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Audio Studio

In the new Audio Studio running cakewalk sonar I have been interested in audio recording equipment for some time now. This is an image of the audio studio that I had been set up here at home. This is the most modern version or near the most modern version of a podcast studio I have assembled for the house. I am working with a zoom H4n recorder that runs into a desktop computer. I am …

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happy birhday marina hansen, Billy Newman Photo

Happy birthday to Marina Hansen This photograph of Marina Hansen was taken on a hillside in Maui near a coffee plantation. I took this photo using a long exposure of less than one second. This allowed me to capture the illumination on Marina’s face from the light of the camera and the light from the stars in the night sky. This hillside in Maui was one of our preferred locations to photograph images of the …

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  Capturing photographs in Maui had good and bad parts to it. During this photograph, a more tranquil moment. I traveled to a hillside in West Maui to walk around in the early evening and photograph landscapes. I like this image showing a dirt road stretching off toward the end of the frame and ocean water that extends in the distance. I was working with the 5D Mark III camera system and a 24 to …

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On a hillside in west Maui, looking out to Molokai

West Maui looking out to Molokai While living in Maui I learned that there are many locations that are not accessible to the public. Many of the areas in Maui are private land, fortunately, people have access to a lot of the beach area. This open area we are in this photograph looks out toward another island in the Hawaiian island chain. I noticed that I preferred the perspective of the other islands not from …

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Marina Hansen seen here taking some evening photos in West Maui   We have transitioned into working with Canon camera equipment. During this time in Maui, we are shooting with a Canon 5D Mark III, we have also invested in lenses that assist us in capturing our work F portrait photographers are on the island. 24 to 70 seems to be the sweet spot lens. I have been using this every day for everything. I …

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cloud building up over the ocean water   Living in Maui is interesting. Observing the weather off of the Pacific ocean is different than what I have done before while living on land. Also living in the tropics has different seasonal changes than living in a more temperate climate like I am here in Oregon. The climate in the tropics from Maui is alternating just a bit through the year. The Temperature changes just by …

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Marina Hansen

  Working in the early evenings around sunset I have been going very well here in Maui. We are trying to take advantage of the clear nights so that we can capture some images of the areas that we are living near. A few times a week we try to go out to a hillside where we can walk around and take photographs. It is our effort to make a collection of images of our …

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working with canon gear now after I sold my Sony equipment this summer   Working with a Sony camera was a very good experience. There however are limitations to the equipment. I found that I could not use Sony equipment in the capacity of professional work the way I wanted. I think that Sony’s autofocus systems are very slow. I think that Sony battery systems are very under capacity. I think that there is a …

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Evening on a hillside in west Maui.

Evening on a hillside in west Maui Hiking around the size of Maui in the early evening was one of my favorite parts of traveling to the island. This photograph was taken of the grass that was going to seed while blowing in the wind. Working with a Sony camera was a very good experience. There however are limitations to the equipment. I found that I could not use Sony equipment in the capacity of …

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A cloudy sky over Lanai

A cloudy sky over Lanai In Maui, the weather would often be very nice. However, at times they’re where weather systems that would travel through over the Pacific. During a winter storm in January, much sand at the beach was a road is washed out many of the resort to close walking pathways because the sand was no longer there. I did Enjoy part of the trip in Maui where after work I would take …

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I have been out taking photos around the island. This photo is looking out to the south-west coast of Maui south of Olowalu.

The colors in the evening sunset from Maui Hawaii are very vivid. This image was captured in a field that I hike around been for an evening. They were many times in Maui where I would travel around trying to find a location for a portrait photograph. Many of the locations on that being near the beach with the views of the other islands in the distance. However, some locations were representative of the mountains …

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I am enjoying the clear nights here on Maui. Taurus and the Pleiades are on the lower right. Perseus is in the upper left.

Taurus and the Pleiades   This image is the night sky was photographed in Maui Hawaii. The image takes advantage of the new gear that we had in Hawaii for our portrait photography business we were working with. In this image, the camera is set on a tripod and sat for a 15-second exposure. The long exposure allows for more light to gather in the lands to capture the same filaments of light that make …

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Evergreen trees covered in ice after a freezing rain storm that hit Eugene in 2016.

