Posts tagged Photography

University of Southern Mississippi HDR II

6 months ago

by JR in Photography

I stopped by campus today to try to to get a few more HDR shots. I did not have the chance to stay on campus too long, but I was happy with the few shots that I got. My plan was to get inside the stadium and get some shots, but the girls soccer team was practicing so that will have to wait till next week or so.

This guy was waiting for me at the door to the Admin Bld.

University of Southern Mississippi HDR Photographs

6 months ago

by JR in Photography

I have wanted to get some shots of the University of Southern Mississippi Admin building for awhile now. Since my classes are finished for the summer, I decided to go out on Sunday and take some shots. Unfortunately, I had to sit in my car for about an hour waiting on the rain to stop, but the clouds do add to the drama of the shots. At this time, I can only process HDR photos that are sized around 600×400 because I am using the trial version of Photomatix. I might upgrade to the paid version of Photomatix if I decide that I want to keep doing HDR photography. I tried Photoshop’s HDR processing, and Photomatix seemed to do a better job.

I could have framed this better.

Tropical Look

Admin Building Bright Colors HDR images Photography University of Southern Mississippi USM USM Campus

Gatlinburg,TN Day 1 and 2

1 year ago

by JR in Travel

I woke up to enjoy breakfast with this guy!

Ahhhhh Toast!

We woke up on day one and really didn’t know what we were going to do. All the girls wanted to go shopping. The guys wanted to play golf. Not being a big golfer myself, I decided to go for a hike. My good friend’s grandson asked if he could join me. We sat around trying to decide which trail that we wanted to hike and I finally found one that was not too challenging for an out of shape 34 year old and a 9 year full of energy. We choose to go to Laurel Falls which is about a 2.5 mile round trip hike. The trail was great but was crowded. The waterfall at the top was even more crowded.

My hiking partner.

The weather was great and we had a great hike.

On the second day all 13 of us woke up and went to Clingman’s Dome. It was about a half mile walk to the observatory. At 6643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was really cloudy/hazy day and visibility was cut way short. It had to have been at least 15 degrees cooler at the top.

John and KK walking up to the top of Clingman's Dome

Just a little cool at the top!~

John and Beth Walking to the Top!

Not much of a view.

We didn’t stay at the top long. Visibility was poor and we weren’t dressed for the cooler weather. We got back down to the parking lot and took a few more photos and then headed to Cherokee.

JJ and Mr. Ray

Would have been a cool photo if I would have picked a better BG

I spent awhile trying to clone everything out of the background but it just looked too fake. This would show the importance of getting right in camera.

The next couple of days were filled with more adventures. I will post more once I have gone through all the photos.

Clingman's dome Gatlinburg Laurel Falls Photography Smoky Mountains Tennessee

Photo Post

1 year ago

by JR in Photography

Life has been a blur since my last post. Once things settle down, I will have to recap the last month or so. Here are a few photos from the past few weeks. GRE is on Tuesday. Once the test is over, I hope that I will have a little bit more free time. I am pretty serious about checking my Google Reader and I actually have 400 unread posts so you know that I have been busy.(Or follow to many blogs)