How I Got The Shot #22 - Self Portrait in Port Clinton Ohio

Sometimes you just need to get a picture of yourself and to be honest it is not the easiest portrait to get.  That is why I enlist the help of my wife and place her in the drivers seat!
Check out the post today to see how I went about setting this up and getting a nice, sunset self portrait.

Check out the details after the break...

How I Got The Shot #21 - Jason Shamblin

I know it has been a while, but we are back with another episode!  This week, we are looking at mixing flash exposure with ambient.  Our subject is the Director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Reynoldsburg, Jason Shamblin.

I wanted this portrait for many reasons, on of which is for the Visual Ohio story I did on him.

Read further to see how we took a potentially challenging lighting situation and turned it into a winning portrait.

Check out the details after the break...

Vacation!

Heading out on a much needed vacation starting Monday 7/4.  Probably not any posts until I get back on the 12th.  Enjoy our Independence!

I'll probably have a few posts from our tromp through Port Clinton and one of our great lakes - Lake Erie.

New Project Coming - VisualOhio!!

Those of you who have been regular readers of the blog know that I attended the Flash Bus Tour Stop in Pittsburgh this year.

While there, David Hobby discussed his HoCo360 project.  Essentially it is a hyper focal news blog about interesting people or events in the Howard County Maryland area.

I though that this was a great idea and am going to start something similar.  In the next couple of days, look to find a new website, http://www.visualohio.com

This site will concentrate on bringing stories of interest regarding the people and events of the great state of Ohio.  While I am headquartered in the central Ohio area, and most stories will probably be from this area, I'm not limiting it.  Anything in Ohio is far game.  I've already got an initial article in the bag and ready to post once the site goes live.

The key to all this will be you, the reader. If anyone has any tips to a great story....a person they know that has some skill, talent or story of interest that you want to get out there, an interesting event...drop us a tip and we might use that as the catalyst for a future story!