Tag Archives: Nikon

OCF for a selfie.

August 31, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

OCF for a selfie

So, last night I was out doing some shooting and decided that I needed to do a “Selfie.” As you might have guessed, over the years, I’m not really in to taking selfies, especially with my cell phone (this wasn’t with a cell phone btw), but I decided that the moon was too cool looking with the haze from the fires out in the western US making the moon stand out in relief.

Selfie under the moon

This was shot with a single flash, hand-held, no modifier for 8 seconds, 1600 ISO, f16. The flash was set at 1/128 power. Camera is a Nikon D700 with the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) of June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

This morning I had the pleasure of capturing Aurora Borealis, otherwise known as Northern Lights. Tonight, if cloud cover doesn’t get in the way, should also be a great night to see some of the most beautiful natural features that we can see here on Earth.

Split Rock Lighthouse in HDR

June 13, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

The other day I had the opportunity to head over to the North Shore and up to Split Rock Lighthouse. We got there just before sunset, about 8:30, and as I started to walk down the path I felt a few raindrops hit me. As I got down by the boat landing I decided that I had better put a rain sleeve on my camera and capture a few images as quickly as possible. I was able to capture this as a 5 shot HDR image that I processed in Lightroom, Photomatix Pro, Photoshop and Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0. Capture was done in Aperture Priority with a Nikon D700 and 80-400 Nikon lens.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North Shore, MN

Martinez family Signature edit

December 22, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Martinez
2014 Copyright Caddy Imaging

A signature edit for the Martinez Family. This was just something I wanted to produce that I’d had in the back of my mind for a while.

Tiffany

December 12, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Back in 2009, long before I even thought about opening a studio, I was asked to supplement some senior photos for a friend’s daughter.

Tiffany

Thomas playing the violin

November 26, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Just a quick post of Thomas playing the violin.

Thomas playing the violin

Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN!

November 21, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN!

That’s right! You heard me! Can you believe it?

What kid doesn’t want to sit on Santa’s lap and have his picture taken? What parent wouldn’t want a priceless (and we do mean priceless cause it’s FREE!) memory of their child?

On Saturday, December 13^th from Noon to 3, Santa will be at the Duck in and Eat Restaurant in Blackduck. Come meet Santa and have a blast! A free 4×6 inkjet print will be printed while you wait or/and you can order a lab quality timeless 4×6 print for the one-time-only low cost of $11.81, including tax ($35 value). Larger prints may be ordered at the standard price in effect at the time of the order. Only one photo will be printed, with the exception that if you have more than one child, each child may be photographed with Santa by themselves and one photo may be taken of all the children together.

Santa’s visit is sponsored by Duck in and Eat, Anderson Fabrics, Blackduck Ambulance, Blackduck Theatre and Caddy Imaging. A $5 donation would be appreciated but is not necessary. All donation proceeds go the local Toys for Tots.

, Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN

The Martinez Family

November 6, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Last month I had the privilege of photographing the Martinez family. Here are a couple of shots that they loved from the session.

Sabattier Effect

September 30, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

After reading about the Sabattier Effect on Digital Photography School I had to try it. Here is the link if you want to give it a go yourself. This image is not an HDR but it does have an HDR like effect. http://digital-photography-school.com/the-sabattier-effect/

Sabattier Effect

First Impressions using the Lee 10 stop Big Stopper ND filter

August 11, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 12mm, f/8 for 25 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Last Friday I received my Lee Big Stopper 10 stop nd filter from Adorama. My youngest had been asking me all day to go to the lake to go swimming, so I decided it was time to give in. Here was a chance to play around with my new gear. I hadn’t been sure if the filter was going to fit since I use the Cokin Z Pro filter holder and I wasn’t looking forward to holding the filter against the lens for an extended period of time. I had checked that the filter would fit the thickness but I had also noticed that the pins on the holder didn’t allow the filter to move down far enough to make a good seal shut out all the light. We arrived at Lake Bemidji State Park at about 7pm on a bright, mostly sunny day. As my youngest ran to the beach to go swim and my oldest left to go for a walk, I grabbed my camera, tripod, filter holder and a remote, wireless shutter that I had also just purchased, an Aputure Pro Coworkder Wireless Remote, and headed down to the beach.

After about an hour of playing around with settings, and a couple of different set ups testing long exposures on the water, we headed back home. The boys had fun, I had fun, and now I want to get back out and shoot some more long exposures.

My first impression… I love this filter. Second impression… it didn’t work very well with the Cokin filter holder. So my options were to either figure out a way to make the filter sit in the holder better, or go with the Lee filter holder. The filter, as of the time of this writing, was $140. Purchasing the Lee holder and the lens adapters would run me another $250 or so. A little steep for this stage. So after looking around on the internet, I modified my Cokin holder by turning the pins around in their slots, then filing off the remaining edges that were still sticking out. Now I really do have to get back out and shoot some more!

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 14mm, f/14 for 25 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 13mm, f/8 for 30 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.

Lee Big Stopper at Lake Bemidji State Park
Copyright 2014, Bill Caddy – Caddy Imaging
Shot taken with a Nikon D7000 set on manual using a Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF PRO DX lens. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/14 for 30 seconds at ISO 100 with a Lee Big Stopper filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 5.6, Google Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0 and Sharpener Pro 3.0.