Evergreen trees covered in ice after a freezing rain   Freezing rain is a very uncommon phenomenon. Eugene was hit by a freezing rain storm tearing aid December you years ago. Many trees were broken in the storm. Trees were down all over town. This photograph we drove to a forest at the hillside and looked across a valley. They look to me is very surreal as the trees and the rain fell and froze …

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Alabama hills in southern California

Alabama hills in southern California     The Alabama Hills and the Sierra Nevada’s are a very surreal location p.m. in Southern California. The east side of the Sierras as a stark contrast to the green valleys of western California near the coast. This image was photographed early in the morning looking at the magenta colors of the sunrise cast onto the snowcapped hills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. This way long time has been …

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A remote area in the Wallowa mountains that @marinavisual and I backpacked to back in the fall of 2012.

A remote area in the Wallowa mountains   The wilderness area of the wallowa mountains is perhaps my favorite photography location. This image taken in the backcountry shows a remote mountain lake mirrored in the morning mist with an exposed Alps like Mountain peak. This image was taken on a backpacking trip that I was working on the photo projects on tearing a thousand 12.This is one of my more productive periods of time when …

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A moment during totality while we were in the path of the All American Eclipse during August, 2017.

All American Eclipse If you want to read a free PDF eBook written by Billy Newman about film photography: you can download Working With Film here. Yours free.   Viewing a total eclipse is a very special event. I feel like I was very fortunate to see this total eclipse in 2017. The all American. Image shows the moon and directly in front of the path of the Sun app the moment of totality it …

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A remote area in the Wallowa mountains that Marina and I backpacked to back in the fall of 2012.

remote area in the Wallowa mountains The wilderness area of the lower mountains is perhaps my favorite photography location. This image taken in the backcountry shows a remote mountain lake mirrored in the morning mist with an exposed Alps like Mountain peak. This image was taken on a backpacking trip that I was working on the photo projects on tearing a thousand 12. This is one of my more productive periods of time when I …

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Looking back at Mt Hood through the windmill farms of eastern Oregon as we drove I84 to Pendelton.

Mt Hood through the windmill farms of eastern Oregon   Mt Hood through the windmill farms of eastern Oregon photographed by me many times. However, I think that this is one of the more interesting juxtaposition images that I have created a landscape feature like Mount Hood. In this photograph from an area in eastern Oregon, I look back west at Sunset to Mount Hood. In eastern Oregon, there are acres and acres of windmill …

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Driving around with my friend Dave on the backroads in the coastal mountains of western Oregon.

backroads in the coastal mountains     https://ift.tt/2DlV0SE Driving around with my friend Dave on the backroads in the coastal mountains of western Oregon.   This photograph was taken on a drive BLM land. I was with my friend Dave. Dave drives a 1992 Toyota pickup truck. We often go out on BLM or National Forest land to drive around. The roads in the coastal mountains seem to roam around and meander for miles and …

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A view of the stars to the south late at night during the last weeks of summer.

stars to the south This photograph was taken on a summer night after midnight. Looking south in the sky you see a band of the Milky Way as it starts to bend toward the west. A bright star that you can see about two-thirds of the way to the right is Altair. The warm red and orange color captured in the cloud cover near the Horizon is an artifact of the long exposure photography that …

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On a hike with Marina to a waterfall in the columbia river gorge, summer 2016.

