Leahy's Picture of the Day

Environmental Portraits

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:46:00 +0000

Bionicles

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:44:00 +0000

Kids @ Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:24:00 +0000

At Eldon's house.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm F2, 1/60, ISO 1600, f2

Family Portraits

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Noel and Weigel family portraits.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, 1/200, f5.6, ISO 200, 35mm

Dee and Al Christmas @ ISO 6400!

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Some more images from Christmas at Dee and Al's. These are all at ISO 6400, F2.8 on my 17-55mm, and about 1/60 sec. Again, not crazy about color at these high ISO's, but black and white looks great. The house was really dark for photography, I mean really dark.

Christmas at Dee & Al's ISO 3200

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:12:00 +0000

I was testing the high ISO capability of my new D300, these two are at 3200. I'm not crazy about the look of most of my images in color at 3200. I like them quite a bit in black and white though.
Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f2.8, 1/60, shooting in black and white mode.

M on the Sled

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:58:00 +0000

Great days for sledding on the neighborhood hill!
Nikkon D80, Nikkor 35mm F2, f2, 1/160, 35mm, ISO 400

Thursday Night Crew in Yelm

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:51:00 +0000

Tony, Brian, John and I had a really great ride in Yelm, in the snow. It was a little slippery, and harder to push through, but not bad.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55 F2.8, f4, 1/320, 24mm, ISO 800

Wedding Pictures in Puyallup

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:46:00 +0000

I helped my friends Tom and Tasha with a wedding, this cute little guy was running around during formal pictures.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55 F2.8, f2.8, 1/60, 17mm, ISO 3200

Snow Day

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:40:00 +0000

B and M heading down the hill backwards on our snow-day.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55 F2.8, f11, 1/400, 26mm, ISO 200

Star Scream, Transformer

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Just testing high ISO's.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f5.6, 1/50, 50mm, ISO 1600

First Tooth Lost!

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:03:00 +0000

B is a little late in loosing his first tooth, and was very happy to have it finally happen!
Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f2.8, 1/100, 17mm, ISO 1600

Leahy Christmas Card 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:54:00 +0000

Lighting is not my expertise. I was happy, for about the first time, to have a lighting style I was after, and actually pull it off. This is two strobes on stands, #1 is open and bounced off my high ceiling, #2 is through an umbrella fired from low-right of subjects. I had to paste in the fire from a second shot, because it was too dark from being blocked by the subjects. Bokeh is Photoshop. The boys were squirrelly, I only got about 5 shots in total. About an hour of set-up and planning because I knew I wouldn't have a long window. Grandpa Pat's chair!
Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f5.6, 1/100, 26mm, ISO 100

M and His Creation

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:52:00 +0000

M is the master of the Bionicle.
Camera Specs: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f2.8, 1/25, 50mm, ISO 1600, Anchored on ground w/strap proping up lens

The Boys and Bionicle

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:48:00 +0000

Playing in the hallway.
Camera Specs: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f2.8, 1/60, 45mm, ISO100, Speedlight 800

Tae Kwon Do Sparring

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:44:00 +0000

B & B sparring, class watches, M give some advice. I like the flags on the wall in this picture and the I like that the instructor is in it too!
Camera Specs: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f2.8, 1/80 sec, 17mm, ISO 800

On the Way to TKD

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:41:00 +0000

This is on the way to Tae Kwon Do our Monday/Wednesday ritual.
Camera Specs: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, f8, 2.0 sec, 17mm, ISO 800, On-Camera Flash.

Brothers at Mt. Peak

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:06:00 +0000

After exploring some of the trails we haven't been on before, and a pretty long version of the Mt. Peak hike in Enumclaw, the boys took a break and had a power bar.

Black and White Version of Mt. Rainier Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:44:00 +0000

Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8, 55mm, F/2.8, 1/640, ISO 400

Nikon D80, Nikkor 80-200 F2.8, F/2.8, 1/1000, 200mm, ISO 200

Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, 1/640, F/2.8, 28mm, ISO 400

Canon Rebel XTi, Lensbaby Muse, F/4, 1/1000, ISO 100

I like this set as black and white too.

