On Aviation and Photography:
"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." -- Amelia Earhart
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” - - Ansel Adams
UPDATED: September 19, 2010
Hi, My name is Bill and I am updating my homepage to reflect a wonderful event in my life...marriage, September 18, 2010, to my best friend Tara...known to many of you as auntietk here on Renderosity.
We "met" shortly after I joined Renderosity in August 2008. We share a love for photography and indeed all types of art.
We live north of Seattle and enjoy getting to share photographic excursions and information with other Renderositians ( is "Renderositians" even a word? ). LOL
As for me, it seems like I've been taking pictures all my life but I didn't get serious enough to purchase my first Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera until May 2008. In May 2009 I upgraded from an Olympus E-510 to an Olympus E-30 with a wide variety of lenses.
My subject areas of interest include absolutely everything but with a frequent return to airplanes, cars, tanks, etc., ...or as Tara says, machines that make lots of noise;-)
If you are curious, I am pictured above in a Grumman Corsair on a taxiway of the Kansas City Downtown Airport. I used to fly and train others to fly airplanes. That will explain my frequent forays into the world of aviation. Last but by no means least, thanks to Pannyhb for introducing me to Renderosity. The moment I saw it I was hooked.
Fine print: Yes, the photo above is a photo manipulation:-)
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Comments (22)
bobrgallegos
A wonderful capture of master photographer at work Bill!
Faemike55
Very cool capture Bill Tara looks so intent on this shot
faroutsider
There's nothing like shared passion...! Great shot of a great shot :o)
jayfar
A superb capture of the birthday girl taking a superb photo for Helle..
tennesseecowgirl
My tripod just took a dive. One of the clamps on one of the legs broke, so I am shopping for a new one. The old one can now be used as an in house small table top type tripod so not a total loss. Nice photo.
durleybeachbum
Great to see the grand master (mistress?) at it!
jendellas
Tara seems very in the zone, lovely capture!!
helanker
HIHIHHII! That is what I said alright LOL! YAY! Here We even get to see HOW the shot was taken. :-) Super capture of Tara. Thank you so much, Bill :)
Blush
Good pic of Tara taking the pic Great capture of this woody area Hugs Susan~
flavia49
wonderful capture
kgb224
This is perfect Bill. Good to see Tara behind the tripod and camera creating a masterpiece for Helle. God Bless.
RodS
I just saw Tara's photo - I can barely see those little fungi dudes here! LOL! A great photo of the Artist at work, Bill!
npauling
Tara is really concentrating to get her fabulous shot. A lovely place to spend some time amongst all this fabulous moss. Great capture.
beachzz
Tara at work!!
bimm3d
wonderful!!!
lyron
Cool shot!!
auntietk
Wow ... that tripod makes me look like I know what I'm doing! :)
MrsRatbag
Great capture of the woman at work! Also great to see exactly where those little shrooms were located. That looks like the same kind of tripod I have!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
"Wow ... that tripod makes me look like I know what I'm doing! :) " hehehehe!! this made me fair chuckle!!!! Great work Bill, I am trying to catch up with everything that has happened, If I miss something, my apols mate!
Jay-el-Jay
A good photograph of a good photographer photographing.
T.Rex
Oh, Bill. A photo on the sly! Will she ever trust you with a camera again? :) Beautiful photo. The spur of the moment unexpected ones are always the best - catches the subject in a natural pose (NO self-consciousness). That's the trick when photographing people and animals (who often get frightened by the lens, which looks like a HUGE eye staring at them. "Is that a huge predator ready to pounce on me? How scary!") That tripod looks quite big and heavy - good stability, but must be a load to carry even when sticking to cleared paths. Now I'm waiting for "Tara's revenge"! Keep up the good work, you two! And a "Cheers!" to Tara for letting you post this! (Nice to see more than just her avatar). :-)
anahata.c
Aside from the fact that we're seeing a photographer at work, and one very close to you, and a first rate photographer too; and aside from the fact that we're seeing a shot for someone we all love being taken, you made a really nice shot in its own right. The thing radiates with sun-filled yellows; the greens radiate, even the background leaves radiate (though softly). But then tara's blouse is in fine contrast to it all, captured with clarity. And she's lined up with the trees behind her and also with her tripod---it's kind of a ganglia of lines coming together. And the shot looms around her with lush growth and a lot of criss crossing tree-lines. It gives a sense of what these overgrown forests look like close up, and what you had to tackle as you went into them to shoot. Really intense yellow light. A happy and very overgrown shot. Fine work, Bill.