The Photo-op

Love

2009-11-29T09:32:00.000-05:00

Before Kevin and Stacey's wedding ceremony, I was able to get a shot of the rings resting on the passage Kevin's dad, Tom, read from his Bible during the service.

"Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity." --Colossians 3:14

Duncan

2009-11-20T12:46:00.002-05:00

From Blogger Pictures

This is a photo I took of Duncan while he was trying to sleep. I like this photo because he looks dumb.

Photo taken July 24, 2009; ISO 1600; Exposure 1/40; Aperture 5.6

Nick

2009-11-18T15:04:00.003-05:00

I was lucky enough to spend this past weekend with my youth group, spawning a nostalgic browse through my "Youth Group Photos" folder. This one is from a 2004 spaghetti dinner.

2009-11-06T20:23:00.002-05:00

Mt. McKinley

From Blogger Pictures

I took this photo in Denali National Park in Alaska. I love how the mountain almost doesn't look real.

Photo taken August 3, 2009; ISO 100; Exposure 1/250; Aperture 11

Used Books

2009-10-26T17:39:00.002-04:00

From The Photo-op

Also titled "A Reflection of Me."

Forget-Me-Not

2009-10-21T21:55:00.003-04:00

From Blogger Pictures

This is the state flower of Alaska.

Photo taken August 2, 2009; ISO 200; Shutter speed 1/160; Aperture 5.6

Arrival of the Red Worms

2009-10-17T22:51:00.000-04:00

So, my camera has been on the fritz lately, but cooperated long enough for me to get a few shots of the newly arrived red worms. In just a few months, these worms will transform ordinary fruit/veggie scraps into primo compost.

Farmer's Market

2009-10-14T15:28:00.002-04:00

This is a photo from our trip to Russell Farm a few weeks ago. The colorful produce really looked beautiful together.

Monday Morning

2009-10-12T21:42:00.003-04:00

This is a completely self-indulgent photo of how I spent my morning. I bought a cupcake from a West Village bakery and walked over to the Hudson River Park and proofread by the water.

Picnic table, cupcake, purple pencil, clipboard, book, water, New Jersey.

Red Door

2009-10-08T18:40:00.002-04:00

From Blogger Pictures

This is another photo I took on the Binghamton Photo Walk. I was inspired to take this photo by the UM Campaign 10,000 doors (tenthousanddoors.org).

Photo taken July 18, 2009; ISO 1600; Exposure 1/13; Aperture 5.6;

Downtown Binghamton

2009-10-03T12:06:00.002-04:00

From Blogger Pictures

I took this photo on our PhotoWalk in Binghamton. I like how the sun plays on the buildings.

Photo taken July 18, 2009; ISO 1600; Exposure 1/100; Aperture 7.1

First Day of Fall

2009-10-01T07:30:00.003-04:00

This is one of my favorite photos from apple picking this year. The composition of my son’s pudgy little hands around his first apple capture this memory perfectly!

Study of Kayak

2009-09-22T21:02:00.003-04:00

These two photos are both from Seneca Lake this summer. These were taken during different phases of the sunset. I was trying to capture different colors behind this silhouette.

Anne at baseball

2009-09-22T13:41:00.001-04:00

2009-09-21T19:03:00.002-04:00

From Blogger Pictures

I know it's slightly creepy and all because I'm not married to Tim, but for some reason I really like this picture. Perhaps it's because of my stalkerish personality. This photo was taken at Vacation Bible School in July and you can see an out-of-focus Park Terrace UMC in the background. I did not get this close to Tim to take this picture. He, in fact, was charging me.

Photo taken on July 13, 2009, ISO 100, Exposure 1/200, Aperture 4.5

Amy

2009-09-21T17:21:00.004-04:00

My camera has been broken since July. Luckily, this happened after Camp LEAD, at which I took many pictures of the great teenagers chosen by their churches to attend this camp. Here Amy is blowing up a plastic raft for an unspecified (on purpose) group activity.

