Richard Byers Photography

The Raleigh Shimmer Wall

2010-04-21T21:51:00.003-04:00

So, I ended up in downtown Raleigh last night and one of the things that I always wanted to do was to "shoot" the Raleigh Shimmer Wall. This wall is located on the back-side of the new Raleigh Convention Center - this is a 20 second exposure and I had to wait several minutes to get this shot without any cars in the shot.

I did have to pay $1.00 to park - but I think it was worth it...

New Canon 7D

2010-03-29T20:15:00.002-04:00

So - I just upgraded from my trusty Canon 40D to the new Canon 7D - and what a difference - not only was there a big jump in mega-pixels (from 10 to 18) - they moved the controls around as well.

Needless to say - I've been in a big learning curve as well as reading the manual as much as possible.

I've only published one image on Flickr with this new camera - but stay tuned - there are more on the way.

Triangle Strobist Meetup for May

2009-05-23T16:46:00.002-04:00

For our May meetup we headed out to Greensboro and shot in Bokeh Joe's dry cleaners. We had a great time and Joe was the greatest host - pizza and lens for everyone - not really - just the pizza.

Anyway, I had a chance to use his 85 mm 1.2 L lens - WOW what a lens - with a 1.2 you could shoot in a closet.

Here are some of my shots from that shoot.

Cruise - 2009

2009-03-13T21:14:00.002-04:00

So, as strange as this may sound - we won a trip - actually a cruise.

That's right - Mr. "if it weren't for bad luck - I'd have no luck at all.." - we won a cruise to the Cayman Islands and the Florida Keys.

We were on the Regency Cruise line - which means we all had big state rooms - with bathrooms and balcony's - it was fabulous - here's a shot I took off the back of the ship as we were pulling away from the Keys.

Triangle Strobist Meetup

2009-01-31T21:50:00.002-05:00

So, this past week we had our monthly strobists meetup here at my house. I think we had about 30+ people here at the house and we had 2 stations setup. Man it was a great deal of fun and I learned a bunch.

Here is one of the shots that I took - the model's name is Candi - and she was a real trooper - here she was in a garage filled with 25+ photographers - what a deal....

It snowed -

2009-01-22T18:33:00.002-05:00

Well, we got some snow this week - and for this part of the country - we don't get snow that often. We ended up with about 5-6 inches where I live, which is enough to get out of work for a day.... that's about it. As of today, the snow is still melting and I would expect that by this weekend it will be all gone.

This picture was taken from the upstairs bedroom looking out across my backyard.

Maybe spring is right around the corner....

Kicking around Youngsville.

2009-01-03T20:51:00.002-05:00

So, myself, Steve and Rich ended up kicking around in Youngsville, NC this afternoon. We ended up finding 3 very interesting places. The first was an old home that looked like someone had started to restore it and the somewhere along the way either ran out of money or energy. The house looked like it had several additions and none were very recent. A majority of the siding had already been removed and it looked like an skeleton standing out in the field all by itself.

This picture was taken in the attic - this is pretty much how it came out of the camera - I did kick up the saturation level a tad - but that was about it.

After we spent a good couple of hours looking at the house - we found - what might have been the family cemetery behind the house. It looked like one of the tombstones had been knocked over. We were still able to read who was buried in this area.

All in all - it was a pretty good day - I'll be going back.

riley and me

2009-01-02T15:18:00.001-05:00

riley and me
Originally uploaded by rbyers_nc

Went and saw the movie "Marley and Me"... if you've ever lost a dog - this movie will take you right back to that point in time.

I've decided to start a 365 project - albeit a "twisted 365" - this is my first post. I'm not sure how long I'll last with this - we'll see.

2008 comes to an end...

2008-12-31T16:53:00.002-05:00

Well, it's an been an interesting year - at least for me in a photography sort of way.

I've increased the amount of photography equipment that I own - I hope that I have also increased my knowledge as well.

I'm not really one to make new years resolutions - I do hope that I'm able to increase the business side for 2009.

Wishing you and yours a happy new year...

Be safe.

The last rose before winter -

2008-10-24T20:17:00.003-04:00

So, I was out in the backyard with the dog and I looked over and saw this rose. I thought to myself - "man, it's getting pretty late in the season for these to be blooming". I took this shot and then started playing around with it in Photoshop - I really kicked up the saturation - but I like it. It also made flickr Explorer... not bad.

backlit orchid

2008-05-13T20:01:00.002-04:00

Working with some off camera flash techniques - and I used my 430ex off camera fired with my ir trigger. In this shot the 430 is off camera left and below the "subject"...

This is fun stuff.

Photo Shoot - lesson's learned

2008-05-04T09:53:00.003-04:00

I had a photo shoot with Meredith on Saturday in Wake Forest and I learned a very important lesson.

I've read about this before - and never really thought about it - until it happened yesterday.

We'd been shooting for almost 2 hours and we could all tell Meredith was tired - so we all started packing up and as we are getting everything together - Meredith walks over to a dandelion and picks it up and blows on it - with no direction from anyone... I couldn't get my camera out of the bag fast enough.

The lesson learned - never put your camera away.

Here's the resulting photo - while technically – this is not the best picture – it’s too soft and I don’t like the background – the mom and dad love this shot.

go figure.

Photo Shoot in Las Vegas

2008-04-23T20:51:00.006-04:00

So, I was hired to be the "event" photographer for the Townie's dental convention in Las Vegas the week of April 14th.

The convention was held at the Rio (we've been there before) - and by all accounts - it was another great success.

My job was to take pictures of the speakers as well as random shots as things were happening... it was a good time and I will have photos up shortly.

This is the dentist from the ABC show "Extreme Make Over" with Dr. Sam and Dr. T-bone.

It was a great time....

Bain Water Works - Raleigh

2008-04-13T08:41:00.003-04:00

So, yesterday the Raleigh Social Group from flickr went to the old Bain Water Workers plant in downtown Raleigh. At the last count there were maybe 40+ photographers and 6 models and we had the entire facility to ourselves. What a blast. It was good to meet some of new members and it's always good to see the rest of the group.

Here's a shot that I took - Joei Reed -

Latest Strobist

2008-04-09T20:10:00.002-04:00

So, I've been trying to get better using my strobe lights and I belong to a couple of flickr strobe groups. One is a local one that I started with a few other people. The idea behind it was - give ourself assignments each week using our off camera flash.

It's been a challenge at times - but it's been a real learning experience.

Here's the shot for this week - they assignment was to use your off camera flash in your bathroom - in this shot I just used my IR transmitter and placed my 430ex in the bottom of the tub.

I kind a like the way it turned out.

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Merry Christmas 2007

2008-01-01T12:21:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas