.pretend photography.

Lift

josephbuffett — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:18:07 +0000

Happy

josephbuffett — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:19:48 +0000

Slow Shutter Factory

josephbuffett — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:18:43 +0000

Catch

josephbuffett — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:20:30 +0000

Can’t drive and text

josephbuffett — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:20:30 +0000

But I can drive and shoot!

Clergy St

josephbuffett — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:19:16 +0000

Light on stone

josephbuffett — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:24:17 +0000

Shot without the assistance of a tripod, but a 5 second shutter…I hate to sound like a douche, but yeah, I guess I’m just that steady lol. There is some post processing, and some sharpening, but nothing crazy

Eyes

josephbuffett — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:22:27 +0000

Up

josephbuffett — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:22:55 +0000

way up

Popped up

josephbuffett — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:41:08 +0000

A friend doing a few tricks on his bike

Via

josephbuffett — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:13:25 +0000

This was a little scarier to take than it looks. This was taken as the train was going 100 or so KM/hour though the woods. The sort-of shock wave of the train going by nearly knocked me over lol.

Maggie

josephbuffett — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:22:48 +0000

Our dog, with slight fish-eye for effect.

Returning

josephbuffett — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:00:50 +0000

Well, I’m back (tentatively) .

It has been almost a year since I made a post. I could blame it on a busy life, or work, or any number of things. But I think it basically boils down to laziness. After some pondering (for about 5 mins lol) I’ve decided to try and kick start the old bastard! So here goes!

An easy-to-take photo to start off. You cannot easily take a bad photo of a flower. This flower resides on the pear tree in our backyard which is currently in full bloom.

Please stay tuned, I have more to post….1 day at a time

Fort Henry

josephbuffett — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:45:57 +0000

Inspirational

josephbuffett — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:07:14 +0000

Last evening I had the sincere privilege of taking my 9 year old nephew to the BMX track to get some practice in. He joined the local race league 2 weeks ago and fell in love with his bike. It reminds me so much of my own life as a kid. Bikes rule, that was reiterated last night. Not to mention, he has never ridden a track or anything more than a street in his life. He has no fear when it comes to giving it all he has where the big boys play

Muggy Moon

josephbuffett — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:03:21 +0000

The moon trying to come up on a muggy humid day. Right around sunset

Boats at Sunset

josephbuffett — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:14:09 +0000

Taken handheld. I would have liked to have done a longer exposer to “flatten” out the water, but I had left my tripod in the car. Plus the sky would have been extremely blown out

Viewfinder

josephbuffett — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:41:09 +0000

I think I’ve shot this before, but am not quite sure. I’m sure this is the better photo though. Shot around sunset on Saturday evening

Fort Henry – HDR

josephbuffett — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:12:40 +0000

An HDR is a combination of at least 2 photos. You take a few photos of the same subject with different exposers. Combining them in post processing to make 1 photo with perfect exposer. Lately it seems most HDR’s are way over processed and look like drawings more than photos. But HDR’s are simply an exposer tool, not what you would normally see when you Google HDR.

This was 3 separate photos. 1 for the Fort, 1 for the grass, and 1 for the sky. As you can tell, it doesn’t look completely natural, but it doesn’t look too wacky. I usually shoot as close to “perfect” as I can from the camera so that I don’t edit as much as possible, but it’s fun to try every now and then

From the shore

josephbuffett — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:52:08 +0000

Just after sunset.

Also, Happy 26th Birthday to my lil’ sister Angela

CN Police

josephbuffett — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:44:17 +0000

Same spot as the photo yesterday, Part of a shortcut if I’m working on the East side of the city

4th or 5th attempt?

josephbuffett — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:28:29 +0000

We’ll see. Taken yesterday on my way to work

Sunshine on my shoulders

josephbuffett — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:24:29 +0000

Brad flying down a rocky hill. Normally shooting into the sun is a major no-no. But with the use of fill flash, you can sometimes use it to your advantage. I think it works very well here…(I just wish my camera bag wasn’t in the shot ;P )

Flower

josephbuffett — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:19:42 +0000

It’s official, winter weather is gone. The flowers are finally starting to bloom! These are the first few flowers to grow in my wifes garden

HOLY SH!T !!!!!

josephbuffett — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:45:08 +0000

John through a downhill rock garden. I’m not sure if he was actually scared or not, but it sure looks like it. One thing you can’t easily capture with still photography is speed. These guys definitely fly down these hills

josephbuffett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:34:00 +0000

“If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

Lance Armstrong

Ryan, riding for the first time since August, killing it on a downhill run. Good to see him out there again

Summer is here

josephbuffett — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:52:09 +0000

At least it feels like it. Hopefully it’s here to stay

Fun has its price

josephbuffett — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:12:41 +0000

Fun, or mountain biking as it’s also known, is often not a very clean pasttime

Basket Ball

josephbuffett — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:23:12 +0000

Found in a very rural area. Seems kind of mis-placed to me

Tire

josephbuffett — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:03:21 +0000

A massive old tractor tire now used to cushion a ferry when docking. It’s a bland shot, but I like it somewhat

Horizon

josephbuffett — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:17:17 +0000

“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children”
Kenyan Proverb

Seagull

josephbuffett — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:09:09 +0000

It was pretty far away and I was shooting with my 18-55. I obviously had to crop this to even see the seagull. This is a 100% crop. No resizing. It’s fairly sharp, but it shows how soft the kit lens truely is. Luckily it was bright out. I can only imagine what the noise would look like with 100% crop, kit lens and a 350D with an ISO over 400 or so

Wind Power

josephbuffett — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:32:35 +0000

“We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.”

-Barack Obama

Brick Wall

josephbuffett — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:35:30 +0000

Your fortune for the day

“You find beauty in ordinary things, do not lose this ability. “

Bad things happen……

josephbuffett — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:48:42 +0000

….to good pears

Dump Truck

josephbuffett — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:17:27 +0000

Playing around with my c-screen and my sons new dump truck

End of an Era

josephbuffett — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:29:23 +0000

First, I apologize for not posting in the past few days. We just bought a new computer and I had not yet loaded any photo software.

Second, my old place of employment, Kingston Custom Woodworking, finally closed it`s doors yesterday after 15 years in business. Many issues caused the closing, but either way, it`s gone. Aside from less than spectacular paychecks, I will miss it

Helmet

josephbuffett — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:11:00 +0000

Not quite a year old and already cooler than everyone I know

Graffitti

josephbuffett — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:19:23 +0000

A train overpass at a local trail system

Untitled

josephbuffett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:59:13 +0000

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.”

Claude Monet