Thopkins Photography Digital Talk

1st Studio Shoot in Vancouver

2012-01-28T09:08:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing a collection of images that I shot at our main street Vancouver studio location, the studio offers endless opportunity to be creative, we have several back grounds that can be set up, we have grunge walls, brick walls, old pipes and windows making way for some really cool images.

Today i am sharing images taken with 2- High school kids, kids were great and the parents had a great time too, we cranked the music then put on our creative hats and began to shoot, here are some results.

The First image is my tutorial of the week image, the diagram that i put together using Photo Shop is not fancy but certainly should describe our lighting set up.
The main light as illustrated is what I call my metered light, in this case the light pointed directly at Rachel, I meter this light because we want to insure that the skin tone will be right, the other two lights are also metered and adjusted at about a full stop less then the main light, in this case a background light was not needed because my fill on camera right was doing a fine job keeping it lit to my liking.

I hope you enjoy the images and please respond should you have a comment or question

Have A Great Day
© Thomas Hopkins 2012
www.thomashopkinsphotography.com

First Images Of 2012

2012-01-02T08:51:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, I hope all of you have had a wonderful and safe New Years celebration.

Today I am sharing my first images of the New Year, most would suspect to see fireworks or people sharing good times, but me and Darlene decided to take a day trip to the beautiful mountains of Washington, we traveled the Columbia River Gorge on hwy 14 then to hwy 141 to Trout Lake, this route allowed us to see spectacular views of Mt.Hood and Mt.Adams, we were lucky to have a reasonably clear day with some clouds, the clouds can certainly add dimension to your images or can cause a wash out with no view of the mountain tops, we hit it lucky and the day was beautiful.

Image #1 : This spectacular view of Mt. Adams is awe inspiring, the beautiful wisp of clouds over the top of the mountain took on the shape of a white mushroom, this effect has a name i'm sure, perhaps a meteorologist would know the answer to that question, this is definitely captivating, the shaded area under the rim of the clouds and the bright sun made a band of light just below the rim giving this image a spectacular amount of contrast, toward the bottom of the image you can see a school and a car at the end of the field, this gave the image the scale it deserves.
Exposure f-14 | 1/250th | ISO 140 | Metrix Metering.

Image #2 This shot of the train was a bit on the lucky side, we had just stopped to look at a scenic view along the Gorge when Darlene said that she could see a train coming in the distance, I quickly grabbed my camera from the back, we had just pulled over so I hadn't had the chance to retrieve my camera yet, I rushed to grab the camera, the train was fast approaching, first thing I saw was the beautiful landscape in the background, I barely had the time to set up the shot giving me the background that i wanted, shortly after the Train cruised by and I was able to capture several images, I liked the way the Orange train looks against the tones in the background, almost gives this a 3 dimensional appeal.
Exposure: f-6.3 | 1/400th | ISO 400

Image # 3 This view of Mt. Hood was captured from a ridge that was a challenge to get to, after walking up a ridge I found a spot that I liked, the challenge was to capture the rows of apple trees and the top of the mountain, this is a very tough exposure because there is more then 2-stops of light difference between the foreground and the background, I found the best in between exposure, after loading the image into Photo Shop I lightened the foreground just a little to give the image a good amount of contrast.
Exposure: f-11 | 1/200th | ISO 100

Image #4 The Final image was taken from a roadside turn out along the Highway, this is a spectacular view of the columbia river gorge, we looked over the edge and we were amazed with how high we were above the river, there are homes, roads and railroad tracks along the river but we were so high they could barely be scene in the photo, everything below seemed like they were the size of ants, I decided to take a few shots, what I like the most was how the clouds were able to bring the image together with the amount of contrast needed for a good photo, the leading line of the river gave it direction and scale, hope you enjoy.
Exposure: f-13 | 1/500th | ISO 100

Have a great day everyone
© Thomas Hopkins 2012

Portrait Of the Day

2011-12-30T08:04:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing a headshot taken using my Novatron P300 studio strobes, a 2 light set up was used, one for the background and the other on camera left with a medium soft box attached, I love the expression she was giving me, her connection with the camera made for some really cool images with this shoot.
sorry to have to cut this short today but i have to be at an appointment in like 30 minutes.
Have a great day
© Thomas Hopkins

