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Flowers are blooming and the bees are hard at work.

Not very exciting, but I am trying out a new preset for the camera and wanted to try it out.

New garden pals

We love lighthouses and this one is right in our backyard.

Ben Cleveland took this picture today on our first Photo Walk in Appleton WI. Nice pic of the man and his camera!

I know we are way beyond thinking how beautiful a fresh snowfall can be, but as a photographer, I could not help myself and see what kind of images I could capture. Having said that, it is time to move on with some beautiful spring photographs.

We are excited to announce our first ever photo walk. We will be meeting in City Park in Appleton at 10:00 am. We have a couple of interesting locations to shoot at. One of the things we are most excited about is the sharing of knowledge. So even if you don’t know anything about photography you should be there. Camera brands don’t matter. We hope this will be the first of many photo walks.

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What a difference a week makes. Gotta love Wisconsin.

This video is the latest project that I completed for the YMCA of the Fox Cities.  It was shot using the Canon 5d Mark II, using the 24-70 lens.  I also shot it all on a tripod with everything mounted on a Zacuto rig with follow focus and a Z-Finder.  YMCA Youth In Government, or YIG (also known as YMCA Youth and Government, or YAG) is a YMCA civic engagement and service-learning program in the United States that offers both high school and middle school students the opportunity to serve in a model government process at the local, state, national, and international levels. The Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement “Pete” Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary of the Albany YMCA. As of 2010, the program currently operates in 37 states and the District of Columbia, serving nearly 60,000 middle and high school students around the country. The motto of the program is “Democracy must be learned by each generation.”

Our home away from home. Trying to get creative by including the reflection of the sign in the photo.

In only a matter of a couple of weeks, these trees will be full of blossoms.

We most recently expanded on our Zacuto camera support system. If you are interested in technical information, this is a post to read. Zacuto is probably the top rated manufacturer of camera support systems. What our system provides is a way to shoot video with the camera on the shoulder while shooting. The system also has a focus wheel on the side of the lens, making it much more accurate to focus quickly. It also has a viewfinder that enlarges the video in the viewer by 2x. A 7 pound weight on the back of the rig acts as a counter weight and makes the job of holding the camera steady easy. We feel this rig takes our video shooting to the next level.

Playing with my Iphone/Hipstamatic application. I don’t think I would recommend using this type of cell phone plus application method for true portrait photography. Although a NYT photographer recently did a war documentary series using only his phone/app. The photos had a gritty realism to them that was enhanced by the soldiers not worrying about all the usual photo equipment. The shots you get are ‘all you get’-but that is something special sometimes!

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