To catch the dew on the grass like this you have to get up fairly early in the morning.
An Olympus Get together in Iowa?
Yes It actually happened 6 Olympus photographers got together with what was probably the largest collection of Olympus gear in Iowa including any camera shop. We went out armed With 5 digital Olympus cameras, 8 OM Cameras, and 27 lenses. 27 lenses in one location right in the middle of Iowa. A site that few ever get a chance to see. In fact it was the first time I had ever seen any thing close. We went to the Spalding Factory to start the Day of photography and socializing off. Then we were off to Silver Creek Which is a preserve for wild flowers, grass and many verities of prairie grasses. Silver Creek is Maintained by the Audubon Society.
For today's photo I chose one of our oldest daughter, Bella. This was taken on the boat dock at 3 Bridges County Park in Marshall County Iowa.
Do you ever wonder where a road that you see in a photography leads to? Although the title to this entry says road to nowhere this road really does lead some where.
Happy fourth of July. I took this photo some time back but it is one that is really enjoyed be many so I thought I would share it here as well.
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Most people enjoy old barns and I was out shooting some landscape when I came across what I thought
was an old barn until I got closer. That is when I realized that it was an old house right in the middle of the field. Being in the middle of the field was just a little odd, Considering that I am used to seeing livable houses being destroyed just for the extra field space. So to leave a house that is not even able to be rebuilt in the middle of a field that has to be planted around.
Thanks for looking and comments are always welcomed.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I had to go to the Chicago area for the weekend. One of the Jobs I went up for was a Photograph of the City Skyline. The Photograph is going to be used as a panoramic for a Sub City. The End product is going to be around 14 feet long be 30 inches tall.
This is just a sample shot that I took.
I got some good advice from a friend to take the photos from the Adler Planetarium.
So that is what I paned on and from
What you can see I had a really good turn out.
For the Panoramic I am taking aver 20 photos and blending them together to create a very High resolution single image that should have a close viewing distance as well as huge.
This is a small sample of the finished product but is less then 1% of the actual size of the finished picture.
Thank you for taking the time and if you have any Questions or comments just please use the comments, I will try to answer them all here.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Well Just because I have not posted anything does not mean that I have not been doing anything.
I have been very busy and trying to get free time to shoot for my self let alone follow through and get every thing up loaded and then post about it. I have been taking a lot of pictures and and staying very busy. Both with regular clients and the family, who would have thought that only one more child could add that much more work. I have been busy enough taking photos that I have almost filled 3 750 GB hard drives and a 500 GB as well. Here is a photo that I really like how it turned out.
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I took this photo while teaching a workshop here in Iowa and it is one of those scenes that was not intended but just happened.
The goal was
Get up early and be set up lake side by 6:30 A.M. to teach how to take a sunrise photo. However when we got up it was nothing but fog so the lesson plan changed from sunrise over the lake to fog on the lake. This particular photograph was taken at F 9 1/50 s at ISO 100. All in all it was a very productive morning with many great photographic opportunities with many great photographs captured.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
A photo taken in Tama Iowa that can really grab your eye with such contrast of colors.
I always like red on blue so I think
that this just works on these beautiful days the silver is a bonus.
You usually never think of pigeons being photographed unless it is in some large city park setting so I think it is nice to try and show them in other settings as well.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Some People just envision the mid west as the Great plains and completely flat.
Well Here in Tama Co Iowa right in the middle of the Mid West it is not flat at all. Granted we do not have
any mountains. What we do have is some breathtaking rolling hills. Hills that can be used for fields but also have a way of dancing with the shadows of the clouds and yet the ability to meet the sky and touch the Sunsets.
They also have the ability to hold a farm and protect it from the driving wind.
Thanks for stopping by enjoy and God Bless.
Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
While at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines we did get to see one breed of our grabby little friends.
I am not familiar with this particular breed, he like most little monkeys are very curious and wants to
automatically start checking every thing out. It did not take this little guy very long to come over and check us out.
As soon as he did he was right to the point of letting us know that he was checking us out not the other way around.
It did not take him very long at all to figure out that he wanted to check out my camera as well. As I can not blame him if I am near a camera I tend to try and pick it up as well. Camera stores love that habit, The person sitting next to you at a graduation noticing you eyeballing their camera is more then just uncomfortable.
Anyways that is a whole other story.
While taking photos this little guy starts trying to grab my camera, It is a really cool camera so like I said I can not blame the little guy.
Well once he figures out I am not going to let him have my Camera you guessed it he just took off.
