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A Few From the Fire House

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Nothing tip-related, tutorial-esque, or educational today, just thought I’d share some photos from one of the local photo clubs I participate in regularly.  One of our members is the on-staff photographer, and was able to get us permission to take photos for an entire session.  We even got one of the guys to get in his gear and do some shots with us.  Devin is the guys name and he totally was cool with our posing instructions and everything – this guy even kept this super heavy fire hose on his shoulder for like 30 minutes while we had him stand and pose, looking in various directions and holding his head a certain way.

So, without further ado – here’s a few samples/selects from what I am affectionately calling:

The Fire House Shoot

Fire House 1

Fire House 2

Fire House 3

Fire House 4

Fire House 5

 

And to close out the series, one that struck me while there was a scene that reminded me of why we have these courageous men to serve and protect us…

Fire House 6

 

The poses that Devin struck were directed courtesy of yours truly (stop back in later this week for more details on the posing techniques I used), and all post processing was done using your favorite photo editor (and mine):  Adobe Lightroom!


Adobe Lightroom 3

Thanks to Tim Tonge for organizing the event, and to the brave men of Castle Rock Firehouse for tolerating our presence for an afternoon!

The Ides of April

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Well, it’s not really the ides of April, more the Ides of Closing.  Yup, us nomads are at it again – we just can’t seem to settle down.  Our cross-country move into an apartment for 6 months, then another move into our current house for two years was not enough.  Nope, we got the itch again.  Funny how the moving itch is coincidentally happening within a week of our seven year anniversary.  Isn’t that supposed to be the itch?  Oh well, I’ll take this itch over the alternative.  So, with this being closing date and all, I’ve clearly got a lot on the plate today and throughout the remainder of the week.

Believe it or not though, I’ve got a couple really good posts lined up over the next few days (amazing what happens to your content when you plan ahead, eh? 🙂 )  For today, I am bringing back the “Shout outs” theme from the previous months Flickr Group contributions.  These are just a sampling from the entire month of March to the group pool, and have nothing to do with the contests.  Just some images that I thought deserved a little recognition…so, without further ado, here’s that random sampling.  Thanks to all who have so generously shared their images and who continue to do so – it’s awesome to enjoy all the talent that is out there!

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

Flickr March

I think I got the order right, but if I cross-referenced these wrong after download, please let me know.  Honors this month go respectively to the following people:

  • Grey Hamster
  • Josh Cohen
  • KaleidoscopePhotos
  • karensk7
  • KBTImages
  • NZSnapper
  • Sue90ca
  • and whalenmdw

Thanks to them especially for their creative, inspiring and thoughtful contributions!  Everyone’s were really great so it was even hard to narrow it down to a select few here too.  Keep on sharing and next month, we’ll see which ones end up on the blog.  Stop over to their respective Flickr threads and give them some praise for their excellent work!

Speaking of months – don’t forget there’s not much time left in April to enter the Balance themed contest to win an Expo Disc from the generous folks over at Expo Imaging!  Entries are taken until midnight April 30th, MDT (GMT-7).  Good luck and don’t forget to enter your images in the thread here.

Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more news and updates from the LDP/CB corner of the photo world! 🙂

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