del Rio foto - Virginia based photographer for events, candids, and senior pictures.

Wingsuite Base Jumping….

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:18:49 +0000

Ok, so this isn’t for normal adrenaline junkies. This is taking it one step further – but dang, it just looks like fun!

Snow Leopard – Woes of my Geekiness.

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:24:09 +0000

I think I was snowed….I purchased a five pack of Snow Leopard licenses. We have three Macs in the house and I always am attempting a hackintosh project or two.

I did the upgrade option. Not good. On either Macbook Pro or the MacPro. I began having difficulty running programs and even RE-installing programs. I gave up and wiped out hard drives and re-installed.

Of course everything works like a charm. As it should because I basically have a brand new computer now. AND I was forced into using Photoshop CS4 and giving up my old friend CS3…..I was sooo familiar with CS3. CS4 has a difference UI and new functionality. I don’t think it will take me long but it will take me a bit to review tutorials and vids about CS4’s new features….oh well. Its all in the name of Geekitude…

Bono,,,,Rockstar….

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:34:17 +0000

Mr. Bono aka Rockstar aka Bonehead was able to take in his first Virginia morning. Ireland du Hameau Saint Blaise, also known as Bono, puttered around, picked up pinecones, chewed on some grass, and ran around like a nut job. He did stay still long enough for me to shoot some pics using my buttah-flavahed 50mm f one dot. His long trip from Belgium didn’t seem to have phased him one bit.

Didn’t take as many liberties with post processing – I love how the 50 shoots so I left well enough alone. Lots of interesting depth of field layers throughout the images. I’ve picked [initially] a small group of shots that I liked.

Will C: Four More and a Slideshow

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:07:42 +0000

First Peek: Will C., Senior Shoot

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:20:25 +0000

Will is a rising senior in the Richmond area. He recently was offered an athletic scholarship to play baseball at the next level! Congrats and enjoy the early peeks at the shoot shots.

Dan the Man – Yamaha

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:09:06 +0000

Took some time the other afternoon to shoot a friend’s bike. It was muggy and very sunny but the clouds cooperated by giving me natural soft box just when I needed it.

Post Processing, Again

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:11:39 +0000

This is an image I shot a few months ago. I sometimes forget how as adults, we push our kids into situations in which they become warriors – even if its just for an hour or two.

This image still catches my eye and I decided to keep to my initial processing steps with just a bit of an adjustment.

and the first processing image I posted

Post processing testing

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:10:41 +0000

Found an old photo [ok, not so old - its from this year] and tried some alternative post processing techniques in Photoshop CS4.

Play Ball, Part Deux

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:13:57 +0000

The balance of the shoot picks/pics from Sunday’s baseball game

Baseball on a Sunday Afternoon

admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:01:30 +0000

My friend Mark asked me to photograph his son today. Weather was great, action good, and I was able to bring out the Bigma [50-500mm] to shoot.

More to come!

Today’s Randomness

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:28:03 +0000

Today was a tough day. I was ready to go, feeling very inspired, and in true belief that today would be a good shooting day……Not so much, I think. But here’s what came out of my day.

Location: Wakefield, VA

Notes: One abondoned factory, a small cemetary, and an antique and curio store…..

Evidence of tragedy

Burned out factor

Abandoned house

Crank and gears

Gears and things

Rusty crusty

Flores

Mr. Fox

Lawn statue

Oil tank

Storefront

Garage to the store

Door to the store

Church storefront

Statue on a grave

Cemetary shot

Protected: Mr. W has fun at the dog show

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:50:21 +0000

Picture on a Bridge

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:23:59 +0000

I drove home today from an event. Ok, I’ll admit it was a dog show and my puppy was entered. I was driving the 2 hours back and forth each day to take care of the dogs at home while Angela was at the hotel near the show site.

Driving home, the blasted GPS took me on some crazy route. I stopped to take these two shots on a low bridge over a swamp area. I didn’t know if I would get anything good due to the overcast skies and the overabundance of greenery…..

Ultimate Air Dogs

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:40:09 +0000

I went down to Brown’s Island [Richmond, VA] to photograph a ‘dock diving’ event. If you are not familiar with this, a handler and a dog are part of a team in which the dog attempts to leap as far out into a body of water as possible. The handler, often the owner, uses a variety of toys to get the most length out of his dog’s jump as possible. This event is run by Ultimate Air Dogs in conjunction with the United Kennel Club. The owner of the business, Milt Wilcox, also owns a Belgian Malinois [click to my doggy site].

Here are a few of my favorite pics – don’t forget to play the slideshow down below. Video on YouTube courtesy of Animoto.com

Virginia Tribe Music Video

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:03:18 +0000

Virginia Tribe Slideshow

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:26:20 +0000

I’m finally back from vacation and I’m currently rendering the music video for the baseball team. As a matter of course, the same images that I used for the music video can be used for the slideshow. I used a different song because the pace of the slideshow tends to be slower than the music vid.

Punch and Judy…..really…..

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:39:11 +0000

While on vacation, I was able to photograph two beautiful Belgian Tervuren. Their names? Punch and Judy of course.
I picked a few to process quickly and the rest can be found in the eStore

Last Images of Vacation

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:59:15 +0000

Dancing the day away

Dancing Fool

Crooked Street

Top of Lombard

Choco Delight!

Choco Windows

Emblem

Fontana de Arboles

Dali, dally, dilly

Holocaust Memorial

Friends

San Fran Randomness

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:38:06 +0000

ABMC: Last Images from the Last Day

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Waiting with patience

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What are you looking at camera guy???

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Trew Bleue Aftershock

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Trophy Table

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Roulet's Sam

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Roulet's Pradas Eye Candy

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Lori Thomas' American Idol BISS

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Celebrate Good Times, Come On!