Disney Take 2

In this post I am going to put a few of my shots from various other parks of Disney that really caught my eye. Like I said in my previous post you could be here days with some creativity and create some real cool pictures.  Unfortunately due to the circumstances of my visit I didn't have a lot of time to really play with shots, so most of these were a snap an go type shot.

As you can see they have this full mock up of Mt Everest. Really would have like to take more time getting that totally breathtaking shot, but I think this one turned out OK.

This one to the right here is no PS work, just played a bit with the levels to bring out highlights and darks.  Really turned out to be a very cool looking texture shot.  They basically dumped a ton of water on this truck, where the other part (you can't see) was on fire.

This one to the right and the next few images were actually taken with a Nikon Coolpix L18 which is not a great point and shoot, but for the money it takes ok pictures.

These are from there safari ride, which I have to say is quite amazing for a "ride" After getting on this, I really wished I took my DSLR and could get out for a while.  Really save some money on that Africa trip that every photographer wants to take.  Very life like because it is real, well as real as you can get for being central Florida.

Real animals in a real setting, truly a must see and take for a photog interested in this type of stuff.

OK off to another studio work shop, hopefully have some stuff by mid-week to share.

Have a good weekend!

Disney - Magic Kingdom

Recently went on a family trip to Disney and really caught a few pictures that I liked the way they turned out.  Let me tell you as a person who is really into photography you could go there and spend a week at the various parks by yourself and get some really breathtaking images.

First day we started at the famous Magic Kingdom.  While I didn't take a lot of photo's that are worth sharing during the day I certainly changed that tone later that night.

The castle there is just amazing and really can keep you busy trying to get the lighting right.  I shot this with a Nikon D90 on my tripod with a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 shooting at 28mm ISO 200 1/30 at f2.8.  Which I must say, for the money is a great lens.  You may have to go through a few copies to get one that is sharp, but when you do, you can't beat it. I run that lens nearly all of the time hardly switching to the others in my bag.

Anyway we went there to see the fireworks and it was quite a show for something they do twice a week I think.  Yes, make sure you plan your visits correctly so that you can catch this show.

 It's always tough for me to take fireworks just due to all of the varying lighting situations that happen during the show.

The next few were all pretty much the same settings sitting on top of my Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod with a 322RC2  head (great set-up for Macro work by the way)

By the way they change the color of the castle throughout the show.  Pretty cool show all in all, if you get the chance would definitely recommend it .

By the end of the show it was pretty smoky and hard to see.  This was probably the last one where you can tell what I am photographing.

Headshots

Over the past few years I have been dabbling in photography and really enjoy it overall.  While I post on many sites like Model Mayhem and Flickr I wanted to start something that feature one or two of my favorite shots per post.  I have thousands I can choose from and well that's more appropriate for places like Flickr, this I figured I would take a stab at getting some up that I particularly like or looking for feedback on.

For my first posting I chose a head shot that just wowed me when I took it.  I liked this one in the viewfinder as well as in post.  What do you think?

This one here just killed me when I saw this tattoo.  I couldn't believe someone would have this on their body permanently, but then I don't blame her.  She has a pretty good assortment of ink all over but this just topped it.


Portraiture is kind of fun, and I find myself doing it a lot more often than other kinds lately.  Probably because it's so darn cold here in Chicago, so hopefully I will get out soon and do some more other types of work.  I have a portraiture shoot coming up in a week, so will post some more then, but my next post will probably feature some shots I got in Disney on a family trip.

If you are reading this, drop me a line on what types of photo's you like and don't like, I'd be interested in hearing.  Take care and have a great rest of the week.