Great Camera Bag

2011-12-29T08:34:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing an image taken while I was Hiking at Lacamas Lake with a couple of friends, we had found a good location to take some photo's of the rushing river, it was a challenge to step out onto some rocks along the rivers edge because the wet moss and slippery rocks but we were able to find a good spot to set up our tripods.
I went ahead a sat my camera bag down on the rock and pulled out my tripod to set up, I then took another glance over at my camera bag, my thought was that this bag looks great against the green Moss and brown blades of the tall grass, I then decided that this would make a great photo and plug for Tamrac, this camera bag is what i use when I am walking/hiking, its great because it will hold a good amount of equipment including my 80-200mm2.8 lens attached to my camera, I have 2 other lenses and a flash that is stowed away in this bag, out at the end on the right there is a pouch that I have attached and used it today for my light meter, its is actually designed to hold a water bottle but as you can see it can be used for other purposes, you can also get lens pouches to attach to the bag all of which are available through Tamrac
http://www.tamrac.com/
I decided to make good use of the photo by sharing it with you, after i got home i loaded the image into photo shop, grabbed my gradient tool then pulled the tool from the top left toward the center, this gave me the right amount of Black to place my text on, I then added a stroke for the white border and here we have a picture of my camera bag out on location, this bag is really comfortable to wear especially when you have heavy equipment to carry.
Exposure: F3.5 | 1/80th | ISO 800 | No Flash / Natural Light
© Thomas Hopkins

Let the Reds Shine Through

2011-12-27T23:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: today I am sharing an image shot back in 2006 at my 1950's shoot, after looking over the images again I found this capture of Carrie standing next to the vintage Gas Pump inside the diner (Nicki's Cruisin Diner) this 1950's themed Diner was loaded with some really cool props for our shoot, this particular prop has a splash of red in the logo at the top of the pump which matches her skirt and headband.

Already a cool picture in color I decided to try it in B&W, in black and white it didn't do a lot for me so I decided to bring the red in the Headband,Skirt and Logo through the Black and White image, this is done by making a duplicate layer of the original color image, the duplicate layer (Top Layer) was then converted to B&W by using the keyboard short cut (CTRL)+ (SHIFT) + (U), after converting your layer you can then use your erase tool to with a semi hard edge, erase the black and white areas revealing the reds in the three areas that you see here.

Exposure F7.1 | 1/125th | ISO 200 | Novatron P-300 Flash on camera left with a medium sized softbox.

© Thomas Hopkins

Sunset, Bridge and Sea Lions

2011-12-26T10:03:00.000-08:00

Good Morning everyone: I hope all of you had a very merry christmas.

Today I am sharing images taken on Christmas Day, me and Darlene decided to take a day trip to the coast, we had an incredible time, as you know from the Title we got to see some interesting things, was my first encounter with a Sea Lions, they were sitting on the docks seemingly basking in the sun, when i got home I did some research as to why they may be hanging out on the docks, seemingly not interested in out presence, I found out that this time of the year they will shed there skins, they get out of the water to do that, these creatures are definitely fascinating, they make weird shrieking noises and hang out like families do, the young cubs were playing while the older generations were taking naps, I feel the same way they do after i eat a big meal, anyway these images were taken in Beautiful Astoria Oregon.
hope you enjoy the images.

Second group on images were also taken in Astoria, this huge bridge spanned across the mighty Columbia River, the two images were taken at F/11 | 1/200th | ISO-200 |
I took two images, one to show the huge span and the second images was to give the bridge scale using a light post, this thing was enormous and very high above the water.

Final Group of images were taking at sunset on Canon Beach Oregon, the encounter here was breath taking, the famous haystack rocks are huge and to give them scale I encluded people in the the second image, these images were taken at F8 | ISO 800 | 1/800th.

I am out of time for today so i have to get running, I hope you enjoy the images from our wonderful trip

Have a great day
© Thomas Hopkins

Morning Fog

2011-12-21T09:52:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone : Today I am sharing more images from Lacamas Lake, this place yields a seemingly endless opportunity for photographs, amazing birds, trees, bright green moss, waterfalls, bridges and I still have 3 more miles of the park to explore.