Unique Cloud Swirls and Mt. Rainier

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Mt. Rainier dominates the landscape from the Seattle/Tacoma area, and once every couple of years clouds will form a swirl off the peak. I've lived here for 20 years and haven't seen two swirls off the mountain like this. We also had a very colorful sunset, the combination was very awesome, and while driving around Buckley to get images, many people were pulled over looking. I saw people driving with one hand, and snapping with their little hand held cams. One guy pedaled up on his bike, with a 20oz Coors and had a seat across the street from where I was parked and relaxed, taking in the site. I got some images I am happy with, but not the knockout photograph I was hoping for.

Wm. Leahy Advertising Sign

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:08:00 +0000

When I was about 8 years old my Dad told me he was starting an advertising and design business. He had worked mostly in sales before that. He created an office in our spare bedroom, and set-up a drawing table. I remember being pretty impressed. This was the sign he hung outside his office when it upgraded to the garage space at our house. Again, I was impressed to see his business grow. He is nearing retirement and his business has been very successful and given him a creative outlet, a thing we Leahy's seem to need, and have a talent for. The sign is weathered and broken in half, it hangs outside an incredible office space that would take too long to describe with justice. Fathers out there, know that your kids learn more from your example, than from any lesson you try to teach.
Photo Stats: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F/2.8, 1/100 sec, F/2.8, ISO 250, 22mm

Hot Rod Hell

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:22:00 +0000

Great vintage art from a cool POV on a great overcast day.
Camera Stats: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F/2.8, 1/100 sec, F/2.8, ISO 250, 28mm

Rosie's Bike and Blogging

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:03:00 +0000

Why does a low POV detail shot with selective focus get me so jazzed? I don't know, but it does. I like it. I am coming off a lot of time spent on my favorite photo blogs: chase jarvis, vincent laforet, chromasia, conscientious, etc. I started this blog as a way to direct some traffic to my photography site, share my day to day and journal a diary really. As of late, I am planning another blog. I'm not sure what this one will be. I really love blogs. Not all blogs, not even most blogs, in-fact only a very few blogs, but the ones I like I love, and find incredibly fulfilling. If you are a photographer and you haven't checked out the blogs above, you need to. Now. Seriously. Also, check out photoblogs.com too. To blog is to share, and to share is to live.
Photo details: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55 F/2.8, 17mm, ISO 250, F/2.8, 1/100 sec.

Gary's Vega

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000

There is a tradition among my Dad and his brothers that when two or more of them get together they get in a car and go look at another car that one of them has just bought or wants to buy. Usually the car they are looking at doesn't run. I've been tossed in the back seat on this ritual for about 40 years now, and am just beginning to enjoy it! As with most things you never appreciate them until they are gone and my Dad will soon be without all but one of his brothers. This encounter was with Gary and his Vega, which he acquired free of charge, and pushed over to his friend Mitsu's house, who is working on getting running. Mitsu confirmed on this morning that Gary's car is F'ed up, (his words not mine) and that Gary will need to have some patience on this one. As I get older, it's these moments that I love and cherish the most, not simply because I enjoyed tagging along, but because it was a moment of happiness between a strained relationship, my Dad and uncle that is. My Dad said we were heading out to find Gary and bring him back for Thanksgiving for his mother, God rest her soul, and absolutely not for himself. That is the truth. I know that. I also know that she smiled when they smiled over that broken down Vega; and I smiled too. We all forgot about the past, and the future for a moment too. Things don't always end well that start well, Gary didn't stay for Thanksgiving, and Joe is heavy on all our hearts and minds right now.
Photo Stats: Nikon D80, Nikkor 17-55mm F2.8, 1/160-1/250, F4, ISO 320, wide end of zoom. Comments: I love the image with Gary and Mitsu blurred in the background, it shows their friendship and a nice detail POV from the Vega. I don't mind that Gary and Mitsu are out of focus, it is really better that way. It was planned that way too. I shot this: background in focus and foreground blurred just in case, but it is not as good.

Mt. Rainier from Yelm

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:03:00 +0000

A nice November sunset in Yelm, and a picturesque Mt. Rainier view. Juan, Brian and I had a great exploration ride near John's place.