Late Night Lightning Storm

We just had one hell of a lightning storm pass through the East Syracuse area. About half-way through I finally remembered I was a photographer and decided to take some shots. These were somewhat hand-held, braced against the window frame of my bedroom facing East. I used between a six and a ten second shutter

First Lightroom Edit

After watching a bunch of tutorials on Lightroom, particularly those from Serge Ramelli, I figured I really needed to learn to use this program. The workflows seem to offer more possibilities, faster post-processing times – particularly for large batches of photos – and with the results from a single shot coming pretty close to the look I

The Perfect Pairing

Beer & hockey. It’s just about the most perfect pairing I can imagine. I’ve been pairing brews local to the teams I’m rooting for in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Currently, I’m watching the Chicago Blackhawks play the Minnesota Wild. While visiting Chicago roughly eight and a half years ago, I was able to visit Goose Island