Upside Down

After a brief pause in submitting photos for the Gizmodo Shooting Challenge. I am back this week. The challenge was to take a shot upside down. This shot was not premeditated, I went to check out Niagara Falls this weekend and decided that this shot was my gem. I think every time I look at it I see it in a different perspective so give it a couple of views.



There were some other shots that were keepers from the adventure as well and they are posted below. Included is a shot proving I faced my fears and went out onto the observation deck which I don't care to know how high above the river bed it is, all I know is I wasn't thrilled being out there.

Note: Please excuse the imperfections in some of these shots, there was a bit of mist in the air, there is 6 million cubic feet of water going by per minute after all!







Enjoy.

Double Exposure

Well this weeks Gizmodo Shooting Challenge is Double Exposure. This is definitely something I have never done and to be honest I still haven't.
Here are the details directly from the site:

http://gizmodo.com/#!5755839/shooting-challenge-double-exposure

I looked at the contest for this week and was quite perplexed since I shoot with a digital camera. I was kinda bummed about having to fake the look of a double exposure during post processing. While thinking about buying a disposable film camera to perform this task I sat down to watch an episode of Top Gear when I had an epiphany. I decided I would fake a double exposure by trying to capture a screen grab while transitioning from one scene to another on my monitor, this proved to be easier than I thought and came out pretty good. I did not do any post processing on this photo and think that it is a pretty cool, definitely the best out of the bunch I took.





Enjoy

Levitation Follow-Up

Check out the other entries as well as the featured winners of this weeks contest. Some of these shots are amazing, with a lot of effort put in.

http://gizmodo.com/#!5754864/98-incredible-photos-of-levitation

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Friendly Competition

Well I was prompted by a friend to start participating in the Gizmodo Shooting Challenge. Every week they post a topic with rules and you are to create a photo and submit it in hopes of being one of the featured shots. I liked this idea because it forces you to expand beyond your normal comfort zone and shoot photos that aren't necessarily your forte.

This weeks theme is Levitation, in addition to the photo you are to submit a story about the photo, instead of describing the influence and set up of the scene I decided that a made up story would be much more fun especially for something as inexplicable as a levitating beer can in your living room, so my story is more clever and definitely fiction.



The Story:
After a rough week of work, what work week isn't rough? I arrived home on Friday and cracked into the Coors to relax and welcome in the weekend. Well one turned into many, as is usually the case, and soon I found myself in a hops induced sleep. I was dreaming of the weekend ahead which would involve shoveling out the inevitable Buffalo snow and enjoying the company of friends while watching the Super Bowl. While engrossed in my slumber a great feeling of supreme power came over me and I awoke to find the last casualty of my post work binge hovering above taunting me as if to say I should be more mindful not to dent the discarded, or perhaps I should not have checked out of the consumption game so soon. Regardless I was alone face to face with a hovering can of frothy goodness. A picture was the only thing between me and a sudden lack of friends and the urge to wear a colander on my head while waiting for the invasion. I am switching to Pabst from now on.


Enjoy.