New Blog

I switched my blog platform. You can catch me at www.mississippitokorea.com!!!

Change.

For various reasons, I have decided to not continue with this blog. I am looking to consolidate all my blogs under one Wordpress or something like that. Until I make the switch, I will only be updating at Mississippi To Korea. Thanks!

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.

I took this photo at a Cosplay convention a few weeks ago.



These days I have been spending a fair amount of time reading up on strobist type shooting and even tried some water drop shots last night that all came out looking like crap, but hopefully I will be able to try again tomorrow night and the results will be a little bit better. I was really having some focusing issues. See the next post for what I am talking about!

Millions of Animals

Millions of Animals, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.

Went out with some friends to a market this past weekend and couldn't pass up this stand of small animals.

Friday's Flickr Favorites #3 Frazier Meadows waterfall

Frazier Meadows waterfall taken by Paul Xland

This Friday's favorite was taken by Paul Xland and it is a beauty. I love the movement of the water and the natural framing in this shot. A couple of Paul's other photos that I like are this shot of Lookout Mountain and this photo of tunnel number 6. Check out his photo stream for more great photos.


Each photographer appearing on Friday's Flickr Favorites has agreed in writing to have their chosen picture displayed with links to their original photo page.

Tilt Shift Fake

Mini Dongtan, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.

I actually did this about a month ago. I read a few tutorials, but the main one I read was this one from the Visual Photo Guide. It definitely works best if you are shooting from above. I was actually on the 25th floor of an apartment when I took this shot.

I have had a problem lately that I have been reading too much and not going out to take pictures. I have pretty much decided that I am spending way too much time reading and surfing about photography and just need to get out there and shoot more. I have also decided that I am going to keep my camera on me at all times. I just don't have the time these days to plan on going on photo walks more than once a week and am just gonna have to take shots when I can.

Night Flower

Night Flower, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.

I bought a SB26 and a cheapo flash trigger about a month ago. I have been experimenting and trying to read up on Strobist as much as I can. I keep waiting to buy umbrellas until I get back stateside. I took a bunch of photos tonight of my wife's birthday flowers. I got a couple of keepers but I thought that this one came out nice.