Photography | Heath McConnell

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Vision And Faith

Have you ever been driving and the sun was just low enough to really cloud your vision? That is exactly what happens when I am lacking faith…my vision becomes cloudy or blurred.
It is similar to the image here. There are a few great blue herons in this image, however, my vision is to compromised to [...]

Sewer Fed Trees

I created this image based on the sign that said something about the trees being watered by sewer water and that you shouldn’t drink that water.

The Deschutes River

Over this past weekend, my family and I went camping…like the majority of Oregonians. We went to a spot that can be so beautiful at times up in the Cascades. I took a couple shots one evening with my point-and-shoot camera and have attached it here. I did a little bit of adjustments in Apple’s [...]

What’s wrong with this picture

July Fourth we were down at the river and there was a large cottonwood tree washed up on shore. I rattled of a bunch of shots and…

Beautiful Sky

I was on my way deep into the coast range to fish one morning and caught this glimpse of the sky.
It never ceases to amaze me…the art in nature, how my god can use it to my pleasure and enjoyment. The seasons, the colors, the wildlife… I can’t help but be in awe.

Coastal Waters

My son and I took a trip to Newport, Oregon today. Here a few shots from the day. I was very amazed at how quickly our time flew by. From this trip I have learned the difference between shooting with a point and shoot…and using a Canon 7D. I like the dSLR myself…what do you [...]

How to shoot fireworks

I thought it to be a good idea to repost this “how to shoot fireworks” post from last year.

Towers Of Love

My dog was running through very tall grass. I wondered what it must be like to him, getting hit in the face by it all. I got down to see what he sees and took this…

Seeds Of The valley

I was supposed to have band practice the other night. It turned out that everyone cancelled on me. So I went fishing. I needed the relaxation. At one point I could only focus on capturing images with my phone. This is one of them. This area of the valley is the grass seed capital of the world.

For Sale | CyberSync Flash Trigger Set

I have a Paul C. Buff CyberSyncs which includes the Transmitter CSRB and Receiver CST. I am selling them as a set only. These units have actually only been used for about 3-4 shoots. They are excellent units that never failed…ever. I moved to TTL transmitters and need to sell these. I am asking $110 [...]

Migrating from Lightroom to Aperture 3

So I have decided to switch to Aperture 3 for all my imaging library and adjustment needs (those not requiring “deep” editing in Photoshop). There seems to be a lot of debate over this kind of thing. There are a lot of irrational claims to fames and all sorts of jim crackery, however, I went [...]

Aperture 3 Feature for Backpackers and Photography

Here is a feature in Apple’s Aperture 3 that I ALWAYS wished I had…visual map reference of all my outdoor and backpacking adventures tied to all my images and GPS tracks for cataloging my adventures

Photographer on top of the Empire State Building

I am always amazed at the great heights and lengths photographers will go to to create that image they see in their minds eye… their art. I found this video on Syl’s site, Pixsylated.com. This crazy guy, Joe McNally, working for National Geographic, climes up the needle on top of the Empire State Building. See [...]

Aperture 3.0.1 Update Available

Today Apple came out with an update to Aperture 3 via Software Update that fixes a lot of items. Note that if you are currently testing Aperture 3 in Demo mode, the update will not show up in Software Update, or at least it did not for me. I used the method below to get [...]

The Three Sisters BW

After the first of the year, I was in need of a much anticipated break from everything. I decided to head out wheeling and camping in the Coburg hills. I took our new puppy and off we went. From the top you can see the Willamette Valley from Eugene to Albany on the West side [...]

Changing The Oil

I was heading home after dropping my son off and needed to add some oil to my thirsty International Scout. I pulled over and while I was waiting for the oil to pour in I saw this image. It was as if the the oak tree had a magnetic field drawing the lightrays down from [...]

Will the iPad be useful for photographers

The looooong awaited Apple tablet has been announced. The iPad. So, what will this device mean to photographers if anything?

The Eponymous Album Update #6 | A Blessing

My prayers for a miracle have been answered!
Well, as you may know from recent posts, I had a hard drive crash. The hard drive circuit board fried and it caused some damage to the physical disc. I sent the drive to DriveSavers because I get a discount for being a Professional Photographers of America member [...]

Happy New Years 2010

Tomorrow is the new year and I wanted to wish every one a Happy New Year. May your year be blessed and full of increase.
I have many things to do this new year. I need to redesign some of our website, design a few Album layouts for the purpose of offering wedding albums, offer a more focused [...]

BBQ and a Shoot

I got the opportunity to shoot some friends of mine during a BBQ we had this month. They just had a baby not to long ago and wanted to get something to send to family. It for the kickin’ it at home” look and Things went pretty well. We had a great time. We [...]

Free Song Download-Beautiful

This piece is a spontaneous song that came under an incredible atmosphere of His presence in the room. There was a long stretch of silence after this where all were in a state of awe of Him, face down.
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Changing Colors In A Black and White Image

There was a little dialogue on my Facebook about my images. The friend was wondering what type of camera I was using. On their last comment, I decided to make a quick screencast to show what I meant by the colors in a RAW black and white image using Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.
Friend: “These are [...]

Scandinavian Festival-Junction City-Oregon

This weekend is the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City. The festival runs from August 13-16th this year and is quite popular. My son and I went in the afternoon on Thursday and had a great time. He has gotten to the point were he accepts the fact, that no matter where we are, I will [...]

Backpacking for a Portrait

Recently I decided to kill three birds with one stone (who hasn’t). I decided to go backpacking, take a few portraits and train my son in location photography techniques, as well. I know you may be saying, “yah, so what’s the problem”. I‘ll tell you… Let me start by saying I love backpacking as much [...]

Lightpainting

I thought I would try my hand at lightpainting again last night. I planned a real nice shot with me and some props. So I set up the camera and tripod, I set up the umbrella and flash, basically I had everything prepared for the shot. I got in position to get familiar with my [...]

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