For people living in Phoenix, the place to go for fireworks is Tempe Town Lake. It’s a new lake (in the last five years) where you can sail your boat or just watch fireworks. I took my camera and tripod and got some great shots. Here are a couple.
My new favorite web site is wordPhoto.org. If you’re familiar with PhotoFriday you’ll immediately see why wordPhoto is better – you can see all of the photos on a single page. Plus, instead of being weekly, it’s every single day!!
I’ve been using the Stock Xchange so much this week as a resource for stock photography that I just had to post another comment about it (it’s been a while). Kudos to the people behind it and the generous souls who submit photos. I read somewhere that they have about 85,000 images in their database.
Check out this fun photo I took last Friday at a Taco Bell on the west side of Phoenix.
Got my Pinsetter buttons!
Remember Webvan? Back in the dot com heydays they were delivering groceries in select cities. I saw this truck in San Diego back in 1999 (I think).
phpWebSite is a free, OpenSource PHP Content Management System. – Thanks Kent! Also, view and try out complimentary colors with this handy site. The Transit of Venus (and how one guy took some awesome photos of Venus passing across the Sun). Extreme Ironing… (imagine Strongbad saying that!). Don’t miss the gallery. If you don’t know…
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This 4th of July I’m intending to take some nice fireworks shots like these.
I’m excited to announce the winners of the dirt pile contest. We had so many entrants that we had to get a couple of extra mail servers just to handle the load. Without further ado, I present the winning dirt piles. This one shows the vast expanses of dirt I found. Notice the stark contrast…
A video from the Space Station has captured what it feels like to fly over the Earth. I added my own touch.
Looks like a good stock photo subscription service ($99/six-months). PhotosToGo Unlimited.
After I sat down and optimized my fireworks photos I feel like I got some good results from Monday’s adventures. Here are some of the best shots. I like this one best because it’s almost difficult to tell what’s going on. I zoomed in on an area of the fireworks and shot pictures hoping I’d…
Next time I’m out away from the city lights I intend to take a few long exposure photos of the stars. I like the effect it gives to photos. I was researching long exposure techniques and found a great tutorial that explains different things you can do in different lighting situations to make your photos…
Bob sent me this link, it’s simply amazing. First of all, view this amazingly huge, detailed image. Next, read this article at Wired where the camera and optics are described in detail. This gallery has some more shots.
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cool pics! Great reflections
Great lesson on photographing fireworks.
You are very talented, Chris! Nice work.