Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2011-01-25T17:58:00.000-05:00

Self Portrait - Trying to get the hang of off camera flash. This was straight in front of me pointing down about a 45 degree angle.

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-10-28T08:15:00.001-04:00

This is my dog Kaylee. She's pretty difficult to photograph due to her being made of pure caffeine and rocket fuel... but I managed to get another one..

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-10-25T17:58:00.000-04:00

I took a walk around Cox Arboretum today at lunch. This is what I saw.

Dog Rescue

2010-10-21T14:52:00.001-04:00

This is Tank & Bo. (Tank is the Black & White one). Both are cattle dogs in need of a home. I don't really have the resources to foster dogs that need homes, but I like to help out when I can. Having decent pictures of the dogs goes a long way. Even if it is only 5 minutes outside in the parking lot at work. (Which all of my dog rescue photos are).

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-10-12T18:45:00.001-04:00

Playing with off camera flash.

2010 Wes Root Memorial Gold Scramble

2010-09-14T08:26:00.001-04:00

A couple shots from the Wes Root Memorial Golf Scramble.

The Weather held out for a while, but eventually it started getting dark. We did get rained on for about 20 minutes. Overall, it was a good day.

This was one of the possible prizes. No one won it this year, and apparently it doesn't go to the photographer if no one wins.

Hawk

2010-09-13T19:42:00.001-04:00

While photographing the Wes Root Memorial Golf Scramble we spotted this guy sitting in a tree just off the 18th hole.

One of my favorites from my last shoot.

2010-09-02T09:54:00.001-04:00

I recently had a chance to do some photographs of one of my friends children. This was the first time for to work with kids other than my own. I have to say, it was not easy. To all the photographers out there who specialize in child photography, kudos to you.

I started out trying to pose them in various locations but it just didn't feel right to me. Perhaps its just my lack of experience in this area, I'm not sure. I found the best pictures came when I just let the kids play and be themselves.

I had fun and I'm looking forward to doing more sessions like this.

Woodhull

2010-07-26T11:56:00.000-04:00

Service Tech shot if did for a local company.

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-07-20T09:44:00.001-04:00

This is my nephew's girlfriend Casey. This was just a quick shot taken at our 4th of July celebration.

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-07-19T18:58:00.000-04:00

This was the best man at an 1800's wedding reinactiment, he was getting stuff set up just moments before the wedding.

2010-07-19T18:38:00.000-04:00

Bad day in photography....

2010-07-19T13:13:00.002-04:00

I went to a local hot air balloon festival this weekend. I was hoping for some really nice balloon shots. I came home with nothing work keeping. The weather was not the best and towards the end of the day the wind really picked up, making balloon launches a no go.

On a positive note, I did get my flash sync cable from FlashZebra. I can now start experimenting with some Strobist style photos.

Gregory A. Kalmbach Photography

2010-07-16T20:04:00.001-04:00

Sometimes you catch what you're not even looking for..

My Cat - Cookie

2010-07-15T20:48:00.000-04:00

Models Gallery

2010-07-13T00:13:00.002-04:00

I'm back....

2010-07-12T17:37:00.007-04:00

After a long hiatus from the blogging/photography world, I am back. I'm really trying to take the photography route seriously. I've booked a few family shots for this weekend. These will be my first actual customers. I'm excited & nervous.

Today I took a trip to Cox Arboretum to take a few shots. You can see a few of them below.

Models and Mayhem..

2009-08-19T18:28:00.002-04:00

Some of the amateur models I photographed at a Model Mayhem meetup. From my 1st year of photography... There are obvious problems, things I see now that I didn't then. I am learning and getting better.. or so I hope.

Wedding

2009-08-19T18:13:00.003-04:00

This is from an 1800's wedding reenactment. Also from my 1st year of photography.

It's so hard to keep a blog up to date.

2009-07-30T08:25:00.002-04:00

I've fallen behind once again. I really hope to get everything back up and running this weekend.

I'm changing sites...

2009-06-12T11:35:00.000-04:00

I'm changing both my photo repository and my blog site... I'll post the new url when it's ready!!!!

I won the CNet Photography Podcast Contest

2009-02-24T09:51:00.002-05:00

I recently started listening to "Indecent Exposure" The Photography podcast on from CNet. They have a weekly contest and I won this time. The topic this week was "Red".

I recently built a light box so I wanted to use it in my image this week. The topic being red I thought I'd be a literal as possible with this shot.

New Light Box...

2009-02-16T21:37:00.002-05:00

I made a new light box today. Here's the first couple shots from it.

Light box was made from foam core board, white tissue paper, white duct tape, 3 shop lights with clamp, 3 fluorescent 100w light bulbs, 10x14 sheet of glass. I'll add some photos of the light box in case someone want to do this themselves.

Project results... I guess

2009-01-21T08:47:00.002-05:00

Shooting lines for a week was boring boring boring. I didn't get anything really cool. But I think I learned more about seeing lines and how they effect composition. Overall, I didn't have fun doing this one.

Next project, is Texture. Let's see how that goes.

New project ideas...

2009-01-02T16:02:00.002-05:00

I've decided to work on a project of the week. Each week I'll pick a "theme" and that's all I'll photograph. So, for one week I'll concentrate on color, or texture, or geometry, or a particular subject. It that's all I'll do.

This week my theme will be Lines. I'm interested to see what I get and I'll try to post some shots as I get them.