Author Archives: Cecil

Although I was doing a lot of testing of my new Olympus Om-D EM-5, I also took my 5D MkII along on the caving trip.  This shot is not like most of the others, as it has no people in it. It was taken before most everyone got setup.  My strategy was to fire off a few [...]

Want to know how I do it?  Well, here you go…the raw, uncut video I made last week of me cleaning my stuff. I’m sure there are other ways, and probably better ways, but this is how I’ve done it for years now. Enjoy!    

Following along with yesterday’s theme, these are all shots that I took with the new Olympus OM-D EM-5. Recently a few friends came to visit and I took them around to see some of the area here.  The trip was going to be a waterfall trip, but since we were passing right by, and they [...]

This post is going to be a bit of information about the Olympus OM-D EM-5.  I recently acquired one of these compact, micro 4/3rds cameras and have had a chance to take it through its’ paces a bit now.  One of the first questions I had emailed to me was “Is the ISO/noise performance as [...]

Well, yesterday I had planned to go shoot a waterfall and wildflowers at sunrise, however a sick kid kept us most of the night, so that killed those plans.  So, instead I did yard work all day.  I thought I might be able to squeeze in the same trip at sunset, but alas, I was [...]

It’s been a long time since I got to get out and did any real shooting.  It seems these babies require a lot of attention Since it’s been so long since I’ve got to get out, I was digging through the archives tonight.  I came across this image I took a few years back at [...]

Due to some good fortune, poor planning and other things, I have visited Old Car City in White, GA a few times over the last few weeks.  I got to shoot with some great, old friends and met several new ones, too.  One of the days I was there shooting, I was invited by my [...]

As the title of this post says, your panoramic shots don’t always have to be in the standard panoramic format you are used to seeing.  This past weekend a few other photographers and myself made a trip up to Rock Island State Park in Tennessee.  I had never been and had heard great things about [...]