Today i am sharing some cool images taken early in the morning with some fog and sun mixed in to give me some cool natural effects, fog also causes dew on everything making giving me a cool look at a spider web.
Have a great day!
© Thomas Hopkins 2011
www.thomashopkinsphotography.com

Image #1 Spider Web was taken using my Nikon D-700 @ f7.0 | 1/250th | ISO 800

Image #2 Tree Fog and Sun | f10 | 1/250th | ISO 500

Image #3 Waterfall | Nikon D-700 | Manfrotto 055Prob Tripod | F18 | 1/2 Sec | ISO 100

Have a great day !

Portland City Lights

2011-12-10T11:41:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone: Today I am sharing 3 images taken 2 nights ago in the beautiful city of Portland Oregon, shooting at night can be a challenge if you do not have a tripod, the idea is to get a good exposure using an f16 or higher at ISO 100, to achieve this you need to use a very slow shutter speed, this does require a tripod.
Using my Manfrotto 055Prob Tripod, 24-50mm D series Nikon Lens mounted on my Nikon D-700 full frame camera, these images were shot in 14bit RAW, this allows me to fine tune the blacks and adjust the hightlights for some great results in my final images, remember that its is important to have a great exposure to get the most from your photo shop program.

Exposure used in the images| F18 | 25sec- shutter | ISO 100 | Metrix Metering | 14bit RAW.

There is another side of the story, the realization of the amount of Homeless people that live in our cities, as we walked to our shoot location there were dozens of people that were hanging out near the bridge, the shelters that they used to keep warm were large cardboard boxes and sleeping bags, I admit I was a bit nervous walking in that area with all my equipment, but we were never approached by them, they just seemed to keep to them selves, some of these people were so young and for me to see them displaced is heart breaking, I pray for them to make better decisions so that they can have a better quality of life, I am sure some have addiction problems and others have lost their jobs, each and everyone of them has a story and we need to keep them in our prayer no matter what their circumstances are.
Have a great day everyone
© Thomas Hopkins

Special Moments

2011-12-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Everyone: Today I am sharing 3-images taken from my wedding library, those that shoot wedding photography are always looking for new ways to spruce up the wedding albums, there are so many good products with templates that help make your album pages really stand out, but remember that we have to start with good images that tell the story on their special day, when shooting a wedding event I will always look for those moments of connection, what i mean is connections with special people that are in the Bride and grooms lives, like the Bride that is connecting with her daughter, the Dad that is walking the bride down the isle, in this case the old road, then of coarse we will always capture special moments with the Bride & Groom, you don't see them in this photo but you can feel the connection with the Rings, gown and Tux, these type of images will have a lasting impact in their albums for generations.
This particular wedding was one that gave way to really bad weather, I got totally soaked at this wedding but we were still able to capture some cool images and told the story of their special day.
Have a great day
© Thomas Hopkins

Portrait Sessions

2011-12-03T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I would like to discuss a portrait session and the possibilities for a good head shot and a not so good head shot.

Posing a head shot can sometimes be challenging, finding the angle that will compliment your client can be done by trying multiple angles, keep in mind that your key light will have to change when you change the direction of your pose, another issue is knowing how many lights to use, wow this seems like a lot of stuff that we need to know, In the beginning it will take you a lot of time trying different things to get it just right,in time you will get better and it will take less time for you to complete your portrait sessions.

Today I am sharing 3 images from a portrait session, unfortunately I do not have time to get into a lengthy description of exactly how these were shot so i would like for you to analyze the 3 images looking at the lighting and posing and let me know which one you like and why you like it, I will respond to you with the set up used for the portrait, lets see how much detail you can give me about the image you chose.

Have a great Saturday
© Thomas Hopkins

Shutter speeds

2011-12-01T22:48:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I have 3- images that I took on my morning walk at Lacamas Lake,
I love this park because it has so many things going on, Hills to climb, Waterfalls to see and wildlife in abundance, doesn't get any better then this.

Today I had the opportunity to see a family of Ducks fly in and pose for a few images then we had the opportunity to see a crane along the waters edge.

