Day 20 - Light Rays

Thought I would try something different today, even with it being the first day of school. What you see before you is what is known as "Toss Photography." The main focus of it is not knowing what will turn up in your photo. Now, most people actually do toss their camera's in the air to achieve their photos, I however will not toss my camera in the air. It costs way to much for me to risk dropping it. What I do is keep the shutter open long enough for me to move the camera with my hands and achieve a similar effect. This one here was my favorite and it came out looking very abstract and reminded me of star trails, which I hope to get a few photo's of as soon as the weather clears up. Enjoy!

Day 20 - Light Rays, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Day 19 - Something Shiney

Photographing chrome is always a hit or miss, mostly because you never quite know what the reflection is going to do. However if you wait until night like I do, then reflections in chrome are not quite as severe. I decided to go black and white in this because, for the most part it was already in black and white. By doing so I thought it helped show off the chrome a little better and help keep the shadows the way I wanted them.

Day 19 - Something Shiney, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Day 18 - Fold 'Em

Another trend I have seen among photographers is using a deck of cards. While I am sure this will not be the last picture involving cards, for now it will be the first. I am hoping to get some decent weather this week and get outside and try some location shoots. Check back and see what I manage to come up with.

Day 18 - Fold 'Em, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Day 17 - Late Night Lights

I don't know what most believe, but to me it's practically impossible for a photographer to have never gone off focus with lights to produce some kind of ambient/abstract photo. That is what I did tonight, it was taken just inside my truck while at a red light. I hope you enjoy!

Day 17 - Late Night Lights, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Day 16 - Clear Lake Night

I was out playing with exposures on the balcony of my apartment, mostly seeing if I could get any stars. After a few shots I started to try and catch car lights as they drove by. Eventually I ended up with this and thought that it was just like a sunset. Just to let you know this is not a sunset, this was taken at 8:00PM and those beautiful colors you see are thanks to the wonderful plants located around the Houston area.

Day 16 - Clear Lake Night, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Day 15 - Abby

Hello all, today I present to you a picture of the family dog, Abby! She is hard to photograph, so I had to sneak up behind her and get her when she wasn't paying attention to me. So I hope you enjoy!

Day 15 - Abby, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.

Capital Dome

Here is another HDR I shot while I was in Austin last weekend. I found the mixture of colors to be really interesting and thought that it just looked awesome. They say that the star at the top of the capital spans as wide as 8 feet hanging over 200 feet above the ground. Be sure to go view this at flickr and click on "All sizes" up top and view it as big as possible. These small versions really dont do the details justice.

I am also trying to think of a new "Clone" picture to replace my current banner. If you have any interesting ideas of a new location for one let me know.

Capital Dome, originally uploaded by griffithgreg.