Pacific Ocean today

Chrissie and I were out at the beach today and I snapped a few photos. I think this one turned out kinda cool.

The New Swing

These were taken the morning after I built the big swing in the back yard along with this one here.

 

I love Benji’s reaction to how high Evie is getting on the swing.

ISO 400, 1/600 sec exposure, 60 mm, at f/7.1

4th of July

I took a few shots while the kids shot off fireworks. This one was taken while one of those pulsing strobe fireworks was going off. ISO 400, 3.2 sec exposure, 50 mm,  at f /4.5 

The rest of the 4th stuff is here

Mike gettin ready to peg a guy at second!

Nice action shot of Ron

Tommy contemplating the game of baseball… or just stairin off in space

Mike contemplating the game of baseball

A pic I took of Mike at his ball game

3rd of july at the taste

Family + taste of chicago + fireworks = good time & the bokeh collection

Sorry for the random non-artsy ones but you can view the rest here: http://www.genecrucean.com/photography/08/4oj08/

Long Exposure

Here is a shot I got the other night out on my deck. I liked the lighting in the shots I got at my anniversary of the people at this table, but because I was shooting moving people, I had the ISO all the way up and they were kind of grainy. I shot this one at   f8.0 with   ISO 100   and  a 13 second exposure. It took me about 5 tries til I held still enough.

My Cool Chicago

Here’s some cool stuff that I shot here in Chicago … mostly at night.  There is also some storm pictures shot from the roof here at my apartment complex.  Lastly, a shot of the most beautiful rainbow I’ve ever been fortunate enough to witness. A full, dual shelf work of art that spanned the entire sky.  When I got in a cab and sped off to find the pot of gold at the end, there was nothing but an empty, badly mangled bucket and some police “caution” tape … that’s life in the city for ya!’