Desolation

This still doesn't quite look desolate enough for me. I do enjoy the nice extra bit of fuzziness in the mountains from the smoke Reno has been engulfed in lately.

Lost in the color

Here is a second picture taken of our smoke induced sunsets. I chose to place myself in it this time just to see how it would turn out. The only problem I really had was a bit of shakiness. I am standing on a somewhat used overpass and as cars would go by it would shake the whole thing just a tiny bit. In the end I was able to catch some amazing colors without too much editing. I am, however deeply considering taking out the power lines running through the background. They bother me.

Setting Sun

This is the setting sun over the mountains here. Reno is currently totally covered with smoke from more than 800 separate fires from Northern Nevada and California. This was taken on the first day that all of the smoke was visible, thus allowing me to capture these colors. We are currently on day four or five and the setting sun is totally masked by smoke now...

Under the Arch

This is Johnny, he plays the geetar, rather well in my opinion. We took this picture under the Reno Arch, as you can see, it took a couple of tries as we were both dodging cars in the process. If I could redo this set up I would have done it at night and allowed for a time lapse so I could get the cars streaking by as opposed to stopped.

Into the Sun

A Reno walkway at night. This leads up and over I-80. Origionally I had intended on shooting the sunset from a different vantage point, that didnt work out. It just so happened that the clouds were really thick there and I didnt get much color from it. So then I shifted focus and tried to take some other pictures before I lost all light.

I, personally, don't know how much I love this image. I think it was the best of the night, I am hoping it just grows on me.

A wild flower found growing around Reno. This particular one was seen at a local park where I had to wait for 10 minutes so the wind would die down.

I, personally, enjoy the colors

Red, Red Rose

This is not my first attempt at shooting staged flowers, though I don't spend much time on it. I, personally, really enjoy this picture even though I see it as fairly unoriginal.



I did two versions of this, a vertical and a horizontal, I was surprised as to how much different they seem to look when compared. I also feel that if I had a more interesting background I might enjoy this picture more.

I would like to take what I have and bring it to a level like this picture linked here from Flickr
LiquidInPlastic on Flickr

Toadstool

I went on a bit of an adventure to find these. At the time this was taken there was no too much in way of ground fungus. I probably looked a bit odd crawling around under trees...

Old West in New Suburbia

I have never known why people alway enjoy relics of the past, especially things that predate them. This sits at the entrance of a gated community, for what reason I do not know. I assume it is to make the area seem more rustic... Because people who drive BMWs like rustic?

Grunge Work

This is one of my favorite photoshop projects that I have done.

Basically it is two photos, my head being transposed over a picture of me turned around, and then some added effects.

I wish I had taken off my LiveStrong bracelet before doing this... I didnt notice until they very end :(

Near Symmetry

This is a waterway found just down the road from where I live. The only question was whether to do the shot vertically or horizontally.

Mountains

I do believe this is is what our mountains are supposed to look like when properly snowed upon.
This photo was taken on my way home from Massachusetts during Spring Break.

Gallery Added

Well, I did not manage to get a new picture up but I did finish my gallery page.

Take a look to your left and you should see a link leading you there. Please let me know if things look out of place or if they do not work, I have had a very limited amount of time to test this before I put it up.

I hope to add more gallery pages in the future, now that the first is built everything after should come easier.

Photo Delay

Hello All,

If anyone is wondering why I have not posted in several days it is because my computer had a massive failure and I had to reformat it.

With this I lost a lot of info, nothing too important, but I have been spending my time bringing myself back up to speed.

I will hopefully resume tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks,
Nick

High Rise Statue

This was off the side of one of the local casinos. I am a bit sad that based on the location of this it will never be in full light because of all of the tall buildings around.

Roadside Religion

Roadside Religion-

This man hangs out on Virginia street right by the train tracks and under the Reno Arch. You can generally catch him yelling at people to repent with his homeless sidekick telling him to be more subtle.

After debating whether or not the cloud above was moving with him for a moment, I asked if I could take his picture, he agreed as long as he could pray for me. Apparently right after the prayer my eyes changed color... The Reno homeless people are always so interesting.

Anyways I have found I get better pictures by asking the people rather than waiting around for them to do something cool enough to take a picture of.

Junk Yard

This, right here, is a different style of photography that I have been trying to emulate from the few examples that I have seen. I know there is and must be a professional photographer who does this out there but I have yet to find them. I encourage you to click on the image and see the full version as it reveals a little more about the picture.

No, this image is not meant to have all of the lines line up and the colors match, that is what gives it its charm... I think. This style is done by finding a subject and zooming in as far as you can and then start snapping. The real key is to not miss any spots... which I may or may not have done...

Photo / Photoshop Project

This is a dormitory hall from Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. It was also my very first time play with multiple exposures of the same image to get the dramatic sky and not lose any detail in the building itself.

Early Morning Day 3

This little girl with the disdainful look on her face was wandering around semi alone in a field at Rancho San Rafael over the weekend. I am not big on taking candid photos as I, personally, feel a bit creepy doing it, but I thought I might as well try it and I ended up getting a few good shots.

Day of the Second

Hmmm... I have finally gotten some of the design nailed down for the time being, though I am not happy with it. That means if you are coming across this page and things look out of place, please excuse my digital dust it should be fixed before too long... hopefully...

This photo is of my friend Andrew in a gas mask and was part of my final project for my Digital Photography class. Andrew is a great model as he just does his own thing and doesnt freak out like some people do when you put them in front of the camera.

The only editing that was done to this was a bit of cropping and I increased the yellow luminance so you could see the color of the car a little better.