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Small Town Traffic

Fri Feb 10, 2017

I have been going back and refining old photos, some that I have posted and some that I overlooked or though weren't good enough. Having learned lots of new editing techniques I'm having a blast implementing and experimenting with them and seeing what comes out of it. I took this photo in downtown Columbus when I was living in Columbus. My wife and I moved to West Point in late 2015, so many of my early photos in HDR were taken in Columbus because I would just get out and about and practice, experiment and learn. I am working on branching out to more and more of the state so be patient with me if you haven't seen any or enough photos from your home town or home county. I'll get there.

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Boat Reflection

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Tiny Boat

Thu Feb 9, 2017

I've been going back through some really old photos the last couple of days, reflecting on the two years I have spent posting photos to this blog and the three years that I've been immersed in HDR photography. This is a really early photo that I felt I could never get quite right until now. In the early days I was pretty much guessing at the post-processing part of photography, doing more experimenting that anything else. Over that time I have learned a lot and am now more calculating in the approach I take to post-processing (though not with every single photo). I can take a look at a photo and know how to attack it in Lightroom and Photoshop and foresee the outcome a little better, mostly because I know my tools much better. I'm still learning and hopefully growing and will continue to get better and better. Posting everyday allows me to see the progress I'm making and foreces me to keep getting better.

This photo was taken in Columbus from the River Walk bridge at sunset.

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Two Years!

Wed Feb 8, 2017

Today marks two years of Mississippi in HDR. That means for the last 728 days I have successfully posted a photo. It's been fun to learn and explore new phtography techniques and editing styles and to grow as a photographer. I feel like I still have a long way to go but I have come far since I began this project, and in the process have branched out into other types of photography.

To help celebrate I am offereing a coupon code for 25% off of prints for my entire gallery. Simply go here or click on the above photo to see the full gallery and use the code TWOYEARS to get the discount on any or all prints. This will last for one week!

The above photo is one of the first successful HDR photographs that I captured with my tiny little Sony NEX-3 at the Columbus Marina. This was taken at sunset and the colors were great and the water was offering some nice reflections.

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Christmas Table

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Christmas Table

Sun Dec 18, 2016

This is my mom's Christmas table. For as far back as I can remember we gathered around the table at my parents house on Christmas Eve to celebrate together and at the end of the night exchange gifts. Christmas time has always been very special to me and my family.

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Grandmommy's Tree

Thu Dec 15, 2016

This is my grandmother's tree, but we call our grandmother, Grandmommy. Grandmommy passed away a couple of weeks ago at the age of 90 and the evening after her funeral I snapped a photo of her little tree that she puts up every year and I thought it was fitting for the first photo of the 10 days of Christmas photos should be hers as a tiny little tribute to her. It will definitely be tough having our first Christmas without her, but I know I'll get to see her again someday. Merry Christmas, Grandmommy!

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Cliff Hanger

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Cliff Hanger

Mon Nov 21, 2016

I love when the fair comes to town so that I can play around with shooting lights at nighttime. All kinds of colorful, moving lights to capture. It's interesting to see the results of the movment contrasting against still objects, creating a bit of abstractness amidst the recognizable things.

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Fant Hall

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Fant Hall

Sun Nov 20, 2016

This is a photo of Fant Hall on the beautiful MUW campus. The W is a great place to shoot and a place that I often went to do that when I lived in Columbus.

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Red & White Trails

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Red & White Trails

Thu Nov 17, 2016

I used to want to take light trail photos so bad when I first got into photography but in my ignorance I didn't really know where to start or when exactly to take the shot. Now that I have more camera knowledge and experience I can get those types of shots. Here is one from a bridge going over Highway 82 just outside of Columbus right after sunset.

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Sunset Silo

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Sunset Silo

Tue Nov 15, 2016

Here is something you don't typically see in Mississippi. A silo. Just kidding, but I thought this particular silo was in an interesting place and likely not being used anymore. And let's face it... against such a beautiful sunset, anything would look good in this photo. Sometimes you just need a subject and it matters little what it is.

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Barber Pole in the Snow

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Barber Pole in the Snow

Sun Nov 13, 2016

Enjoy today's photo from Snowpocalypse 2015. I really hope we get another snow like this again soon.

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