A little help from Photoshop

Spring is here and one of my fist projects was this bank building. The bank was open, but the outside was not quite ready. The Bank Manager called and asked if i could shoot it and just add in some grass and clean up the image. As you can see we did a lot to the image. Actually we did 3 different views of the building. Each needing a little help. What did I change in the image? new sky, Added grass, added interior in the windows, cleaned the dirt off the building and the curb, and simplified the background on the sides of the building. There are a couple of minor things I'll still work on. but its good for now to show the client.

Winters End

This I hope is my last winter shot this year. I am so ready for spring. This image show the lone trucker traveling the back roads of America to make his deliveries. The client showed me iImages of Ice road trucker in Alaska. But they did not have the budget for that. Instead we needed to shoot it near there facility. So with a little scouting earlier that day. we found the right road facing the right way.

That Perfect Snow

I woke up to the beeping sound of the snow plow this morning. Over night, 5-6 inches of wet thick snow came down. Its the best snow ball snow you could ask for. Also the worst for shoveling. But the photo opportunities are great. From my Geocaching travels, I remembered a little park with a open stream running through it. I grabbed my camera and headed out. I shot a bout 30 frames, walking carefully around the water and dodging some the snow falling from the branches. this is the very reson I keep a camera with me at all times. Shooting in the early morning quite, when all you hear is your boots making that crunching sound in the snow. It's wonderful. These are some of the images I shot this morning.

Under the Weather

I've been remiss in my postings lately. This image I shot last week. Its steam rising from a local paper mill. I also got a Flu bug thats been going around, finally came to me. I now just recovering. Still coughing and hacking like a cat getting rid of a fur ball. I hate being sick. My wife says I turn in to a baby when I'm ill. I don't think so. I just like to be catered to.

I love the fog

I love shooing in the fog. It give the image mystery, the unknown. It also erases what may be a bad or distracting background.
I shot these this week end while out gocashing. The tree images was from a roadside rest area. next to a corn field. The other was at the end of a service road in a small town cemetery.

Dam It's cold out

When I came to work today it was -6 farenhite. it's going to get a balmy 8 degrees above today.  I had to add a heater to the reception area just to keep it warm.  I want spring!!!

My wife gave me a hobby

For christmas this year my wife gave me a GPS. I'm not a hunter, and I really don't get that lost very often, so I was a little puzzled by it. She explaned that it was for Geocashing. It's like treasure hunting with a GPS.  I'll admit it it a great gift. It's somthing that my wife and my boys all like to do.  We try to do  a couple each weekend when the weather will allow. 

I went to  Las Vegas for  Photo Marketing Assocation tradeshow. Before a left, I programed my GPS for  some caches in LV.  This is one I found  near the Convetion Center. It give you a good idea of what Geocashing is.