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iPhone Friday

May 17, 2013 by Justin Balog 0 Comments

Howdy! Sorry for the slight delay today, I was a concert last night. More specifically I was at my Mom’s concert. The final one of the season. It was full of pyrotechnics and 80s super rock ending. Well, not really. It did have guest artists which were simply amazing. These kids played with incredible passion. A middle school girl on violin and a sophomore boy on cello. To say they were amazing is an understatement….they were both testaments to human potential.

Photo Notes – I posted a few instagr.ams from this week. I wanted to let you know that I have been sharing photo tips over on IG. IF you are an IGer, you’ve seen my tips. However, if you’re not, you can follow me through their relatively new web interface:

http://instagram.com/justinbalog

The tips are quick hitters, and I hope they help you on your own creative adventure. I’ll see you back here on Monday. Get out there and make some magic my friends!

Filed Under: iPhone Friday, iPhone Photography

Bob Lussier

May 16, 2013 by Justin Balog 2 Comments

The is my man Bob Lussier. He recently sent me a cool photo for my ‘about me’ page, so I thought I would share a photo that I shot of him while we were at #nXnw 2013. Bob has many claims to fame, but the fact he can run a sub three hour marathon, pretty much makes his a super hero in my book. Make sure to check out his work here.

Filed Under: Colorado, Grand Junction, Nikon 45mm PC-E, Nikon D700, nXnw, nXnw2013, People, Travel

The Ship’s Tavern

May 15, 2013 by Justin Balog 5 Comments

I haven’t posted much from Denver lately, so I decided to go waaaay back into the archive today. This is the famous Ship’s Tavern, which is the quaint little pub in the world famous Brown Palace. A must see while visiting Denver.

Photographer’s Note & Other Geeky Stuff – When I’m shooting at night, I try to overexpose my images. Partly because the camera will tend to underexpose them. Even if I lose some detail in the highlights, I can easily recover that information in Lightroom. What it does give me is an information rich file to work with. This allows me be creatively style my night scenes with Nik Filters. Hope that helps you on your own creative journey!

Filed Under: Colorado, Denver, Gitzo Traveler, Lightroom 4, Nik Software, Nikon D700, Processing Notes, Sigma 15mm Fisheye, Tips

San Francisco And Hutch

May 14, 2013 by Justin Balog 2 Comments

Ahh….California Street in the mystical City By The Bay. Oh how I love San Francisco. The architecture, the sea, the people….I love everything about this great city. You can easily walk around and see iconic landmark after iconic landmark. I actually conducted an experiment when I was there last. I walked around town for a week shooting with exclusively with my Nikon D700 and 28-300 VR. Well, that and some iPhone. You can read about the experiment over on my review of the Nikon 28-300 VR.

Filed Under: California, Nikon 28-300 VRII, Nikon D700, San Francisco, Travel

So Many Stories

May 13, 2013 by Justin Balog 2 Comments

I hope everyone had a great weekend and Mother’s Day. We spent the day planting flowers and it was awesome…because my mom is awesome!

Today’s Photo

I will often go through these little mental exercises where I try to imagine all the stories of the world both past and present. In all honesty, it freaks me out a bit. It’s overwhelming to think we have our own story to tell that is just as cool as every other story being told. Billions of stories happening simultaneously. Each one as genuine as the next. The exercise feels a bit like Leibniz’s feeling he described about standing on the precipice of infinite greatness and infinite smallness (paraphrased). I wonder what this gentleman’s story is. I photographed him in a local Belizean market where he was trading vegetables with another farmer. Sure, we could say he is a framer…but life, his life, your life, our lives are much more than that.

Filed Under: Belize, Nikon 18-200 VR, Nikon D7000, People, San Ignacio, Travel