Image #1 was taken of a duck flexing his wings in the water, I used an ISO of 100 | Shutter speed used was 1/80th, just slow enough to blur the action in the wings giving them a natural motion effect | F6.3 for aperture.

Image #2 was taken of another duck also flexing his wings in the water, this time I increased my ISO which allowed me to use a much faster shutter speed, using a fast shutter speed stopped the action in the wings and water giving me a different effect from image 1. Exposure 1/640th Shutter | ISO 500 | F6.3

Image #3 is a still photo taken right at the breaking point for a good hand held image with out getting blurry, remember that the crane was not moving which allowed me to use a slower shutter, any movement of the crane would have rendered him soft and seemingly out of focus, I captured this image using ISO 100 | 1/50th second | f10.0.

All these images were taken with my Nikon D-700 with an 80-200mm 2.8 D series Lens

Enjoy !
© Thomas Hopkins © 2011

Splash Of Color

2011-12-01T00:47:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today's image was shot on Nags Head North Carolina, The brides maid pictured here was walking on the beach trying to catch up with the rest of the wedding party, we were getting ready to set up the formal images on the beach and she caught my eye, the first thing I noticed against the neutral tones in the back ground was the bright red bouquet she was carrying, it totally popped out in the image, so the first thing you will notice is that I cropped the flowers so they are approximately on the lower right third, I love the way the colors all came together, the dress, the flowers and the hair color all of which are very accurate and the images was sealed with the great smile she gave me when the photograph was taken, this was totally candid, I like the way it turned out, keep in mind that some of your best images can sometimes be your candid moments and will add excitement to your clients wedding album.

Enjoy
© Thomas Hopkins 2011

HDR Toning

2011-11-29T23:19:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing a couple more images taken yesterday, in Photoshop I used the New HDR Toning feature to give the images the effect you see here.

Image #1 Is a picture of a railroad bridge right here in Camas, I thought I was in trouble when a Railroad employee stopped by and said that I was too close to the tracks and that i needed to stay with in 4 feet of the tracks or i could get fined, I apologized to the worker and quickly complied with his request, I was able to capture this image before being told to move.
Exposure : F-14 | 1/10th second | ISO 140 | Manfrotto Tripod.

Image #2 : I spotted this old dozer in a field while we were driving home, I turned around and went back to capture the image you see here, I hope you like it, I also used the HDR toning available now in the new Adobe CS-5.

Exposure: f-20 | 1/2 Second | ISO 140 | Manfrotto Triopod

Have a great Wednesday Everyone
© Thomas Hopkins 2011

Beauty In The Pacific NW

2011-11-28T22:17:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone: As you know me and Darlene have made it to the Pacific North West, the journey was a spectacular one, visit my Facebook page to see more details about our journey.

It has been a while since I have posted to my blog, now we have finally settled and i am ready to get back in the saddle.

Today i am sharing a couple of images that were taken today at our local park, we live in Camas Washington, 13.5 miles from Portland Oregon so we live close to the state line, we are enjoying the scenic values that this area has to offer, yes it does rain a lot in this area but all that rain allows for things to stay green and beautiful year round, in fact one of the images you see here shows the green moss that wraps around some of the trees here, its almost like a rain forest, another image that i am sharing today was taken of the waterfalls in the park, this park is only 2 miles from where we live and is an amazing sight for our walks, a third image was taken a few days ago of a Blue Heron hanging around the lake, another amazing sight to see in the same park.

Image 1 The water falls was taken with my Nikon D-700 mounted on a Tripod
Exposure: Aperture F22 - Shutter 1/5th sec - ISO 100 - 80-200mm f2.8 Lens at 200mm
notice the slow shutter speed, this allowed me to give the waterfall a milky look, using a slow shutter speed with fast moving water will give you the look you see here, it is important to use a tripod to keep the rest of the image sharp.

Image 2 The green tree was also taken with my D700 in fact all the images you see today were taken with my D700.
Exposure : F5.6 - 1/125th shutter - ISO 200 - 200mm focal length.

