Introducing the Classic Series

The fall colors are strong, but not vivid like some years. It begged to be a black and white.

I think with this weather change, the leaves are mostly gone, but you can enjoy these beautiful limited edition prints available on Etsy.

October is Clergy Appreciation Month

We love our pastor. This month is the month to remember and honor him for all that he does. There would be no great pastor without the great lady that stands behind him, his wife.

October 31st we are giving away a family portrait package to one pastor and his family. The pastor either needs to live in Syracuse, NY or Binghamton, NY areas or be willing to travel to there for their portrait session.

The Prize: They will receive a portrait session, one 8x10, four 5x7, and nine wallets. That's a $100 value.

The Rules:

• You can nominate any clergy or their wife. leave a comment here why they should win, or on the studio blog when the giveaway is posted.
• To make it fair, a candidate's name is only in the hat once.
• They have to be local or can travel to us.
• You can nominate your wife if you're a pastor.

How to enter:
Leave a comment on the blog why they should win. I'll take all the names and throw them in a hat and pick one out on Oct 31, 2010.

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Blue Jazz

We went for a walk last night, well after dark, so the girls took their flashlights along. One green and one blue, the blue had the glowing baton part turned on and was operated by a 2 year old who just wanted to move it around. Hold the shutter open and walk down the sidewalk.

The Waxing Moon

The moon was little more than a sliver tonight. Beautiful, silver and stepping quickly to the west, ever chasing the sun. I had originally gone out to shoot pictures of Jupiter, but it was hiding behind a tree. The moon was off to the southwest and no trees obstructed the view. For the technical diehards, shot the moon from a tripod with Nikon D50 105mm f/5.6 1/250. I did crop and double the size of the moon in post production. I hope that doesn't throw any tides off tonight.

Syracuse Astronomical Society Public Viewing

We had a blast at the SAS last night. We saw a comet, Jupiter and 3 moons and a nebula. I did take along a camera with a 11-18mm lens to capture a wide swath of the night sky.

That's the Milky Way running vertically through the center. This is nearly overhead with a slight tip to the east. For you photo junkies out there, this is ISO 1250 F/4.5 11mm manual focus to infinity.

Here's another shot of the Milky Way looking east off the horizon.

Red light is easier on your night vision, so they have red lights inside their observatory building. There's one more public viewing next month, weather permitting. You can find out more about this little slice of amazing on their website. These are best seen in original size on black in a darkened room.

Flooding

Had an errand to make at lunch on Friday and found my short cut closed. Road flooded. Lots of people were cutting through anyways. I wasn't going to try it, I like my car too much and it's pretty low to the ground. That's moving water by the way.

Butternut drive was flooded at both ends, ironically in front of the Manlius DPW and the State DOT garages. Must be the budget cuts.

 All license plates have been blurred out to protect the guilty from disobeying the road closed signs.