Friday, January 11, 2013

Favorite Canon G12 Photos of 2012

A couple years ago I bought the newly released Canon G12 so I'd have a backup camera, and something compact to easily take on trips.  While most would take it for a "point and shoot", it does have many manual functions, plus the vital ability to shoot in the RAW format.  I have been extremely impressed with it.  And she has provided me with some incredible photos from California to Colorado to Barcelona to Rome to Paris.  Here are my favorite G12 images from 2012.

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Colorado 

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

Nevada

Paris, France

Paris, France

Colorado

Colorado

Paris, France

Paris, France

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

 Colorado

Colorado

 Colorado

 California 

 California

 California

 California

 California

 California

California

Monday, January 7, 2013

Top 10 images from 2012

2012 came to a close a week ago, and what an adventurous year it was!  Highlights were: a week long trip to Paris, a road trip to Illinoise (Sufjan Stevens reference), shooting a wedding in Tennessee where I was assisted by my beautiful wife, and kinda sorta wrapping up the year with an incredible road trip throughout California.  While 2012 was slower for me in the business sense, life was at moving at quite the clip.  All in all I shot fewer sessions and weddings, but I do love the thousands of images that I was still able to create.  It was hard picking my Top 10 favorites, but here you have 'em.

Also, a quick shout out to Visual Supply CO. for their rad VSCO Film software.  Thank you!

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 The Seine River - Paris France - June
ISO 100 - 70mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D 

Musee d'Orsay - Paris France - June
ISO 80 - f/2.8 - 1/125sec - Canon G12

The Eiffel Tower - Paris France - June
ISO 100 - 38mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D

Dinner in Paris France - June
35mm film - Holga 135

 Drew & Sarah's engagement session - Garden of the Gods, CO - June
ISO 100 - 45mm - f/2.8 - 1/200sec - Canon 50D

Pat & Kimbosha's engagement session - Colorado Springs, CO - July
ISO 100 - 51mm - f/8.0 - 1/160sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 52mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D 

Barton & Sarah's wedding - Jackson, TN - October
ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/400sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 42mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA - November
ISO 100 - 24mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

California Dreaming

This fall I had the pleasure to visit my homeland of California, and really soak it up.  My wife and I flew into San Fran on Halloween, then spent several days exploring the bay area and Napa Valley before heading so SoCal.  A highlight of our trip was driving the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) from Monterey to Los Angeles.  By far the most important part of our trip was seeing those people most dear to us.  We were even "lucky" enough to be there for my brother Steven and sister Nicole's adoption of their three awesome foster children.  Along the way I did happen to capture some incredible images, some of which might just be some of my all time favorite images.  Enjoy.

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Rainy trolly ride in San Fran

Angel Island

The Golden Gate Bridge





Muir Woods



Monterey Bay Aquarium

Bixby Bridge along the PCH

Santa Barbara