Jason Hermann Photograpgy – Blog

I put this video montage together to celebrate the incredible moment and the last 2 wonderful years of our lives. Just click the image to watch the video

-Jay

I took these last Sunday with Michele   I love this spot and shoot here atleast a few times a year.  The cool thing about this area is the water level constantly fluctuates, giving us the viewer different compositions all the time.

I used the Canon 24-105 f/4 L  and the 5D Mark II for all of these images.  I also shot at f/16 to get a nice depth of field and shutter speed combo.  These images are also HDR composites made up of 3 exposure’s -2, 0, and +2.

Fallsburgh Falls, NY

Fallsburgh Falls, NY

Jay

I took this on Friday with the Canon 15mm Fisheye @ f/16.  I did an HDR exposure at -2,0,+2, handheld

Smiling Dam - Canon 15mm Fisheye @ f/16, 5D Mark II

Our friend Kelly from Kelly Lyle Photography came for a visit from Illinois this weekend and all I can say is WOW.  We had a killer time and what an amazing person Kelly is on so many levels. Photographer, Teacher, Father, Husband, genius of composition, and for me – A Mentor

Kelly

I met Kelly a few years ago on a photography website.  We were both new to the forum and eager to learn as much about photography as possible.  It just so happens I commented on 1 of Kelly’s wedding threads and we immediately became friends on the board. Over the years we have gotten closer and closer to Kelly, and Michele and I convinced him to come to NY for a visit!!   Kelly has this incredible ability to make everyone around him smile, even on a photography forum. He can write in such away that you feel like he is right there talking to you.  It could be said he just has a great personality, but I think it is way more than that.  You can just look at Kelly and tell he is a kind person, and Michele and I were certainly touched by his visit and friendship

Our weekend was great!  It consisted of picking Kelly up at Newark airport on Friday, shortly followed by a stop at the Horizon Dinner on the way home.  To our surprise we meet a hilarious waiter at the dinner who was an older gentleman with a laundry list of stories and wise cracks that had us laughing and talking about him all weekend.  Kelly was telling Michele and I stories about his family, teaching experiences, and of course photography.

Saturday’s plan was to head down to the studio and take some pics, as well as print some stuff for Kelly on our Archival printer.  Needles to say we had an awesome time at the studio and we learned a ton from Kelly!!! We also got some Killer pics playing around in the studio and out back.

Kelly

We also printed 1 of Kelly’s photos from a recent Wedding he shot in Finland.  Check out this work of art!!

Kelly Lyle Photography - Finland

Sunday we all slept in a bit and then headed down to BHphoto in New York City.  What an awesome store!!!  You can actually play with whatever you want including the Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS and the Canon EF 85mm f 1.2 L.  Michele and I checked out back packs, tri-pods, pelican camera cases, video equipment ect…  The staff was also extremely helpful and knowledgeable in all the areas we checked out.

Me holding the Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS

Kelly holding the 400mm f/2.8 L IS

test shot with the 85mm f/1.2 L

We then headed over to a park I found online at the base of the Manhatten Bridge in Brooklyn, NY.  Our Goal was to get some awesome pictures of the Brooklyn bridge!!

Here is the link if you want to check it out    Park

We got some sick pictures of the Brookyln Bridge as well as the manhatten bridge   This image is a 3 frame pano all taken with a 30second exposure.

Brooklyn Bridge Pano

The Brooklyn Bridge

And then I dropped Kelly off Monday at Newark and the weekend was officially over.

Are weekend flew by to fast, but we will certainly be visiting Kelly at some point if he is not back in NY first

Thanks Kelly

I took this HDR photograph yesterday as I was driving through Walden NY.   The snow melt is at it’s peak and the water is raging!!  I wanted to get this shot last year, but it just didn’t work out   This year though I got it   I used the Canon 5D mark II and the 24-105 f/4L.  The camera was set to f/18 which is higher than I normally go, but I wanted to slow the shutter speed enough to get a nice blur effect on the water.  The best way to do that is by using a neutral density filter to fool the camera eye into thinking it’s darker out, but that was in my car and up a treacherous climb I just came down   f/18 will do the job!  I took 3 exposures at -2, 0, +2 and here is the result.

Walden NY - Rapids

Here is a link to Bing maps Birds eye view of the Dam.  I’m not sure if it still puts out power, but it seems like it might

Walden, NY