Earth Day 2014

I had the pleasure to be involved with the Earth Day Celebration at the Camera Education Nature Photography Workshop held at Canon U.S.A. today.


Just recently, Canon Americas Headquarters has been awarded LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. And to celebrate Earth Day, activities and information booths were set up for employees to learn a bit more about being green, and learn about macro photography with Canon DSLRs and Canon Macro lenses and Speedlites.


That's where I come in. I was asked by members of the consumer product group to assist in two 2 hour hands-on workshops photographing flowers with Canon gear. A quick powerpoint presentation was given by Jay, then the fun started!


We had three different stations set up, with different flowers to shoot, and a multitude of gear to shoot it with.


Of course I had to "test out" the flowers before anyone got there to make sure they were photogenic enough!!

Canon EOS-1D X with EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM and EF12mm Extension Tube
1/200 sec @ f/22 at ISO 800
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Canon EOS-1D X with EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200 sec @ f/22 at ISO 800
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Canon EOS-1D X with EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200 sec @ f/4.5 ISO 10,000 +2/3 EC
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Canon EOS-1D X with EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM and EF12mm Extension Tube
1/50 sec @ f/22 ISO 1600
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Canon EOS-1D X with MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
1/10 sec @ f/16 ISO 800
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Canon EOS-1D X with MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
1/25 sec @ f/16 ISO 1000

Canon EOS-1D X with MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
1/25 sec @ f/16 ISO 1000

Canon EOS-1D X with EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM and EF12mm Extension Tube
1/200 sec @ f/22 at ISO 800 +2/3 FEC
Canon MR-14EX II Ringlite

Happy Earth Day!!

Keep 'em sharp!

-Dan

Cape May - April 2014

So I was planning on posting about photographing the lunar eclipse that happened, (or so I was told) this morning starting at 2:00 am. Well, since the clouds and fog rolled into Atlantic City, NJ, all I was treated to was a real fuzzy greyish circle over the ocean.

Luckily, we spent a beautiful day in Cape May which is about 50 minutes south of Atlantic City. Kim and I have visited Cape May in the past, and there is so much to photograph and see there. Cape May is filled with quaint Victorian Bed & Breakfasts, loaded with shops in the Washington Street Mall, and is the home of the Cape May Lighthouse.

Kim and Stephanie did some shopping, Danny and I did some shooting, and Timothy kinda bounced back and forth between us.

Washington Street Mall
Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode

I added a Circular Polarizing filter when I had the right angle to the sun to make the sky pop a bit more. The HDR mode on the EOS 5D Mark III really helped this as well!

Washington Street Mall
Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode

Washington Street Mall
Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
1/160th @ f/11 -2/3 EV ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode

The Shopping Queen!

The B&B's are all so colorful they seem fake!

Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
TS-E24mm f/3.5L II
1/200th @ f/8 ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode

The porches of these gorgeous homes all line up and seem to go on forever! The owners are all really nice and have no problem with anyone going up on the porch to take a few photographs.

Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
1/50th @ f/8 ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode

These larger hotels and B&B's line the shore and overlook the ocean. I would love to stay there one summer!

Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
TS-E24mm f/3.5L II
1/60th @ f/8 ISO 200
In-camera HDR Art Vivid Mode
Three vertical photographs stitch by shifting the 24mm tilt-shift from left to right. Stitched in Adobe Photoshop

The photo above is one of my favorites from the trip! It was the perfect opportunity to stitch together shots from a tilt-shift lens. When keeping the camera in one position, shift the lens from left to center to right to cover the area you want to photograph. The alignment is so easy since the focal plane is not moving.


Since the sunset pretty much was non-existent with the low-lying clouds, I tried to make the best of the situation and shoot some tight shots of the light after it was turned on.

Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May, NJ
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM
1/125th @ f/5.6 ISO 800

All in all it was a good day in Cape May! I made the best of crappy light, crappy skies, and took advantage of the technology in the camera and the lenses in my bag! Don't be afraid to try something different, something that is outside of your comfort zone.

Thanks for looking!

BTW... what does everyone think of the new logo??

Keep 'em sharp!

Welcome to the new Dan Neri Photography Blog!

I've tossed around the idea of starting a blog for some time now, and with all of the new opportunities for me to shoot more, with new and exciting camera equipment, I figured now is a good time as any to get this thing started.

Hopefully I can keep up on this. I will be posting photographs from trips, shoots, and jobs as they come up. But it will be more than just photographs. You see, my job at Canon U.S.A is to educate and train the staff on the newest technologies in Canon cameras, lenses and printers. So why not do the same thing with this blog?

I encourage you to visit often, enjoy some of my photographs, and hopefully learn something new about photography or maybe get inspired to go out and shoot something yourself.

Thanks for visiting!

Shooting in the Valley Of Fire, NV
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rickberk.com

Keep 'em sharp!