tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62514772576051644552012-02-16T05:54:08.382-06:00I see beauty in the simplest and most ordinary things of life.Matt Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481961288660520221noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251477257605164455.post-90007728522385666812010-12-20T21:17:00.000-06:002010-12-20T21:17:16.722-06:00

   Sorry to all my faithful readers to my blog (the only one...).  I have been busy and forgotten about this.  Well, I am going to try to do better.  At least a weekly post to keep it fresh and current.  Besides, I need an outlet for my creative ideas.  On that note, I have some things to share with you.    I've been having fun cooking on my Big Green Egg.  So far I have cooked 3 briskets, a ham

Matt Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481961288660520221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251477257605164455.post-72395316799615724382010-01-08T21:02:00.001-06:002010-01-08T21:02:57.529-06:00

A co-worker had left his water bottle in is car for a couple days, and it froze (because it's winter, and that means it's cold outside, duh!). Well, what makes this water bottle different, is the ice froze with a pocket in it, AND it's in an Icelandic Glacial bottle (glacier ice!), AND I photographed it. There were a couple of us photographers, and one decided we

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So, it has been a little chilly here in middle Tennessee lately. In December, we had 60 degree days and I loved it, since I am a tropical blooded person. It was 24 today! I would be happy with 42, but 24 is just crazy. Things freeze at that temperature: See, I told you so... Even the ducks are cold in this weather: Poor things are walking on the ice. Actually, I would like to try it, but I

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Now Christmas is over, and so is our busy season. Now it's time to relax and... clean?!? One of my co-workers decided to organize and straighten up everything, including the pens. I thought since it will all be for naught, I would take a picture to remember this glorious occasion. I am actually very glad we have slowed down at work, and we do have time to clean up. I probably should have

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So, like many other photographers, I have decided to do the picture-a-day thing. Here's my first picture of the new year, after the jump: This is my parent's Nativity set. Mom wanted a good picture while it was out. I figured since Mom and Dad bought me a Quick Bounce, and that's what I used to take this picture, I would do this one pro bono. The picture was shot at f3.5, something like 1/4

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I got a day off work and decided to hang our Christmas lights outside. I wanted to take a picture, since that's just what I do. It was a little stormy when I grabbed the shot, so I wasn't exactly sure what I would get, but without further ado, heeeeeereeee's the shot, after the jump I really like the way the sky turned out. This was completely not what I was aiming for. I was just trying to

Matt Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481961288660520221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251477257605164455.post-81088743013809923702009-09-29T18:15:00.002-05:002010-01-04T22:20:29.218-06:00

Yesterday I went and talked with the very nice people at Paul C. Buff about the CyberSync radio triggers and the CyberCommander. For those of you who have questions about the whole CyberCommander thing, what it does, and how it works, do I have answers for you! The CyberCommander can either be mounted in your hot shoe to act as a trigger, or you can hand hold the thing (highly recommended) and

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I have always been interested in HDR images, but never had the software to do it. I tried Qtpfsgui, which is an open-source (free) application. They have several presets and I played with them all, but never found quite the effect I wanted. I started looking again and found out about Photomatix. I downloaded the trial version and played with it a bit, and before long I had the effect I wanted. I

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Okay, so I don't yet have a flash, but I am asking Santa for a 580EX II for Christmas. Instead of waiting until I get the thing to realize I need accessories for it, I am looking and assembling a list now. I am pretty happy with my list, but I have been driving my wife crazy with all of my photography talk lately. I have been looking for good radio trippers, and of course the first answer of

Matt Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05481961288660520221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251477257605164455.post-23462970774735057742009-09-19T21:04:00.003-05:002009-12-07T10:25:45.204-06:00

I went on a 5 mile hike in Cedars of Lebanon State Park and wound up making it closer to a 7 mile hike. I don't know about the weather where you are, but here, it has been raining all week. I knew it would be wet, so I prepared. I got my stowaway rain jacket to keep me dry, baggies to keep my camera dry if it started raining again, and my tripod (you never know when you might need it, and 5 miles

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My son and I were walking around our neighborhood yesterday and I saw this photo op.  I love this particular area anyway, but it just spoke to me more yesterday than ever before.  I think it is the combination of the sogginess, leaves on the pavement, and the way the light is coming in through the canopy that really got me.  I have seen this area in all kinds of weather, and with the rain we

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I borrowed a friend's Nikon to shoot this shot. My camera was at home and this is just outside of work. It had been raining pretty heavy yesterday, and once the sun came out, I decided to see what I could get. I am pretty happy with how this turned out. I didn't do any Pixelmatoring, other than resizing and putting my name in bright green on the picture. I prefer to keep editing to an absolute

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