And here I thought he came over to check us out, nope I see his ploy now it was just a play for the camera. With agile moves, cute as could be he did make a good run at it. However he will have to try some one else. Plus there is no way my camera could have fit back through that fence.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Just a quick one today every one from the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines Iowa. The Sea Horse Prance
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Ok I know I can be a little strange at times and this picture may not help my plead for sanity.
I have always had a fascination of playing in the water and still do. So when I see something neat in the water I am automatically drawn to it. I took this photo because of how the
light was deflecting and falling on the rocks. And as you look close see how many shapes you can find. You know like we all use to do laying on our backs looking at the clouds. If you have never laid on you back looking at the clouds trying to find shapes, faces and so on then you really need to because you are probably to wound up or just uptight. There is a reason that the title of this photo has Frogs in it see how many you can find.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Wind mills were a staple of our growing farms back when farming was about the only industry in Iowa. Being used for many things from pumping water to powering tools. Today we are starting to see Huge colossal wind mills popping up and now their main purpose is to use the wind to generate electricity.
That is enough about wind mills on to the photo today is a picture of an old wind mill that is still standing in Tama Co Just East of Toledo Iowa. I took this photo just after sunset making a nice silhouette. Now I have a problem
I think the photo needs to be Color to really work. However I showed it to my Wife as a B&W and she informed me that is what works for this photo.
So for today and to appease I will post both the color and the B&W. If you would like to comment on which one you like better please do (I know you will say the Color version).
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
One thing about Wild life Photography is it can have as much excitement as it can be boring. Here in Tama County Iowa we have such an over population of deer it is so much easier to capture good photographs now compared to 10 years ago.
Even though it may be easier you still need
to be prepared. One way is to try and always be ready to take a photo even if you do not have anything in sight. You just never know when something is going to come running over the hill towards you or sneak up from behind you. Also you need to be prepared to be outside for long periods of time. It really does not take that long to get frost bite or worse if you get to far out and are ill equipped. So always make sure you take the time to be prepared. Let some one know where you are going and when you will be back.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I think here in the Mid West is one of the best places to photograph geese.
I particularly like Marshalltown and Tama Iowa for quick easy access areas where the birds are wild enough
that they do not look tame on film. As well as use to people enough that you can get close enough to get a reasonable photo at times. The two love birds above got a little uncomfortable with my prescence so they decided to fly out to the Ice shelf giving me the opportunity I was waiting for.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
I went for a drive while all the girls were sleeping and found some really nice scenic views as well as some wild life.
After taking a photo I turned to get back into the jeep and I seen this sitting back in the woods. It is an old corn crib. It looks like
It has been there for decades and realistically probably has. I have not seen a corn crib of this style sense I was a boy and even that one was a more modern design.
I just automatically got lost in the scene with the way the the sun gave it just enough accent to catch my eye but no matter how you look at it you know it is from a time long forgotten and that will only be vaguely remembered through years of memories and growth.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
Ever look at winter in B&W. I think only certain feelings and looks can be expressed in B&W. I do not see many winter photographs in B&W but I really like the outcome when done right. Today is another short day I am working on a few other projects and took the day off to calibrate a birthday.
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Clang, Bang, Bounce coming from the bathroom. Sabrina And I jump up making a dash to the Bathroom as Sabrina rounds the corner laying eyes on the bathroom door she just starts rolling in laughter.
My mind goes from racing What in the world in fear to shear confusion. Then I see
my precious oldest daughter jumping in to mom's arms with her first self done make up job. While mom and dad had our backs turned Bella had gotten into the bathroom and gotten into mom's makeup to administer her first make over.
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This photo was taken on the Iowa River of of HWY 63 on the south side of Tama Iowa.
This is one of those photos that is familiar to you if you look at many photos. Granted that is not what I usually want to go for in my photography. However, in this case it is a photo that I never tire of. I will do a little write up about photography in the snow here soon so I will cover this photograph and others like it.
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Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)
As a kid I remember always having a fascination with icicles. Even after "growing up" I still have certain fascinations with winter and the beauty that comes with it.
Here in central Iowa (Tama / Toledo) We have some very cool winters. Giving the ability to find things like this ice flow outside your back door. This shot was taken
rite before sunset and the sky was just breath taking, so I had to incorporate that into the photograph. To do this I used the on camera flash to fill on the ice set the shutter speed at 250th and this allowed me to run an aperture of in between F10-F13 all at ISO 100.
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