Columbia river gorge This image was photographed at the Columbia River Gorge in a section of hiking trails that has a number of waterfalls to queue. I went on this hike with Marina and a few friends. Before we got to the waterfall Marina crossed a small log. The Columbia River Gorge area has a number of hiking trails in the public lands that are available for access to everyone. These are some of the …

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Nikon F4 film camera This photograph was taken of my Nikon F4 film camera that I used for a number of years. It was originally produced in 1988 until the manufacture of the F5 film camera arrived. I am interested in shooting film photographs and learning about the film medium. I have worked with a manual focus Nikon FG 20 film camera and a Nikon N80 film camera. Now I am working with this Nikon …

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Photographing Marina on an August evening This photograph was taken on an August evening. I had rented a wide-angle Nikon lens for a week of shooting in participation with another paid photo project. I am often working on the backlight in my photographs. In this image, I am using the setting sun and placing it that bright object directly behind the subject. With the exposure, the light of the sun Burns out any of the …

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A number of colorful flowers bloom wild in Oregon during May and June. These foxglove were growing in an area that had been clear cut near Eugene.

flowers bloom wild in Oregon This image was photographed in the month of June in the foothills near Eugene Oregon. The foxglove grows and balloons wild in the hills of Oregon in mid-May and June. I appreciate the blooms of wildflowers that appear during this time of year. I will often see yellow patches of Oregon grape in Bloom on the sides of the hills as I drive by on the highway. I have a …

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An evening at the top of Hells Canyon on the Oregon / Idaho boarder with @marinarosealice.

Hells Canyon on the Oregon / Idaho boarder with @marinarosealice   This photograph was taken in Hells Canyon Oregon on the border of Oregon and Idaho. The snake river cuts a deep channel to the mountains that make up the Oregon Idaho border the Columbia River in Washington. This section of hell’s Canyon is accessible by 4 Wheel Dr. truck. The forest service roads go to the boundary of the wilderness area. This image features …

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Early summer morning in a field with @marinarosealice.

summer morning in a field with @marinarosealice   This photograph of Marina was taken early in the morning on August 1. The image was captured before sunrise during the end of the twilight. I captured this image onto a film camera using Kodak Ektar film stock. Early summer morning in a field with @marinarosealice.https://ift.tt/2qk1TeF https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/n80.htm If you want to book a wedding photography package, or a family portrait session,  please visit  GoldenHourWedding.com or you can …

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The Nikon D3 I shot with for a couple years. I have used Nikon, Sony, Canon and an area of film cameras. I think this full frame proffesional Nikon system is what I liked the most. Really similar to the Nikon D2H I cut my teeth on back in college.

Nikon D3 I shot with for a couple years   I have worked with a number of different types of cameras over the years. Nikon, Canon, Sony. Each camera manufacturer makes a confident camera. I think however I like the Nikon cameras at the most. My favorite camera body and style was the Nikon D3 and D2H that I had in the past. These are the camera bodies that I spent the most time on. …

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Stopped at an area on an early morning drive over the pass on hwy 140 while on the way to Klamath Falls. Photographed on a film in 2015.

hwy 140 while on the way to Klamath Falls   This photograph was taken at a rest stop area in the Cascade Mountains. I really like a house or real the wheatgrass looks in the morning autumn mist and cloud cover that extends over the small hills in the distance.This photograph was created on the Nikon film camera that I had been working with. The image was shot on a frame of Kodak Ektar film. …

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Photographed on an early morning trip around Mt Jefferson. I was using a Nikon F4 film camera during this time. I would develop the film at a photo shop in town and then scan the negative frames digitally at home.

Photographed on an early morning trip around Mt Jefferson https://ift.tt/2EO3seY Photographed on an early morning trip around Mt Jefferson https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/f4.htm If you’re looking to discuss photography assignment work, or  a podcast interview, please drop me an email.  Drop Billy Newman an email here. If you want to book a wedding photography package, or a family portrait session,  please visit  GoldenHourWedding.com or you can email the Golden Hour Wedding booking manager here. If you want to …

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Finally out taking a few photos around Maui. Photo by Marina Hansen.

Image of Billy Newman 2018   Finally out taking a few photos around Maui. Photo by Marina Hansen.https://ift.tt/2AyyFhY If you’re looking to discuss photography assignment work, or  a podcast interview, please drop me an email.  Drop Billy Newman an email here. If you want to book a wedding photography package, or a family portrait session,  please visit  GoldenHourWedding.com or you can email the Golden Hour Wedding booking manager here. If you want to look at …