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The magnificent core of the Milky Way as seen from the highest point in Georgia—Brasstown Bald. I used a tracker to take these 90 second exposures at f1.8 and ISO 800. Focal length was 20mm on Nikon D800

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Number 2 is only a handful of days away from meeting us. Time was running out for some maternity shots

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We went to Animal Kingdom back in July. One ride I enjoy is Kilimanjaro’s Safari. This was taken closer to 6:45 in the evening and the timing was nothing short of luck for this shot.

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A parade at Magic Kingdom

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Disney forever

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Some Disney nighttime shots.

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Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular

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About a year ago, I was fascinated by photos of the galactic core of the Milky Way galaxy that was visible in dark sky areas. Living around metro Atlanta, the one thing to be certain of besides crippling traffic jams is the extensive amount of light pollution. Light pollution obviously hinders any attempt at astrophotography so the easiest solution for me geographically is to head north. Learning how to photograph the Milky Way led me to the discovery of my favorite astrophotography tool-the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer. To put as simply as I can,y camera mounts to the body of the sky watcher which is aligned to Polaris. The sky watcher rotates as the earth turns, tracking Polaris. This in turn eliminates star trails on those really long exposures. On the flip side, if you have foreground in your frame it will be blurry due to the motion of the sky watcher rotating. That can be fixed though quite easily. Anyway, long story longer, my wife, son, and I got a chance to get up to the mountains at the end of September. While Brasstown Bald would have been the most ideal spot for this type of photography due to it being one of the darkest sky areas of Georgia, we opted for a much shorter trip to the area outside of Dahlonega. If you take State Highway 60 towards Suches, you will come across Woody Gap on the Appalachian Trail. We parked on the east side of 60 at Woody Gap and I set up my camera and sky watcher. This shot was the result of four different photos stitched together. I could not do as long of an exposure as I had wanted because of the light pollution from Dahlonega, but I was still able to capture the beauty of the Milky Way. If you are interested in capturing your own image, I have had success here at Woody Gap, Suches, and the Hard Labor Creek Observatory which has public viewings through Georgia State University once a month. My goal is to hike to the top of Blood Mountain and Brasstown Bald at night to get even better shots. One place I have not tried yet is the University of North Georgia's Observatory which offers public access on pretty much every Friday evening.

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We went to Animal Kingdom back in July. One ride I enjoy is Kilimanjaro's Safari. This was taken closer to 6:45 in the evening and the timing was nothing short of luck for this shot.

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This is the first of what will hopefully be many posts. The other night, I agreed to do a free photo shoot for my buddy and his family. We don’t make a whole heck of a lot of money in our line of work and I did not want him to stress about paying a few hundred dollars for a family/maternity shoot. But before we get into that... Here’s a little bit about me. I am no professional when it comes to photography. I have, however, always had an interest in learning how to capture the world around me warts and all through the lens of a camera. About 6 years ago, one of my coworkers agreed to teach me what he knew as I had expressed my interest in upgrading from a Canon Powershot to my first DSLR. He is a highly talented photographer who comes from a family of skilled photographers. I had the pleasure of learning from him before he moved back to New York to be a train engineer.

At the time of my first lesson, my wife was about 8 months pregnant with our first kiddo. I hit the ground running with a refurbished Nikon D3100 from B&H equipped with a kit lens and an additional purchase of a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Off I went with an elementary understanding of the Exposure Triangle, a 16gb memory card, and a whole lot of hope. You can see a lot of my work on my Flickr account.  Flash forward 6 years and I’ve upgraded to a refurbished Nikon D7200 from Adorama, a 35mm f/1.8 lens and a 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6g lens. Let’s just say I am in the “business” of economy photography. My desires exceed my bank account, but I’m beyond thankful for what I have and I do my best to push my gear to its limit.  So there you have it, I have 4 lenses to choose from and my beloved D7200 to go out and compose the best photos I can. The two main pictures above were from a practice run  I did with my wife, who is now pregnant with baby #2, before the main photo shoot with my buddy and his family. Even though I was not going to charge him anything, I still wanted to make the experience one to remember for him and his wife and provide them with some quality work. The above shots were taken at Little Mulberry Park in Dacula. There is an observation pavilion in the middle of a beautiful field. Credit to my wife for knowing about it and getting us there just before the sun finished going behind the trees. Sure I’m now blind in one eye taking about 50 shots with the sun’s rays making their way into my viewfinder :-) But I think the end result was a pretty worth it.  Anyway, I know nobody is reading yet but if you want to hang around I’ll try to post regularly with some of my work from the last 6 months through the present and beyond. If you have questions, fire away!