Category Archives: My Photography

Canon Cinema Caravan photos posted to flickr

Canon Cinema Caravan workshop in Portland Oregon.

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Marketing my business

Tips on marketing your photography business. Continue reading

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Shooting fireworks

Quick Tips on shooting fireworks has been posted to the Canon website with a contribution from yours truly.

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Test driving the T1i

My first impressions of the Canon Rebel T1i.  Sample pictures included. Continue reading

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G10 fix announced by Canon

Canon announce today a fix where “in rare instances, lines may appear in images captured by some units of the PowerShot G10 digital camera.”


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Winter Wings 2009

2009 Winter Wings Festival in Klamath Falls Oregon. Continue reading

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Glacier National Park

On my September 2008 trip to Montana my schedule left me with some time to visit Glacier National Park.  Below are some of the images I captured.

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Wildlife Safari

I had a delightful visit to the Wildlife Safari on September 5th and 6th. A drive through on Friday with my 1D Mark III I took some shots for a class I was teaching the following morning. We had a great presentation and the group was a lot of fun. This was one of my first trainings with a mixed group of camera owners. We had Canon, Nikon and Pentax owners as well as a lot of people using point and shoots. Continue reading

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My first publication

My first published article in the Canon Connection.  Issue 4, third quarter of 2008.

This article covers using Canon RAW and DPP to prep for doing an Orton style photograph in Photoshop. Continue reading

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Model shoot with Freda Adaja

Photo shoot with Freda Adaja.  Continue reading

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Flash Metering: Evaluative vs Average

When working with the Canon flash system, either the pop up or the External flash, you have two options or metering: Evaluative and Average.

Most people never figure out how the two differ, for in fact the look the same in many situations.  Here I show where the differences would most likely be noticed. Continue reading

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EOS Discovery Day at Pro Photo Supply

Wednesday morning started early as I prepared to present the Canon three hour EOS Discovery Day for Pro Photo Supply in Portland.  The class had approximately 50 people.  You couldn’t ask for a better place to do a presentation.  The … Continue reading

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Ashland Oregon

I spent some time in Ashland Oregon prior to driving up to Portland.  I went in and visited Lithia Park and found it full of outstanding photo opportunities.  My interest in this particualr park was a discussion with the owner of … Continue reading

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Natalie’s Seagal Tryout Photos

Natalie’s photos for her Seagals tryout. Continue reading

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Wooden Shoe Tulip farm

Pro Photo Macro Photography class at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn Oregon.

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Dance-0117 Orton

Dance-0117 Orton Originally uploaded by occecid I further enhanced the dreamy effect through a technique known as Orton photography. Two of the same photo that are over exposed one full stopped are combined. One is sharp while the other is out of … Continue reading

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Eagle @ 1200mm hand held

2008 Winter Wings Festival in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Continue reading

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Tulip Bouquet

HDR with low contrast pictures. Continue reading

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