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Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. – 28 year retirement watch
I’ve been photographing jewelry recently because all the reflections make it quite difficult so I wanted the challenge. As I was searching for some jewelry to photograph I came upon Dad’s retirement watch from the Wallingford Steel Mill, later to become Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation. It’s about 30 years old because, I believe, he retired in 1993/1994 at the age of 60. It wasn’t long after he retired that he gave me the watch because he knew it would mean a lot to me. As for him, he could care less about a watch. What he did care about was the good living that he was able to offer our…
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Gold Wedding Rings
Photographed with a Nikon D7100, 24.3 APS-C camera, and a Nikon 40mm MACRO lens. 1/50th, f8, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE. (4) lights were used. (2) Floor lights 5600K, (2) small 5600K table LED’s to bring out specular highlights in the jewels. 12 shot focus stack, helicon focus software.
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Commercial/Retail Product Shots, Featured Pictures, macro, Macro Photography, Product Shots, Table Top
Diamon and Gold Watch
Gold diamond watch: Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42 mp, full frame mirrorless camera and a Sony 90 mm f2.8 MACRO lens. 4 seconds, f11, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE. (1) 5600k flash bounced off the ceiling. 16 shot focus stack, helicon focus software.
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Sony A7RV Users Manual – Recommended.
The Friedman Archives Guide to Sony’s A7RV by Gary L. Friedman. I’ve owned the, rather complex, Sony A7RV for over a year and have used it extensively. It wasn’t until I purchased Gary’s online edition of this book that I came into a nearly full understanding of all its features and how to use them. Although I have studied the Sony Help Guide, and free e-books about the camera, nothing gave me the clarity that this book has. Gary presents his information in a very organized manner and explains the features in a down to earth way. As a result some of the things that I just couldn’t quite get…
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Trap Fall Schoolhouse, Shelton CT
This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At time of writing this book was available on AMAZON. Trap Falls Schoolhouse 70 Ripton Rd. Shelton CT This schoolhouse was built c. 1872 and saw its last students in 1905. It was closed due to a decline in students. At some point the schoolhouse was moved from it’s original location, (site unknown), and now sits…
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Beautiful Monroe Congregational Church
Monroe Congregational Church (Founded 1762) 34 Church St. Monroe CT After I had just photographed the one room schoolhouse just down the street Cheryl and I headed over to what was the original green of Monroe. Once there we noticed, what is almost always the case in every town, a beautiful Congregational Church. I took my gear and headed over to the green, accross the street, to see if I could frame up the shot with some of the surrounding environment. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-70 F2.8 GMII lens @ 24mm in late fall. 1/125th, f8, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE
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Center Disctrict Schoolhouse, Bethany CT
Center District School 44 Peck Rd., Bethany CT This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At time of writing this book was available on AMAZON. Cheryl and I headed over to Bethany for the purposes of adding to our collection of “one room schoolhouses” in CT. This school is located on the grounds of the Bethany Community School. It occupies a small island…
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A walk in the park.
If you’re a reader of my blog you know that I love Hubbard Park. I grew up in Meriden and Wallingford and have come here a 1000 times. This was a Thursday afternoon at lunch time in early February. I decided to leave work for an hour and get a little relaxation with the camera. It was fairly void of people except for some lunch time walkers. I drove around the park once looking for what I could possibly make a shot out of and came up with this. In the spring and summer you’ll see couples getting married at this gazebo or having their formal wedding pictures done there.…
