I have updated my profile!

My Photography experience has grown over the past seven years, from taking casual photos of family, events, and vacations, to making images as often as I can. My wife has also started enjoying photography, so we can go together and both enjoy the same hobby!

Unfortunately, There are those out there who would rather take others images and use them as their own. Because of this, I am forced to post lower quality images than I would like to display. I apologize beforehand if some of my images may look grainy or lackluster.

Currently I do not have a web site, but am looking at my options.

My Current gear:

Cameras: Nikon D7000, Panasonic FZ35, ZS20, and FZ200

Lens: 18-105 VR F/5.6 (Kit Lens), Nikkor 70-300, Nikkor AF Micro 60mm Prime F/2.8D

Tripod: Induro AKB2 with an Induro BHD2 Ball Head

Typical Workflow:

Lightroom 5.2 Organizer for Raw Processing and main workhorse. Most of the Plugins listed below can be used in Lightroom as well as Photoshop Elements. I will call PSE from within Lightroom if I want to add more enhancements or be more creative with an image. This is where the Fun is at ;-}}

NIK HDREfex Pro or Photomatix Pro for HDR Processing

Portrait Professional Studio 10 for Portrait Retouching

Optionally PSE-11: Levels, Layers, & Plugins, creative Processes including the following:

NIK Define 2 (improves on Raw pre sharpening)

NIK Viveza 2 (Global and/or Control Point controls, a real workhorse)

OnOne's Perfect Photo Suite (More Creative options, if desired)

Topaz Labs Software & Plugins for Creativity and enhancements

NIK ColorEfex Pro 4 (Like using Software Filters, includes ability to use Layer Masks for desired effect(s))

NIK SilverEfex Pro for B&W Conversion

NIK Sharpener Pro for Final Sharpening as needed

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Thanks for your visits and comments, come back soon! Ray

Here is a glimpse of my most popular images, Enjoy

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