ckershenblatt

new lens

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:17:56 GMT

Tom from work sold me his brand new, never used kit lens (from his D90): the 18-105mm VR from Nikon. I paid all of fifty bucks for it - then got down to the Longport Point just as dusk began,

drunken hippies

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:40:04 GMT

or something

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:25:13 GMT

last dawn of summer 2009

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:31:21 GMT

Before Sunrise, this morning - last day of summer

rolling

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:21:17 GMT

DUNGEN @ johnny brenda's

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:20:16 GMT

DUNGEN is a band of folk-prog-jazz-psychedelic ... whatever ... from Sweden of all places. They sing in Swedish, they play in analog (old Marshals, tape-delays) and they freakin kick-ass. They put on one of the best shows I've ever seen at Johnny Brenda's last night. I didn't bring a flash, didn't bring a zoom. But I did manage to stand just to the side of the stage - and test out my D200 low-light concert skills. It took some time (during the warm-up band) to figure out my settings. And now I understand why people love the D300, D3, etc. I topped out my ISO at 1600, yet could easily have gone quite higher if it were available (on my camera). Ran the pics through NIK's Dfine software - and I'm pretty happy with 'em. More importantly - it was such a fucking GREAT show.

cormarant at dawn

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:38:45 GMT

From my bike ride this morning, riding up and down the island, trying to "process" the death of a friend.

hanging with the frogs @ Birch Grove

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:50:41 GMT

Today's noon photo.

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:24:29 GMT

portrait from the pier

used soft orange filter in silver efex pro
f/2
1/3200
iso 500

moscow on the boards

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:08:11 GMT

july 11, 2009
atlantic city

another fourth of July

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:26:25 GMT

fireworks over Margate/OC

iso 200
f/8
4 seconds

Jamie's graduation party

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:12:24 GMT

I was 23 years old, living on Academy street in Glassboro, when my pals Mark & Dawn discovered that they were, uh, on their way to way having a baby (whom they named Jamie) Now, decades later, I was able to take some pics of Jamie's graduation party (from Rowan, no less).

mark getting attacked in the pool.

Jamie

Giovanna

new update

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:44:09 GMT

new update to my iweb photo page:

http://web.me.com/mile.end/the_d200_site/Podcast/Podcast.html

first day of summer

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:33:58 GMT

a bit on the dark and stormy side

Somers Point Bayfest

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:20:50 GMT

Warm almost summer weather, Dogfish IPA beer on tap, five bands, Skateboard & BMX stuff, vendors, food - good times by the bay.

pier sunrise

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:56:14 GMT

detail

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:38:29 GMT

silver efex

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:22:55 GMT

very cool aperture plug-in, Silver Efex.

d200, f/4, 1/350, ISO 100 focal length: 18.0mm

snow, 2 March 2009

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:27:41 GMT

Gone Digital

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:55:48 GMT

It finally happened - I've acquired my first digital SLR. Wow, did that completely blow my mind (mind-blowing, though cliche, was the phrase that kept popping up during my first hands-on experience).

My journey? Back in 2005, late summer, I bought my first SLR, my beloved black (with oh so cool brassing) OM-1. Slowly, ever so slowly, I got into it. By 2007, I was on a roll, shooting at least two or three rolls a month, all with the same 50mm 1.4 lens. All manual focus, all pure & simple.

Well - suddenly, I'm no longer in 1974.

I'm rolling with a D200, a new Nikkor nifty fifty f/1.8D. Blasted into the future - indeed.

Did I say mind-blowing? My God - it's freaking me out.

More, of course, to come ...

dawn, last week's snow

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:16:39 GMT

kyle's room

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:26:51 GMT

This one does not have Kyle in it - but one can hear him in background. Note the signed Ted Kennedy photo!

how i met kyle

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:02:52 GMT

no nukes

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:15:19 GMT

from a march on Washington I attended, er, perhaps 1980? from a color shifted slide, transfered to b&w in PS.

Got Scanner

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:45:19 GMT

I finally got a new scanner - wow, how cool is that?

Here's something I found: a photo shoot from kylecassidy taken perhaps January of 1987! Yikes! That's along time ago, isn't it?