Remember Me?

Hello blog, it's me again. I'm sorry that I have been neglecting you. I have been a bad blogger lately and just completely lost interest in posting for the last few months. Even though I have plenty of stuff to share with you, I'm just too lazy...

So in hopes that you will accept my appology, I have brought a peace offering: more inline shots! These are of a cool dude from the WA that blades pretty hard and knows how to respresent. Dustin is his name, and we hooked up for a photo shoot last Saturday in the drizzle/rain that we like to call liquid sunshine.

Here are a few I have to share with you:

Bank to 360 over the rail.



Bank to kind grind


Rough grind!

Outside Looking In

So on the last night of the Washington County Fair, I headed over after dark to get some shots of the rides. Little did I know that they stopped letting people in at 10pm, I arrived at 10:30pm. Slightly bummed and unable to find a hole big enough for me to slip through unnoticed, I just walked down the sidewalk and nabbed a few shots from there. I am happy with what I ended up with.

More at Flickr.

Colorful Explosions

Last month the family and I made the short trek down to Newberg to catch the fireworks show that they hold on the last saturday in July to close out the Old Days festival. We have been attending the show for the last four to five years with our church. This year was an interesting one becuase we had our dog Scotty with us. The reason why he was there is becuase we adopted another dog, whom we named Charlie, the same night.


This was Scotty's first fireworks show so he was quite freaked during the first few minutes of the show so I had to hold him down to prevent him from running off.

Once he settled down, I was able to free one had to take some shots of the fireworks. Suprisingly I was able to get quite a few shots while holding my camera in one hand and keeping Scotty at bay with the other.

Here are a few of the results.

More are available at Flickr.

Ugh!

getting the dreaded Err99 on the 40. This is the kind of thing that can bring you to your knees and beg God for redemption if you are attatched to your camera like i am. or rather throw it out the window. :-)

so at this point i have no idea what is causing the errors to occur. i thought that it maybe the 17-85mm but then i got the error tonight using my 50mm. i cleaned the lens contacts on the camera so i don't think that is the problem. the shutter seems to be operating fine. battery contacts and voltages are in check. memory cards are good.....

another thing i just tried is doing a complete reset of the camera by taking out both the main battery and the clock battery, no lens and no memory card and let the camera sit for ~20 min. let's hope this works. if it doesnt, then i may have to recheck the shutter....

blah!

i am managing to get some shots in between the rampant camera failures. i'll post some when i get my hands on the card reader....

Rally Cross Time!

I was invited to ride along in an amateur rally cross event today out at the Washington County fair grounds in Hillsboro. The driver I rode with, Tristan, has been into rally cross for several years now and was racing his red Eagle Talon that he picked up from a fellow racer. Normally, Tristan drives with his wife Sarah, but she is in her second trimester with their first child and had to understandably sit this one out.

The weather was great for the race but the sky was clear which left shooting conditions of harsh sun and dark shadows. My camera settings jumped around quite a bit depending on the time of day, position, and what I was trying to capture at any given moment.

I stuck to using my two zoom lenses which are the 17-85mm EF-S and an older 100-300 F5.6 L. I used these instead of my prime lenses (non zoom) so I could move around and shoot different turns in the course from one or two locations. The tail end of the course proved to be a real good spot for grabbing shots of the cars. The dust that was kicked up by the cars dissipated quickly and wasn't a real big issue as far as affecting my camera.

The Oregon Trail Rally which takes place in mid May will bring in several big name pros to compete at PIR and out at Hood River. I was at the event a year or two ago and it was quite the show. I would like to go again this year but the event conflicts with my work schedule so it probably won't happen. The next event at Hillsboro will take place on May 30th.

You can check the Oregon Rally Group website for more information.

Here are a few pics from the event that I have uploaded to my Flickr acct. These shots are straight from the camera. I have more shots that need some adjustments that I hope to post later. Until then, enjoy!

And the beat goes...

So I have been busy as of late with several things: working on the truck, managing the work/personal life balance, Jackson's 3rd birtday party, getting a new dog, and trying to squeeze in the occasional snap or two of the camera, and working on a new family budget with the wife. I have been taking a lot of pictures lately but I just haven't found the time to really check them out. I hope in the next week or so to be able to post something recent up here so stay tuned. I'm out!

quick post

Been a slacker after the rededication....so here are a few shots of the kids at indoor playground today taken with my recently purchased 85mm f1.8.