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Category Archives: Photography
Rainy Days And Rainbows In Alaska
There’s not a whole lot for me to write about today. Becky and I didn’t do anything special photographically over the weekend. She cleaned the house and I….well, actually I didn’t do much of anything except try to stay out … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Nikon D300s, Photography, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, Nikon D300s, rainbow, Vivitar 70-200, Wasilla
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I think I like these old lenses
As of late I’ve been toying with a couple of old manual focus lenses I pulled out of a camera bag I’ve had stored away for quite some time. Both of them date from the late 1970′s or early 1980′s. … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Nikon D300s, Photography
Tagged Alaska, lens, manual focus, Nikon 50mm, Nikon D300s, ron day, summer, Vivitar 70-210mm
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Thunderbird Falls In Chugach State Park
Thunderbird Falls is about a half hour drive from our home in Wasilla. The trailhead is accessed from the Old Glenn Highway near the Eklutna Lake road. From there it is only a half mile hike to the falls along … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Photography, Travel, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, Chugach, eklutna, Glenn Highway, thunderbird falls
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Valdez, Alaska
Becky and I drove to Valdez from Wasilla over the weekend. In the twenty-five years we’ve lived in Alaska we’d never been to Valdez so we figured it was about time we paid that little city a call. And we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Alaska Communities, Nikon D200, Nikon D300s, Photography, Travel, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, Becky Day, Glenn Highway, Richardson Highway, ron day, Valdez
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Shooting portraits on my property last week
I had a great time last week photographing April and Kevin, and April’s nephew and niece Tyler and Jade, who are visiting from our of state. They also brought along their two beautiful dogs Daisy and Ike (at least I … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Nikon D300s, Nikon SB900, Photography, Portraits, Studio, Wasilla
Tagged Bayview Drive, photos, Pictures, ron day, summer, Wasilla
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40th. Wedding Anniversary Pictures
Becky ended up staying very late at work last night. Normally on Wednesday’s she’s home by 7:30 p.m. or thereabouts. But at closing time night they had an emergency patient come in who needed immediate help and it was nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Family, grandchildren, Photography, Portraits, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, Becky Day, Dee Dee Jonrowe, grandchildren, ron day, yakima
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It’s Feeling Springy In Alaska
Yesterday afternoon, as I walked around outside of my house, I could almost sense Spring in the air, if I tried real hard. There’s still plenty of snow covering my yard, and any wind at all is brisk, to say … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Nikon D200, Photography, Wasilla
Tagged airplane, private landing strip, Spring, Wasilla
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Celebrating a birthday at the Double Musky Inn near Girdwood
Yesterday Becky and I traveled to Girdwood with a group of friends to celebrate the birthday of our friend, and Becky’s employer, Dr. James Martin. Girdwood sits along Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, nearly a two hour drive from Wasilla. … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Birthdays, Canon G9, Photography, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, Anchorage, Double Musky Inn, Girdwood, seward highway, sunset, winter
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Making photos for Ebay listings
After yesterday’s post about experimenting with colored lighting in the studio I decided to try something useful with it instead of just photographing Eve. I have some equipment that I’m thinking about listing on E-Bay and I thought perhaps I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Nikon D200, Nikon SB600, Nikon SB900, Photography, Studio, Wasilla
Tagged Alaska, E-bay, mamiya 645, photos, Pictures, ron day, Wasilla
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Using a red flash filter for a portrait.
I’ve been reading a lot lately about portrait lighting. The Internet is full of ideas, some of them pretty interesting and others are…well, they’re rather basic. I’m interested in the interesting ones of course, and yesterday one in particular caught … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Nikon CLS System, Nikon D200, Nikon SB900, Photography, Portraits, Wasilla
Tagged lighting, photos, Pictures, portrait, ron day, Studio
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