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Classic Car HDR #1

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00 -0400

I haven't posted an HDR shot in a while so I decided to experiment with a couple. This is admittedly a bit cartoonish, but it helps bring out some of the details you miss in the original. My next post looks a bit more realistic.

Beirut Splash

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00 -0400

This one dates back all the way to my junior year of college. While I wasn't carrying around my Nikon, I still had a passion for photography and always kept my camera out during parties and when friends were over. This one is probably my best beirut pictures of all time, and I found it during my Aperture re-organization process.

Bridge and Clouds

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00 -0400

I took this one last summer on my way to a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. If I remember correctly, this is the 6th Street Bridge facing north. At the top right you can see the convention center where they held the G20 Summit this fall.

Townhouse Reflection

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00 -0400

This was taken at the same spot as my last post. Not much else to say about this one...didn't do much processing to it, either.

Fall Tree

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00 -0400

Well it's been a few weeks since I posted last. I was busy re-organizing my Aperture Library to a new structure. If I'm not lazy, I may post details on my blog one of these days.

Anyways, this was taken in our neighborhood when Lindsay and I were taking Christmas card pictures.

Corn Rows

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

Of the three http://scott.menzer.org/photo/index.php?showimage=238">pictures I've posted from our trip to the farm to pick pumpkins, I think this one is my favorite.

Lone Tree

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

Looking just to the right of yesterday's photo I found this tree pretty much by itself. The exposure wasn't great, but I think it turned out ok once I converted it to black and white and used a few filters on it. Let me know what you think!

Pumpkin Trail

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

Lindsay and I went pumpkin picking on Sunday at a farm near our house. We were probably the only people there without kids, but we still had lots of fun. I'll post a few more from the day later this week.

Pavers

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

This was taken in Hoboken a few weeks ago.

Dundas Square Reflection

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

This was taken at Dundas Square in Toronto and is a reflection of a bunch of signs in the windows of an adjacent building. I didn't do a whole lot to this shot in processing other than a minor crop and some basic curves.

Bike and Car Lights

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

This bike was sitting on Richmond Street as I was walking back to my hotel. I tried to capture the lights of the cars in the background. It was difficult to take this shot since I was trying to get a long exposure, but I didn't have a tripod with me, so I had to brace myself against the wall of a building and try not to shake too much.

Hilton Hallway

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

This is the view down my hallway in the Hilton Toronto when I was there a few weeks ago.

NYC Skyline and Flag

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00 -0400

This is the view of where the World Trade Towers used to be in NYC from the park near the Path station in Hoboken. I saw the flag during our engagement photo session and wanted to make sure I captured the shot myself afterwards. The sky was a little dull for me so I added the texture to give it a more rustic feel. Let me know what you think

Tall Building

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

This one is another from Toronto in their downtown area.

So You Think You Can Dance?

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

Grabbed this one at Dundas Square in Toronto.

NYC Skyline Panorama

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

Here's a panorama from 12 exposures of the NYC skyline from our room at the W Hotel in Hoboken.

Bench

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

Lindsay and I had our engagement photo session this past Friday in Hoboken with our photographer Millie from The Studio Weddings. It was a lot of fun being on the other side of the camera for a change. After our engagement photo session, I walked around a bit near the W Hotel where we were staying, at took some pictures along the water.

Since it was almost sun set, there were some opportunities to get some great lighting. This one is my absolute favorite from the day and is one of my favorite pictures I've taken in a while. I actually composed it well, so I did no processing other than a small curves adjustment to increase the contrast a bit (you can see the original by clicking the "Original" link above the image). I hope you like it as much as I do! Let me know in the comments.

Sunset in Toronto

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

The sunset from the harbor near Queen's Quay at the south end of Toronto.

CN Tower

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

Here's another one from Toronto of the CN Tower. It's a really cool building and you can see it from most of the downtown area. The exposure was off a bit because of the sunset and I had left my ISO too high by accident, so it was a little noisy, so I added a light texture to try and fix it.

Dundas St E

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:00 -0400

I've been home all week, but I've been neglecting my pictures....I took a ton last week in Toronto and I'm finally getting around to posting them!

This is one from Dundas Square -- which for those of you who haven't gone, is a lot like Times Square of NY, only not as big or busy. Normally they will have music, or movies, or something going on at night, but of course the day I go they're just setting up for TIFF so nothing was really happening. Oh well, made me be more creative :-)

Hopefully you like this one, I took a relatively plain shot, corrected the exposure a bit with some masked curves, then added a texture to give it some pop. Let me know what you think in the comments!