Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A day at the park

Last Saturday I met some friends at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno to do some photos for their son Chas. They wanted to take photos over the next few months leading up to Chas's graduation day.

Below are a few of the photos I took. We are going to continue these throughout winter and spring until graduation.







Monday, September 7, 2009

Judgement Day

On August 29th two of my amazing friends Tee and Kelly got married in glorious fashion on the beach of Lake Tahoe.

For those of you who are wondering why I named this posting "Judgement Day"...Think about it, Terminator 2 Judgement Day...August 29th...Get it? Well the friends and family at the wedding sure did when the beautiful bride Tee walked down the aisle to the Terminator theme song which was an awesome touch to a great ceremony.

Our good friend Spencer lead the ceremony and many of Tee and Kelly's family members took part in the ceremony as well.

I was honored to be able to capture their special day from the lens of my camera(s). Below are a few of the photos I took on their special day.













Congratulations Tee and Kelly Dow!!!

If you would like to see more photos please visit my Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidduffy/

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Track Days

I know it's been awhile since my last post, so first and foremost I would like to thank my friend Tyson for inviting me to this event yesterday because who knows how long it would of been before I'd use my gear.

This weekend at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno there was an autocross event in the main parking lot (where they normally have RVs for sale). There was also a big car show going on but paying $20 to look at other people's cars didn't seem like that much fun to me.

The autocross event was a new experience for me. It was really cool to see the different types of cars used for this kind of racing. It is a lot different than your normal drag racing and you really have to know how to drive your car to compete well in an event like this.

Below are a few photos I took at the event.











Hopefully I'll be updating this more often. So until next time...

-dave

Sunday, May 3, 2009

St. Patty's in Monterey

Well actually in Watsonville, CA. My wife and I went down to the beach for the week of St. Patty's to clear our heads and to take a break from school and work. This certainly wasn't a photography trip but I bring my gear anywhere I go just in case something worth taking a photo of pops up.

So on the 2nd night there we had a new moon which means that there is very little light in the sky which allows the stars to shine bright. So I went to set up my gear for a star trails shot and then I realized that I didn't pack my tripod...That is almost as important as bringing the camera when doing star trails. So I figured what the hell and rested the camera on the rail of the deck over looking the ocean. The wind was blowing pretty hard that night so I actually ended up taping the camera to the rail to make sure it didn't fall off, which would of been bad because its at least a 30 foot drop off of the deck.

Below is the photo that I ended up with. The lights to the right are small planes that were flying over the ocean for the hour that this shot took to complete.



So let me know what you think. Hopefully I'll be updating this more often now that spring/summer is here and I'll being out shooting more.

Until next time...

Monday, March 2, 2009

Head shots and what not

So this weekend I had the pleasure of shooting some head shots for a friend of a friend named Teresa, although I would now consider Teresa a friend of mine as well. Teresa was in town for a few day from LA and needed some head shots taken so I was more than happy to help her out.

I appreciated the fact that Teresa asked me to do these for her because with winter being here I haven't done much photography at all and really needed to get the gear out again and shoot.

This was the first time I was able to use the studio my friend Mr. Sibley and I setup in his new place which worked out really well.

Below are a few of the photos I shot this weekend. Again I would like to thank Teresa for making me get my gear out and shoot again. Don't forget who did your first head shots when your a big time actress in LA!






Please let me know what you think. Comments are always appreciated. To see more of my photos please go to my Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidduffy/

Until next time...