The Obvious

Titus Bartos Portrait

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30 -0500

I had a couple of hours of free time today, and thought about taking a self portrait... which is a task I am not particularly excited about. However, I am relatively pleased with the way this photo turned out.
With the exception of a couple of color balance curves and the right portion of the background, this photo is pretty much as shot. For...

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MTSU Rec Center

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00 -0500

This is a photo of the MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) Recreational/Rec Center. I have passed by this building over and over again for almost five years now, and I've never thought about photographing it. However, a couple of weeks ago I was taking photos of a sunset on campus, and when I turned around I noticed the sky reflecting...

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Lascassas Storm

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:21 -0500

A week after last year's Good Friday tornado that we had in Murfreesboro, I was driving through another storm on HWY 96 going towards Lascassas, TN. After about twenty minutes of driving through the pouring rain, I was able to get in front of the storm and take a couple of photos. You cannot tell from this photo, but there were very...

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Maney Avenue

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53 -0500

Here is another photo from last Friday, when my friend Keith and I went out to take photos during the snow storm. We were both soaked (and so was our equipment) and were driving home when we decided to make one last stop in the middle of the intersection between Main Street and Maney Avenue. We both took a couple of shots, and this is the last...

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Frozen Field

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:53 -0500

This is the third photo from our recent snow storm in Murfreesbooro, TN. It's taken somewhere close to the Stones River Artillery Monument, right off the Murfreesboro Greenway.
Keith and I were driving around looking for a way to take photos of the iced trees and plants on the Greenway, and he pointed out the field that was right next to...

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Untitled Snow

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30 -0500

The second photo from the recent snow storm in Murfreesboro. Not as striking at the previous one, but I still like it ;). If you visit The Obvious on Monday, I will be posting one of my favorite photos in a long time... very unique and certainly different. And since I gave a hint on the Facebook Page, I will say that it's got a lot of pink...

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Oaklands Trail

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:38 -0500

Yesterday afternoon it started snowing in Murfreesboro, and as opposed to what we had a couple of weeks ago (which I called "dandruff storm"), this was much more like real snow. Needless to say that I spent the whole day driving around with a friend of mine (Keith).
This photo was taken right after the snow started, at the Murfreesboro...

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The Girl With Golden Hair

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:10 -0500

Although "The Lip" is our youngest daughter's signature pose, here is Sonia practicing it during a short visit at the studio yesterday.
Lighting info for the interested: two SB900 flashes - one left through an octodome, one right through an umbrella, and three white reflectors for highlighting the shadow areas.
On a different matter, we...

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David B&W

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:43 -0500

Every now and then I get to enjoy a quick visit from my wife at the studio... and today she stopped by with David (our youngest child). I had just a couple of minutes to setup my flashes and softbox, and took a few dozen photos of him while he was in a good mood.
I know this photo is very similar to the one I posted not too long ago... but...

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Green House, Window, and Cat

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:50 -0500

For about two weeks now, I have been walking to and from work (about 2.5 miles each way). Working on the computer on various projects has taken a toll on my weight, and since I cannot stand the thought of working out, I decided to do that which I did all my life while I was in Romania: walk. Walking does miracles for me on a psychological level,...

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