'Photography' Category

From time to time, hopefully more often than that, I have to scratch my itchy shutter finger.

Blog on Photoblogs Interview

June 5, 2008

Fellow photographer Brett Gillett has posted an interview with me at his site Blog on Photoblogs, in which you'll learn more about my life as a crime fighter, how I've grown from my 365 project, and the future of digital photography. Blog on Photoblogs ...

Project 365: February Highlights

April 8, 2008

Here are the February highlights of my Project 365. It Will All Fall Apart This is an exterior wall of a closed dry cleaners. While so many new buildings are being erected all over town, nearby buildings sit in disrepair. It's nice to know that ...

Project 365: January Highlights

March 22, 2008

Here are the January highlights of my Project 365. I meant to post these last month, but didn’t get around to it. Taking A Break It was another cold day and there were no plans on leaving the house. Before cabin fever set in, we ...

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

February 27, 2008

The other day I ventured out to west Champaign to take photos of a passing storm front from an empty field. After I was done, I kept driving in search of more photo opportunities. A few minutes later, I passed an abandoned farmhouse ...

Project 365

January 20, 2008

In an effort to improve my photography and reinvigorate my photoblog, I've decided to participate in Project 365 for 2008. The rules are pretty simple: post 1 photo every day for 365 days. Initially I was going to participate in a month long ...

Polaroid-o-nizer

June 28, 2005

Feeling retro? Remember Polaroids? You've got one of those digital cameras, don't you? Well, hop on over to Polaroid-o-nizer and create your very own Polaroids from your digital photos. Give it the URL of an photo you want to convert, change ...

Photoblogging

April 9, 2005

A few days ago I added a 'Gallery' section to the website. You may have noticed that there's now a 'Photos' link and a 'Gallery' link. Well, in the 'Photos' section, there are series of photos from traveling, events, etc. The 'Gallery' ...

Taking Better Photographs - Week 4

March 23, 2005

The classes for week 4 and week 5 have come and gone. I'm really glad I decided to take this class and I believe that I got a lot out of it. We covered a wide variety of subjects and I want to ...

Taking Better Photographs - Week 3

March 11, 2005

Another week has gone by and this time I waited until the last possible moment to take pictures. Not on purpose mind you, I've just been busy with other things, but that's no excuse. We were told to focus on lighting and how it ...

Taking Better Photographs - Week 2

March 9, 2005

Very pleased with the photos from my first assignment, it was time to tackle black & white photography. This time around I'm not so happy with the results. One thing I have learned is that you need to keep at it. Don't ...

Taking Better Photographs - Week 1

March 3, 2005

I decided a while back that I wanted to take a class to improve my photography. I've never been too happy with the pictures I've taken...not sure if I lacked skill, the right tools, imagination or all of the above. It was time ...

New York, New York

September 29, 2003

Our New York City photos are now up. Enjoy. Updated: The photos are now located at Flickr.