Working on Shots for the Downtown Dayton Partnership Photo Contest Once again it is time for the Downtown in Focus Contest sponsored by the Downtown Dayton Partnership. Last year I submitted several photos and took home first place in the…
Charity Luau Part II (click on any image to see full version) Fire Dancers incoming… In case you didn’t see the first part here is a link to it. These are the rest of the shots from the Spirit of…
Dayton Celtic Festival 2012 Scythian at the Dayton Celtic Festival These guys were great. The whole post is over at band.alexsablan.com. They were very entertaining and the girls loved them. You can get more info on them at the…
McGovern Ceili Dancers After Scythian rocked the house, the McGovern Ceili Dancers came out and rocked the house again. They are a local Irish dance group that performs locally, nationally, and even internationally and have brought home over 300 medals….
Local News Station Purchases a Photo for New Set So, I can finally talk about what happened. A couple of months ago, around mid May, I was contacted by the creative director at Dayton’s WDTN about how they were going to…
Five Rivers Fountains of Light This is an eight photo stitch of the Fountains of Light in Dayton, Ohio taken from just below the Korean War Memorial. Click the image to see a larger version.
Funky G at the Oregon Express – Band Photography Funky G, aka Greg, also does Karaoke at W.O. Wright’s, and will soon be starting a Tuesday show down at the Vue. They asked him to get a shot for their…
Butterflies and Sprinklers A break in the heat wave came just in time for the opening of the Butterfly House at Cox Arboretum MetroPark one of the Five Rivers MetroParks in Dayton, Ohio. I decided to take my lunch down…
July 4th Fairborn Fireworks by Alex Sablan This is just a sneak preview of the shots I took last night of the Fairborn, Ohio fireworks show. I probably should have used a wider lens, but I like the way they…
This is part three of our beginner’s guide to DSLR photography, covering ISO. In part one, I covered aperture/f-stop and how you can use it to your advantage. In part two, the conversation shifted to shutter speed and the use of it…