New Photo Series

So I've finally started a series that I've been talking about for a while. As I drive around I always notice all of these old abandoned barns. Each one seems to have it's own character and story to tell. I'll be traveling for a while and won't be able to add to this, but here is the start

Hairy Jumping spider

couple from around the house

since most of my photography is sports I don't walk around with my camera that often. Every once in a while it is good practice to use some different lenses and take pictures of things you find around the house. I found this frog while waiting for the tornados to arrive and this goose has been nesting on my pier for about a month. Hopefully I can catch the hatching at the right time and will have some chicks leaving the nest for the first time

Auburn A-Day Game 2014

A-Day Gallery

Star Trails...

Found a couple of old photos I shot during the Perseid Meteor shower and thought I'd combine them into a star trail image. I've never tried this before and I'm sure if I did a shoot with the intentions of creating one things would turn out differently, but I was pleased for my first time and using old photos

Homeland Security

Here's today's addition to my self portrait series

"Head Chef"

Here is the third in the series. I call it "Head Chef"

Self Portrait series

So the other day I posted a picture of me holding my own head in my arms. It got me thinking about a self portrait series. I've never run across something like this and will be posting them here from time to time. This is the second one and I call it "The Hand that Feeds"

Self Portrait

So I've been applying to various jobs around the world throughout my life. I am a pretty big fan of blind interviews. Meaning you take the best person for the job without seeing them. that way you are only judged by what you can offer to the company.
Well, today I got a response from one company saying I was perfect for them, but they couldn't make a decision without seeing a photo first. I know I'm not the prettiest person, but this was my response...

Trying new things!

I spend a fair amount of time looking online at photos for new kinds of inspiration. I've come across a few times photographs of people's eyes at extreme closeups. I've always been fascinated by them, but kind of assumed they had specialized equipment such as a microscope camera or something along those lines. However, being cold here and with nothing else to do I thought I'd give it a try. Using a 5d mark iii, 100mm L macro and a couple of tube extensions I came up with this

While I don't have the most interesting pupils compared to what I've seen I was surprised at the amount of detail involved in my eye.

I would also like to note my appreciation for the shots I've seen around the web. I'm sure this might be easier with a model, but this is a very difficult shot to accomplish. With the macro and extensions the slightest movement from the subject and the focus won't be ideal. I'm pretty sure the great shots I've seen have been focus stacked, but the ability to shoot one's own eye and stack multiple photos is out of my reach for now...

Shutterstock

some of my stock photography. Shutterstock is one of my favorite places to upload stock photos
http://shutterstock.com/g/popwell

Nashville, TN

Just spent a few days in Nashville, TN and even though the weather was a bit chilly I did manage to get out and snap a couple of shots.