Updates

2007.10.21

I've uploaded a few pics taken this weekend of my son, my nieces, and their dog. Check out "Cousins" under "Portraits" in the galleries.

2007.10.12

Photography is one of my life's loves, so that's what I'll be placing here. (You can find some photos and other stuff on my blog as well.)

Specifically, I love candid portraits. I also dabble in "studio" style portraits (note the scare quotes), but I don't find lining people up as much fun as capturing who they are when they aren't thinking about the camera.

(Never mind the fact I don't have a studio.)

On the Galleries tab are some of my favorites... from the living room to the soccer field and in between.

Some info on the tools I use for the pics & site are on the 'About' tab.

Finally, I've included links to some photographers that continue to inspire me with their creativity, passion, and talent.

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Galleries go here

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About...

Me

I'm an amateur photographer living in northern Maryland. Fortunately, I have a day job - in the IT organization of a pretty large bank. (Seeing as how I'm not doing photography for money at this point.) I enjoy my work, but whenever I get the chance, I grab the camera and snap away.

I love candids and action shots. I don't enjoy photographing inanimate objects much; people are much more interesting to me. I find a lot more satisfaction in a well-done (or extremely lucky) shot of a person that reflects a bit of their soul.

My wife and I currently have one child - I expect that his face will be in more than just a few of the pics in the gallery.

I also have a blog where I occasionally post other pics & such.

If you'd like to get in touch with me for some reason, my email address is jeff @ (this domain), or you can send me a message on this page.

Tech

I currently host this site, plus a bunch of family blogs and a friend's commercial photography site, on a Linux server that I rent. For the curious, here are some details of the equipment & software I use:

  • Hardware
    • Nikon D50
    • Nikkor & Tamron lenses (alas... film lenses)
    • Nikon SB-600 SpeedLight
    • SanDisk memory
  • Software
    • Linux VPS web server from JTLnet, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on top of Xen virtualization. These guys have fantastic support and the price is hard to beat.
    • Notepad++ for HTML, CSS, and XML editing
    • The layout is a derivative of a template by Sergey Pozhilov and published to OSWD.org.
    • The flash picture viewer is Flash Media Gallery (also free) by Flash Nifties professional flash tools.
    • The tab-based navigation uses the free Tab Content script v2.0 from the Dynamic Drive DHTML code library.
    • NikonView 6 (free) for processing raw (NEF) files; Picasa2 (free) for some general tweaking, and Paint.NET (freeeee!) for serious editing.
    • Yep - I like free stuff. ;)

Inspiration

I'd like to dedicate this site to Charlie Pruett, our dear friend and a wonderful photographer. He has helped me a great deal.

Thank-you's to my wife Maren for being inspirational in many ways, and encouraging my hobbies. Thanks also to our son Reilly who shows me that you can find fun anywhere.

More inspiration:

  • If you need a photographer near Austin, Texas, Kristen Duke has loads of talent and is genuinely "good folk". Thanks K for letting me bug you for advice. :)
  • Cheryl Johnson is a really creative UK photographer. She also offers online creative and technical photography workshops.
  • BuckBut's photos on Flickr. He's got a great eye for light, composition, and personality.
  • Kim of Simply You Photography - marvelous, creative, fun.
  • Sarah Maren - awesome portrait and especially couples/wedding shots. Seem to be a lot of folks kissing in front of her. ;)