Western Maryland got a little snow last weekend so I dragged Katie out to Swallow Falls State Park for photography purposes. I managed to get some long exposure shots of Muddy Creek Falls, the tallest free-falling waterfall in the State of Maryland. 

I also managed to get a few portraits of Katie.

Look! I'm posting an actual video to my my "Video Blog." This project compares the video quality of my Nikon D5000 and Sony HDR - FX1. I eventually concluded that the the video quality of the D5000 could exceed that of the HDR-FX1 if it was equipped with the right lens. My 35 mm f/1.8 and 70 - 200 mm f/2.8 did very well but I found the kit lens to be a bit lacking.

The past couple weeks I've been shooting a fair amount of stuff out of Katie's window in Frostburg, Maryland.

And here's a time-lapse taken during a snowstorm:

Here's a long exposure of the same scene:

And here's a time-lapse of the sunset:

Yesterday I saw a group of wild turkeys at Green Ridge State Forrest. I honestly didn't even realize wild turkeys still existed. I also noticed a bunch of signs around the park offering a reward to anyone who can produce evidence leading to the arrest of someone who hunts wild turkeys.

A couple days ago, I drove up to visit Katie who is now attending Frostburg State University. On the way I stopped at Rocky Gap State Park to do some hiking. After spending 2 hours climbing 1,000 feet up to summit of Evitt's mountain, I discovered that the "Scenic Overlook" was really more of a "Gas Pipeline" and that "Evitt's homesite" was really more of a "well." While the summit was disappointing, it was still a nice hike through a relatively well maintained park. Afterwards I met Katie at the nearby Lake and we snapped a few photos.

We had our first significant snowfall a couple days ago. On Saturday I headed into the woods with a tripod, five lens and a D200. In addition to some long exposure shots of a nearby river, I got a couple decent photos of a local beaver. They're more common in Columbia then you would expect. Back when I was in High School, I once waded out into a nearby river and one darted right out in front of me. In not sure I've gone wading in the rivers since then. 

I shot one of my best timelapses the other day. It runs from Sunrise to Sunset and I love the way the shadows move across the image. I had to run an extension cord into my backyard so that my camera didn't run out of juice

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New Market Timelapse

I spent last weekend over at Katie's house in New Market, Maryland. While she was off at work I shot a timelapse at a nearby river.



I loved the composition so I headed out the next morning at 7 AM to film the same spot at sunrise. Unfortunately the sunrise shoot ended up having having a really annoying flicker.

First Post

I decided to change up my portfolio website. Here's the old design:

That background is a closeup my my girlfriend Katie's hair. I still kind of like the look but it was hard to update and terrible for search engine optimization.