Spider

2009-09-20T15:04:00.000-04:00

Here's one of my shots from our photo walk in Owego.

Dori

2009-09-14T19:06:00.002-04:00

From Blogger Pictures

I took this photo through a screendoor at my house while playing around with my new camera. I might be the only one who likes this picture, but I do. Photo taken July 8, 2009, ISO 500, Exposure 1/60, Aperture 5.6.

Random Flowers on the Deck

2009-09-11T10:59:00.004-04:00

This photo was one of the first, if not THE first, taken with my new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi.

Photo Taken: July 3, 2009, ISO: 200, Aperture: 4.0, Focal Length: 18mm

Fire in the Sky and on the Shore

2009-08-24T22:10:00.003-04:00

While on vacation on Seneca Lake I took this photo using a slow shutter speed to capture some movement of the flames.

Owego Photo Walk

2009-08-23T22:50:00.000-04:00

The Photo-op went on a photo walk of Owego, NY tonight. My camera has been really acting up as of late, but I was fortunate to be able to make a couple decent exposures. Using the monochrome mode seemed to help. The photo above features the row of businesses on Front Street that line the bank of the Susquehanna River. If you look closely, you can see where a new river walk is being constructed. The photo below was taken in monochrome, then as I tinkered around in Picasa I somehow managed to make the red in the flag appear. (Just don’t ask me how…)

Purple Thistle

2009-08-23T22:21:00.005-04:00

This thistle was growing by the lakehouse on Seneca Lake where my family stayed. Once again I'm playing with the depth of field. The contrast between the sharp quills in the forground and the fuzzy ones in the background make this one of my favorite shots.

Purple Cone Flowers

2009-08-23T08:31:00.003-04:00

This photo was taken while on the Binghamton Photo Walk. I was playing with depth of field.

Maxwell

2009-08-09T09:23:00.002-04:00

From The Photo-op

My favorite picture I have taken with my new camera, the Canon Rebel XS. Taken on the manual setting.

Worldwide Photo Walk - Sarah's Contribution

2009-07-26T17:40:00.001-04:00

Here's my favorite of the ones I snapped on the Binghamton Photo Walk.

Binghamton Photo Walk

2009-07-20T16:19:00.001-04:00

Four of us joined about thirty other photographers in Binghamton for Scott Kelby’s Second Annual Worldwide Photo Walk this past Saturday. I thoroughly enjoyed The Photo-op’s first official photography outing (including our dinner at The New Argo Restaurant.) I used some of the software that came with my camera to tinker around with tone curve on the photo above.

More photos from the walk can be viewed on Flickr. And while you’re visiting other sites, be sure to watch us going photo crazy on WBNG’s coverage of the photo walk.

Lily

2009-07-20T16:12:00.000-04:00

I led a session on photography during activity time for Music Camp one day last week. We spent a few minutes talking about composition while making exposures of a flowerbed outside Founders’ Lodge. I thought of Sarah when I saw the rain drops still hanging out on this lily.

Seth

2009-07-16T10:58:00.001-04:00

It rained at Sky Lake last week, and Seth brought his boots just in case.

Boots

2009-07-04T14:05:00.002-04:00

This is my first upload from my new camera, Canon Rebel XS. Boots stretched out with her paw in the foreground. Taken in Manual Mode.

Daisies

2009-06-27T17:29:00.000-04:00

Baby Bat

2009-06-26T19:19:00.000-04:00

This week was paid summer staff training at Sky Lake. Yesterday, someone spotted this baby bat on the side of the old ice house. We all took a field trip to see it.

Kevin & Stacey

2009-06-21T21:46:00.001-04:00

Cropped and colors edited using Picnik

Sarah

2009-06-21T13:24:00.000-04:00

Made this exposure of Sarah the other night while we were photographing Kevin and Stacey. Sarah is a founding member of The Photo-op.

Peony

2009-06-20T20:36:00.002-04:00

I enjoy photographing the flora and fauna in my yard. Here’s an exposure of a peony bud preparing to open.