Sunrise & power poles

Sunrise & power poles
Originally uploaded by fwisneski

If we didn't have 112 degree heat yesterday, I wouldn't have gotten this image this morning. Which, of course, includes 1 of my favorite things, power poles. Yes it was hot. But who could complain about waking up and driving into work with this?

When you look at things in the proper perspective, everything seems okay. There will be many changes around here soon. I won't see many of you as often, and I won't be at Tri much longer. But I am in a good place right now, and excited about these changes, and of course, spending some much needed time with my family.

If you missed it, please enjoy todays sunrise. I know I did.

Shot, of course, with the iPhone 4

California Science Center

Faded and Blurred had our latest photo walk on Saturday, 9/25/10. Dubbed the "choose your own museum" walk, as there are several museums at Exposition Park in LA. It was a family friendly walk, so we packed up my favorite models and headed on out.

As I would be shooting in the museums all day under poor lighting conditions, I took my rarely used Canon 35mm f/1.4L to assist, and it worked amazingly well. All in all, a great way to spend a very hot day in LA!

Welcome back students!

This is kind of bittersweet for me. I'm embarking on my last semester at Tri. I will miss you guys at school, but my priorities lay elsewhere. For those of you that don't know, my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 6 weeks ago. Yes, I need to continue to take care of my daughter, and my family. But I also need to refocus on my own passion, my own craft. We teachers at Tri only have 6 weeks off from school per year, and I just didn't ever have enough time to do anything photographically for myself. So I will also be shooting a lot more.

With that said, we kicked off our first shooting class with a bang. 60 plus students, all shooting a good friend, fellow student, and Faded & Blurred member, Tammy.

The LA County Fair

Took the family to the LA County Fair this past weekend. We hadn't gone the last 2 years, and since we've been gone, they added quite a few new exhibits, and expanded the rides sections. The dinosaur exhibit is awesome!

The kids had a blast! Here are some of the images from our day at the fair. And yes, we won a fish...



All images shot with the Canon 5D MK II and the Canon 24-105 f/4L

Flowers with the 100-400?

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Originally uploaded by fwisneski

Yes, this image was shot with my new current infatuation, the Canon 100-400 4.5-5.6L. no, not a macro lens, but a big effen zoom lens. This lens still amazes me, and it has a surprisingly close focusing distance of 6 feet. For a reference point, the 70-200 f2.8L is 4 ft.

Taken in the hot house at the Arboretum.