Image 3 The Blue Heron - Exposure f4.0 - 1/200th sec shutter - ISO 500 - 200mm focal Length

Enjoy
© Thomas Hopkins 2011

Remembering

2011-10-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing an image that really moved me, me and my wife were driving through the South Dakota Prairie land on Highway 212, while driving we listened to Steve Jobs last commencement speech at a university and were moved by his remarks to the students, shortly after we noticed a storm approaching so we wanted to pull over, getting off the highway to avoid driving in the heavy rains,as we pulled off into the scenic look out the sky was getting really dark, I grabbed my camera and began to shoot some of the awesome cloud formations, shortly a van pulled up and a young boy got out with his shiny IPAD and ran to the small hill to capture approaching storm, I decided to take a few images as he was holding his IPAD to the sky, wow what a moment that was for me because after just listening to his speech then seeing his remarkable technology in the hands of a young boy on the hill top really connected me to his accomplishments and the impact he had on the young and the old, I wish his family the very best, he was a good man and will surely be a legend

Taken with My Nikon D-700
copyright Thomas Hopkins

Trip to Oregon Day#1

2011-10-01T19:02:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone: Today we got a very late start, leaving at 3:30 instead of 8am as planned,
after a bit of a rough start we were finally happy to get on the road, tonight we are in Dawson West Virginia for our first night stay, we are staying at the Dawson Inn just off from Interstate 64, the weather is very cold here in the mountains, only 41 degrees tonight with a strong wind, we are looking forward to capturing some cool images for tomorrow's post, being in the mountains we should be able to capture some great images, the plan is to post in the evenings.

see you tomorrow night
TOM
www.thomashopkinsphotography.com

Family Portrait

2011-09-19T05:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing some family portraits taken this past week, my final shoot before leaving for Oregon, I have known this Family for 3- years now and (Denise)the Mom is one of my photography students and a great photographer.

I know it has been a while since my last post on Aug-22nd, we have been extremely busy down sizing making way for the long Journey ahead of us, we will be leaving on the 30th and will start posting images from our journey on Sept 1st, I am looking forward to your feed back.

Have a great Monday Everyone
© Thomas Hopkins

Street Movie

2011-08-22T02:44:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone : Today I am sharing an image taken last night in Williamsburg, how cool is it to be able to sit outside on a street with a big screen and watch Toy Story 3 ?
Every Sunday night in williamsburg they set up a large movie screen in the heart of the historic merchants square, they clear the street and allow people to gather and set up your own chairs, the showings are free and a joy to attend, should you visit Williamsburg be sure to check out this fun event that everyone can enjoy.

Shot taken using my Nikon D-700 | Manfrotto 055 Pro B Tripod | F/8 | 3sec | ISO 160

© Thomas Hopkins

Layers

2011-08-12T05:55:00.000-07:00

Good morning Everyone: Today i would like to share a simple illustration of what your layers pallet will look like when you build a simple montage, see the illustration to see how my layers stacked up when designing this 20x30 poster, much more next week will be photoshop tutorial week so stay tuned for more to come.

Have A Great Weekend
© Thomas Hopkins

Photo Journalism

2011-08-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone: Back in 2003 when I had my studio, I also volunteered for the local Fire Department, my job was to simply take photo's and video for the department to use later as training video's, the other task was for me to provide the local Newspapers and network TV stations with video, they often needed coverage because they couldn't get a crew to the scene in time, they hired me as a freelance photo and videographer,so to do the job well I needed to know how to tell a story using photo's and video,simple guidlines will go a long way in helping the viewer to understand what has actually happened.

1. RULE OF THIRDS
2. ESTABLISHING SHOT ( Wide angle)
3. MID RANGE ( Getting Closer)
4. TIGHT SHOTS ( Get the details)

These photo's should tell the story, at around 9pm on July-6th-2003 my fire pager went off telling us to respond, mutual aid to a near by town for a fully involved structure fire at the Canaan Superette, a small grocery store with gas pumps, i grabbed my fire coat, cameras and helmet and proceeded to the scene, when i arrived at approximately 9:26 pm I could see the structure was fully involved, the owners did rebuild the location and thankfully no one was hurt in the blaze.

