Burnt Skyscraper

May 9, 2008 — Scott Smith

I’m a big fan of using presets in Adobe Lightroom.  Today’s shot is an example of one of Matt Kloskowski’s Lightroom presets called Burnt Tone found on his blog Lightroom Killer Tips.   

While on business in Seattle one morning, the light was reflecting off this building into my room. When I looked out and saw the morning fog and the steam from the building in the background I immediately knew that the Burnt Tone preset would make it look as if the building was on fire.  After a quick crop and basic post processing in ACR the preset was applied.  Be sure to check out Matt’s blog for new presets weekly.    

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/200 second * f/11

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Walker

April 18, 2008 — Scott Smith

I just started a new job and am making some major adjustments so my postings will be light until I get into a routine. The good news, with this change I will have more time to devote to my family and photography.

The above photo was taken on our latest photowalk in Salt Lake City.

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 400 * 1/400 second * f/4

 

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Britney

April 15, 2008 — Scott Smith

The weather was cooperating and I was finally able to get out and try my 70-200mm lens for some portraits. My daughter (Britney) was more than happy to pose to show off her new hair style. We only had a few minutes, the sun was setting and I was loosing light fast. I noticed that when the shutter speed would fall below 1/200th second it was difficult to keep everything tack sharp. Even though I’m not 100% pleased with the quality of this portrait due to using a slow shutter I’m still happy with how it turned out.

Canon 40D * Canon EF-70-200mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 250 * 1/160 second *f/4.0

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Old School

April 9, 2008 — Scott Smith

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 400 * 1/400 second * f/8

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Salt Lake City Water Tower

April 8, 2008 — Scott Smith

Today’s shot was taken on our latest photowalk in Salt Lake City. I’ve noticed lately that for some strange reason I’m drawn to water towers. I’ve paid close attention lately and noticed they are all over the valley. I plan on shooting as many as I can. You can see my Water Tower set here on flickr.

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 200 * 1/500 second * f/11

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Walk this Way

April 7, 2008 — Scott Smith

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 200 * 1/40 second * f/11

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Space Needle

April 4, 2008 — Scott Smith

I was in Seattle this week on business and wasn’t able to get out much, but I was able to make to the Space Needle. Nothing really technical about this shot. Used a tripod and set my dial to Aperture Priority, stopped down until I had an acceptable shutter speed. Set the timer(forgot my cable release) to 2 seconds as to avoid camera shake.  View my Flickr set here

This business trip will be my last hopefully for a long time, I’m not a big fan of flying anymore. There was a time when flying was tolerable but now days it’s not even that. I will be starting a new job in less than two weeks and am excited to spend more time with my family and getting out to shoot more.

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 100 * 3.2 seconds * f/8

 

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Little Boy

April 2, 2008 — Scott Smith

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 400 * 1/400 second * f/4.5

 

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Pigeonhole

April 1, 2008 — Scott Smith

Noun

pigeonhole (plural pigeonholes)

A hole, or roosting place for pigeons.

 Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 640 * 1/125 second * f/9

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Post-Photowalking Utah - TRAX

March 30, 2008 — Scott Smith

Had a blast once again at our March Photowalking Utah event. It was a cold windy day but it didn’t stop about twenty-five of us. We had quite a few newbies join this time.

We all boarded the TRAX light-rail and rode around the city stopping at a few locations for a mini (15 minutes) photo shoot before we boarded the next train.

I felt a little out of my comfort zone, I just purchased a Canon 40D and am not familiar with all the functions. I’m going on a business trip tomorrow to Seattle and am planning on getting out to shoot at night to get familiar with my new toy. So far I’m really impressed in the design and speed, this is definitely a step up from my Canon XTi.

You can check all the photos from the event here. My Flickr set here, be sure to check back. I will be adding more photos later this week when I get time to process them.

Canon 40D * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0 lens * ISO 400 * 1/1600 second * f/8

 

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