Calm Colors

Posted by Mike on May 18, 2013

Calm Colors
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 0.4s, f/22, ISO 100

Playground

Posted by Mike on May 18, 2013

Delta Lake State Park is less than 10 minutes from my house. It has become my favorite playground with my camera. I can walk the trails there and still find interesting views to capture. Lately, the sunsets have just been incredible affording me great opportunities with the camera. Last night was another great end to a beautiful day.

This is one of the first images I captured as I walked onto the beach. I still had an hour until sunset but the light on the trees was too good to pass up. I decided this week to leave the 35mm lens on the camera and learn to find the best compositions without being lazy with the zoom lenses. It definitely gets you thinking and working the scene more. It was a great exercise for me!

Playground
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200

Star Wars Weekends

Posted by Mike on May 17, 2013

Walt Disney World started hosting Star Wars Weekends at the Hollywood Studios park in 1997. Over the years this annual event has grown in size to now run for four consecutive weekends every spring. I made my first trip to this event last year.

Generally the very first SW weekend coincides with the last weekend of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival so I was able to attend both events. I was hoping to pull off a repeat trip this year but work related issues prevented me from going. Seeing how today is the first day for this year’s events I thought I would post a few re-worked images from my trip last year.