Dhanraj watches the grads come in RCC graduation.
the photo grads that walked!
May 10, 2017
photography
May 3, 2017
Not a lot of extra time, so I grabbed my homemade extension tube and macro for some great than 1:1 photography.
April 29, 2017
I wanted to play with Light Painting, but it was a little early.
20 minutes later, it was perfect.
March 21, 2017
Lab day. Focal Length and perspective.
Feb. 13, 2017
1:1 macro of banana stem. Nikon 60mm Macro
Feb. 10, 2017 Snow Moon
A full moon in February is called a snow moon. Adding to the excitement was a lunar eclipse – not an awesome total eclipse. but the moon passes through enough shadow (called the penumbra) to create a noticeable darkening on the left side – this photo is the peak.
I spent some time looking for a foreground…
but with a 500mm Mirror lens, the moon was not big enough for the depth of field to work…
Feb. 3, 2017
New photos for my classroom/ PJ newsroom. Photos from graduates of the program since I started and where they work now! Great folks with great jobs, North Carolina State A&T, Carolina Panthers, Fayetteville Observer, Rocky Mount Telegram, Live Storms Media, Winston-Salem Journal, Sports Endeavors and Grand Forks Herald (ND) all represented!
Jan. 23, 2017
Students at work series. Eden and a child.
Nov. 14, 2016
The super moon. I worked until 7:15pm and forgot to get the rise, so I grabbed a 500mm Mirror lens and shot a quick frame from the school parking lot.
Oct. 15, 2016 (The rest of the day)
The day started before dawn for the drive to Lenoir and the first race of the 2016-17 North Carolina Cyclocross Series. Turns out tennis does not help one bit for cycling – I finished about 5 from dead last, but this picture from Sam captures the moment… this is the last lap and coming out of the last turn, the lap before I had caught this guy but took a beer hand-up (illegal, but it’s ‘cross) and had to work to catch him again, as I started my sprint, the chain slipped (why I am about to go over the bars) so no fun sprint to the line for us.
Then Sam and I visited Henry River Mill Village (it’s own post) and headed for a hike a part of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to the Upper and Lower Gragg Prong Waterfalls and Hunt-Fish Falls. We got a late start, and I decided to turn around before it got dark, as it was it was after 5:30 when we got back to the truck.
Cruising along dirt roads in the mountains
Finally we got on the foggy Blue Ridge Parkway and headed for a campground for the night.
Dinner, a small fire, a quick card game and off to bed!
