Tropical Storm Irene close to a year later

We are approaching the one-year anniversary of Topical Storm Irene here in upstate New York. Tropical Storm Irene hit the Catskill Mountain top area with a vengeance on August 28th 2011. It was September 11th I decided to take a trip up to Hunter and Windham area of the Catskill Mountains. It was heart breaking seeing what Mother Nature had done to this area and the destructive force of this storm.

Today I went back to some of the same locations as I was at back last year. These images are from the same location showing the hard work of mankind to restore towns and roadways. It was nice to see things being restored and people getting back to a normal life, but still sad to see areas that homes where totally destroyed that have force families to leave the area.

Life can be tough but events like this make use tougher and bring us closer together to help out our fellow neighbors.

Autumn in the Adirondacks

October 30th 2011 I took a drive up through the Adirondacks here in New York. Color was peaking but the reds had yet to appear this year, using NIK Software’s new Color Efex Pro 4 I was able to punch the images up. I have put together a image gallery of images I took from the trip and you can access the gallery from link below.

Fall in Adirondacks 2011

PANABOOK 2011

Just received my copy of the PANABOOK 2011 and I have two panoramic images published in the book. Kolor is the software developers that produces Autopano Pro the panoramic stitching software I use to develop my panoramic images. Every year Kolor asks photographers to submit panoramic images for possible selection for their annual panoramic photo book. For the 2011 book there was 553 photographers submitted and from this submissions the three jurors selected 156 panoramic images that made it into the 2011 book.

This is the second year that I have made the PANABOOK selection and this year they selected my infrared "Oakwood Cemetery" along this a B&W panoramic "Vanderbilt Column". I feel very honored that I have these images with the 156 great panoramic images from the four corners of the world.

May 2011 Image Gallery

I have just uploaded a new image gallery of images from May of 2011, you can access the gallery from the link below.

May 2011 Gallery

Gallery update

I have not been out shooting much over the past three months, but I have just posted a image gallery of photos taken during February, March and April. You can access the online Gallery from the link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2011images/Feb-Apr2011/

January 2011 Image Gallery

I did not get out much in January but I have created a small image gallery of images that I did take during January. You can access gallery from the link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2011images/Jan2011/

PanoBook 2011

I have just received notice that two of my panoramic images have been selected to be in the Kolor Autopano's 2011 Panobook. I am one of 116 photographers from around the world who have been selected to appear in this years panoramic coffee table book that they publish every year. This the second year that I have appeared in the book, last year I had one image appear in 2010 Panobook. Link below is listing of selected photographers for 2011.

http://www.autopano.net/forum/t10998-panobook-2011-selected-contributors

These are the two images that have been selected.

New Exhibit - Albany Plastic Surgery Center

This past summer it was discovered that I had a spot of skin cancer on my upper lip and I choose Albany Plastic Surgery Center and Doctor King to have this removed. During my visits Doctor King I talk about photography and once he saw my work he asked me if I would like to place some works in his office.

Today I hung 18 photos in the Albany Plastic Surgery Center located at 4 Executive Park Dr # 1, Albany, NY. If you are in the area feel free to stop in, or if you are looking for a plastic surgeon be sure to contact the Albany Plastic Surgery Center where you will find wonderful surgeons and staff.

November 2010 Gallery

I have just uploaded the November 2010 image gallery to my web site, you can access gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/Nov2010/

October 2010 Gallery

I have posted image gallery of select images taken during the month of October 2010.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/Oct2010/

August 2010 Gallery

I have just uploaded image gallery of photos from August 2010 and you can access this gallery from the link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/Aug2010/

July 2010 Image Gallery

I have just posted July 2010 Image Gallery on my website, you may access this gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/July2010/

Eastern State Penitentiary Visit

July 5th I drove down to Philadelphia PA to visit the Eastern State Penitentiary, one of America's most historic prison taking up a full city block in the Fairmount area of Philadelphia. This is now setup as a museum and for photographers they will allow you to bring and use your tripod for a nominal fee. Six out of the thirteen cell blocks are open to the public and the majority of them are still in a decaying state making this location for high dynamic range (HDR) photography. I have uploaded a image gallery of photos I did while there, you can access the gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/EasternState/

June 2010 Image Gallery

I have just uploaded a new image gallery of images taken during the month of June 2010. You can access June 2010 Gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/Jun2010/

May 2010 Image Gallery

I have created a new image gallery of photos taken during May of 2010. You can access gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/May2010/

Images from March & April

I have just uploaded a gallery of images from March and April of 2010, and you can access the gallery from link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2010images/MarApr2010/

Made it into 2010 Panoramic Photography Book published by Autopano Pro

For my extreme panoramic images I use AutoPano Pro software to stitch these photographs together. Every year Autopano Pro asks users to submit images to be considered to be published into their yearly panoramic photography book. I submitted three of my images to be considered for this book and they selected my panoramic image of the Old Decaying Farm in Freehold NY.

Autopano Pro had 1392 images submitted from 638 photographers through the world. This year, a jury composed of famous photographers selected 130 images that will be published in the book: Arnaud Frich, Bertrand Bodin and Hervé Sentucq, all three are specialized in panoramic photography.

Hudson 400 Exhibit

This is the 400th year anniversary that Henry Hudson sailed the Hudson River here in New York State and there has been events along the River this summer. The Photo Center in Troy, NY is currently featuring the Hudson River with a gallery exhibit entitled “The Hudson 400”. This show features photographs of the Hudson River and neighboring valley and I have four of my works chosen to hang in this show. The opening reception will be September 25th 5 to 9 pm along with a closing reception on October 30th 5 to 9 pm. If you are in the area please plan on seeing this exhibit to see how many great photographers have captured this mighty river.

Photo Center
404 River Street
Troy, NY 12180-2821
Phone 518-273-0100

5–9 p.m. Monday–Tuesday, Thursday–Friday
noon–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Leslie Gallery

Finally have gotten around to placing a gallery of images that I have taken of Leslie. Photos taken out doors are from the Village of Athens Dog Park a wonderful dog park which Leslie can run free to her hearts content. To access this gallery use link below.

http://rjnphoto.com/Gallery/2009images/Leslie-1/