great shots that I am excited to post here soon.

Thank you for reading this post mom! Actually I don't think that even my mom is reading this... poor me! Just kidding. Hey, if anyone is actually reading this, post a "hi" comment just so I know.

Thanks!