Photo's shot with the Canon GL2 Professional 3ccd video camera

© Thomas Hopkins

Fashion On The Coast

2011-08-09T14:26:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone: Today I am sharing a couple of images taken on the coast of Maine, this is one of my favorite places to relax, shoot or have a cook out, the images today are of models posing along the rocky edge of the coast line with Portland Head Light in the back ground, I have always enjoyed working with clients in this location, the beautiful background is always pleasing in photographs, these images were taken 3 years apart, one with my Fuji S2 Pro (Yellow and pink) and the other was taken with my Nikon D2x, reflectors were used to push the light back into the shadowed areas which increased contrast and detail.

Enjoy !
Have A Great Day
© Thomas Hopkins

New Photoshop Action / Light Bulb

2011-08-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone : Yesterday I received my latest copy of shutterbug magazine, on page 48 you will see a small section outlining photoshop actions of the month, this month they allowed us to download a couple of free actions that are available for CS5,CS4,CS3,CS2 and Elements 9,8,7 and 6, these are fun actions ! the action that i am sharing is a light bulb, this is a simulation of the old style incandescent bulb, this action will allow you to load a photo inside the digital glass, I was amazed at the quality and the ability manipulate the colors and shadows giving you all the layers to fine tune the action in any way that you would like.
Visit www.panosfx.com to get your copy of the actions, again its totally free, all you have to do is put the file in your actions folder then unzip it, then go to your windows tab at the top of your tool bar and make sure the actions pallet is checked allowing the actions pallet to be visible beside your layers pallet, select the action then hit the play button, the action automatically creates the bulb then it will prompt you to select an image, in my sample I used my logo.
Enjoy your new action
Have A Great Weekend Everyone
© Thomas Hopkins

Road To Oregon

2011-08-05T05:39:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Everyone : Today I am announcing that me and Darlene will be heading to the west coast, leaving on October 1st we will be driving to the Oregon coast, taking 10 days to complete the journey will give us time to make stops as we make our way through america's heartland, we are looking forward to those views and opportunities to capture places that we have never visited before, so please visit our blog and take the journey with us through pictures, should be a fun 10days, in case you were wondering this will be a permanent move and we are looking forward to new adventures on the west coast.

The composite image you see here was made in Photoshop using my logo and transforming it to the 3d image that you see on the left, the road that that turns the corner around my my 3d logo was made in photoshop and finally the background image was a sunset photo that we took from our library of images.

Have A Great Dat
© Thomas Hopkins

Single Light Portraits / Budget Lighting

2011-08-03T20:31:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone : Today i am going to show you how to light a portrait using a single light source outside,show you a light stick / paint stick bought at the Home Depot and modified to use with my speed light and the exposure used to get the end results.

OK Lets dig in, here in image 1 you will see my assistant using a speed light mounted on a stick, no diffusion was used because I wanted a hard light effect, The SB-800 here was used at approximately 4 feet from the client aimed directly at the left side of the body, after a few slight adjustments we found the right angle to the face giving me a great feather that wrapped around to the right side of her face, it takes practice so be patient and find that great light effect that works best to your taste, in the illustration it tells you my camera position.
Exposure for portrait #1
F5.6 | 1/1500th | ISO 400 | Background 1- stop darker -(01)using exposure compensation image number two was taken the same way, finally in image 3 illustrates the things you need to make your own light stick.
Enjoy
© Thomas Hopkins

Face Of An American Patriot

2011-08-01T07:54:00.000-07:00

Good morning Everyone: Its August 1st and America is faced with the huge challenge of raising the debt ceiling to avoid further issues with our already weak financial infrastructure, today I am sharing some images that were taken back in 2005 of a young girl a true Patriot, she loved theses images of her wearing her stars and striped shirt and the matching American Flag in the back ground, sitting strong with a huge smile gives you the sense of how proud she is to represent the American flag, not as a member of the military but as a citizen proud to be an american, Courtney now has two children and
having to face a much different America then it was in 2005, with all the tough times that Americans have had to endure I assure you that this face, is still the face of a proud American, as Americans we need to stand strong and bring our America back on her feet, remember this face, an ordinary citizen with two beautiful children and proud to be an American.

The take away today is for all of us to band together as Americans and stay proud to who we are AMERICANS!

Nikon D2
f/20 | 1/125th | ISO 200 | Novatron m-300 (3) Studio Lights
© Thomas Hopkins