Isa and me
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I've found new love for black and white photography. I had done plenty of it in 35mm, but because of inaccesibilty to a darkroom and lab I tried my hand at color more then ever. With the advent of digital potography i took it for granted that I could easily convert over to grayscale in photoshop. Photo credit to Eleanor Ruiz Pineda. Shot with a Nikon 8700 and later effects added by me in Photoshop CS. December 2006.

Isa
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Of course, I'm going to put a photo of my baby girl up! Shot with a Nikon 8700 and effects later added from Photoshop CS. November 2006.

Jazz on Savannah's River Street

Jazz on Savannah's River Street
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Originally shot for a conceptual poster for the Savannah Jazz Festival and later made into a tee shirt design. This one was also shot using my Pentax k1000 35mm.

Bonaventure Cemetery Guardian

Bonaventrue Cemetery
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Shot near my home in Savannah, Georgia, the now famous Bonaventure Cemetery of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil fame during a winter where it actually snowed in Savannah.

Forsyth Park / Savannah, Georgia

Forsyth Park / Savannah, Georgia
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I've always loved black and white photography. I've also always loved night photography. Set up on a tripod using the manual shutterspeed with my Pentax k1000 35mm. It took a few tries, but I finally managed a great shot.

Over the years Eleanor and I have taken quite a few trips both domestically and abroad. During these trips we always try to capture these moments by dedicating a great bit to photography. I love photography.

Ever since I was a preteen I had always been fond of taking photos of friends, family and events. It was only natural for me to continue exploring my passion for it through high school, college and then my career.

Our home is LOADED with images caught with either my Pentax k1000 35mm, Canon A70 or Nikon 8700. We're running out of room on our walls. What are we gonna do with all these other photos that never made it up?

A coworker of mine recently went to Charleston and Savannah to tour and we got to talking about my love for both of these places. Charleston is where I grew up and first got my taste for design and photography. Savannah is where I resided for a few years to earn my design degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design. We got to talking about photography and I offered up one of my favorite photos from there and she came up witht hebrilliant idea of...

...posting a photoblog of my best stuff. Why didn't I think of that??? So the gauntlet has been thrown down. Will I maintain this blog along with my other blog That Design Guy? We'll see.

What do I do with another blog besides posting some of my best photos? I've entertained the idea of possibly selling my work online or physically to interested parties. Will it take off? I don't know, but it'll be worthwhile to try...

So here it is. Check it out. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the interest.