Mother Flight over Lowell

I’ve been learning how to fly my drone.  It’s quite nerve-wracking but I’m getting the hang of it. Check out my first flight! This video covers a very short trip over Lowell which I made originating at Fort Hill Park. My altitude was set at 320-ish feet for the duration but hopefully I’ll get more dynamic over time.  The music is awesome, by Vitamin String Quartet tribute to Pink Floyd so go get it here! https://www.amazon.com/String-Quartet-Tribute-Pink-Floyd/dp/B000069KDX

Lowell Folk Festival 2014

Sun, Sweat, and Music at the Lowell Folk Festival There are only a few times in life when standing in the sun, sweat dripping from my could be considered fun.  Today was one of those days!  Today is the second day of the Lowell Folk Festival and I got there right when things kicked off.  It’s nice because there is a large section of downtown completely roped off for pedestrians only so it’s easy to get to all the stages. I wanted to take my time and just look for compositions I liked, meandering around looking for things that caught my eye.  There were …

Lowell, Gem of the Mill Cities

Here are some of the new shots I’ve been getting. I’m not only refining my HDR techniques, but I’m honing my LightRoom and Photoshop skills AND learning about architectural photography. I took 6-9 RAW photos of each frame, using a different Fstop, and merged them using the HDR functionality in Photoshop. Then saved that file as a TIFF, which was like 300mb! As a TIFF I could get CameraRAW in Photoshop to open it and edit it. I generally push the highlights 90% down, the shadows 90% up and work down to really get all the dark spots properly exposed. …