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Aug

Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

By Frank T. Smith Closed

A few weeks ago I did a couple photo-walks & presentations for Creve Coure Camera in St. Louis. The event was sponsored by Olympus. The first photo-walk was at the Cathedral Basilica. The following images are from the day’s shoot. I have traveled a lot domestically/overseas and have photographed my share of Cathedral/Churches and this one is at the very top of the list, as far as beauty and wow factor. The cathedral was built over a 100 years ago and was designated a basilica in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.

Aug

MacArthur Road Car Show

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Car, Car Show, Classic, classic car, Dramatic, Dramatic Tone, MacArthur, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, SOOC, Summer, Vintage

I always enjoy photographing car shows and this weekend was no exception. I don’t pretend to know a lot about cars, but I do enjoy capturing their various graphic elements. My friend Dave and I had shot this event a couple of years ago and thought it would be fun to check it out again. Many of these images were straight out of the camera using using the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII “Dramatic Tone” filter. Most of these images were shot with one of my favorite lenses, the M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO.

Jul

Manhattan from Brooklyn

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Cityscape, Landscape, Live Composite, Manhattan, New York, NY, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Sky, Skyline, Summer

A few weeks ago I traveled to New York with my friend and fellow Olympus Trailblazer Alex McClure. Our plan was to photograph the city from Brooklyn. We had done this back in November from the area around the bridges, however, we ran out of time to get shots from the this location (in front of the piers). This time, when we arrived at this location, we were greeted with a beautiful evening and a wonderful sky. I had two camera bodies with me and I used both of them for the following images (The Olympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII and the PEN-F). After we photographed the city skyline we walked up to and over the Brooklyn Bridge. The remainder of the images were from the bridge. The one with the car headlights and taillights was done in “Live Composite” mode.

Jul

It’s-A-Com 2016

By Frank T. Smith 3 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Characters, Comic, It's-A-Con, ITZ-A-CON, Movie, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Portrait, Steampunk

A couple of weeks ago Lehigh Valley Itz-A-Con held there 2nd annual event in Allentown, PA. The event is all about steampunk, comics and movie characters. It was quite the photographic opportunity. All images shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII.

Jun

Bogert’s Covered Bridge 175th Anniversary

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Anniversary, Bogert, Bogert Covered Bridge, Bogert's Bridge, Civil War, Historic, Landscape, Lehigh Parkway, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Parkway, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Summer, Vintage

On Sunday, June 12, 2016 Bogert’s Covered Bridge celebrated its 175 Anniversary. Bogert’s is located in the Lehigh Parkway which is part of the Allentown, PA city parks. This is a location I enjoy shooting. There were many groups present for the celebration. I especially enjoyed the reenactors. I was fortunate to have met Gen. U.S. Grant (aka Ken Serfass), President Abraham Lincoln (aka Rich Neely) and Fife player (aka Chris Zimmerman). These three gentlemen were a pleasure to photograph. All images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II with the 12-40mm f2.8 Pro or the 7-14mm f2.8 Pro lens.

Jun

Paint the Night

By Frank T. Smith Closed

Categories: Photography
Tags: Light, Light Paint, Light Painting, Night, Night Painting, Night Photography, Olympus, OM-D E-M1, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Photo, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, spring, Steve Tobin, Workshop

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to run a workshop with Dan’s Camera City sponsored by Olympus, titled “Paint the Night”. I guess you can tell what the workshop was all about. We were fortunate that Steve Tobin, an incredible artist located in Quakertown, PA, allowed us to use the grounds of his studio. It was an amazing setup for doing light painting. As you can see we used multiple types of light sources from burning steel wool to Pixelsticks. It was a great evening with a great group of photographers. Of all of the images in this post, my favorite one is the last one. I call it “Kissing Angels”. I didn’t notice it at first. I discovered it after I downloaded it and saw it on my computer. It is actually part of a larger image. I have been asked if it was produced with smoke. The answer is no. It was done with a white LED light wand, in combination with the Olympus’s “Live Composite” mode.

The Green Giant

May

Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Bowman's Hill, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, Flora, Flowers, Landscape, Macro, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PA, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Preserve, spring, Wildflower

A few weeks ago I traveled with my friend and fellow photog, Dave Rehrig to the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. It has been several years since my last visit to this beautiful Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania area. I had forgotten how beautiful this place is. They boast the fact that they have nearly 800 varieties of natural species (there are approximately 2000 species native to PA). More than 80 of which are rare, threatened or endangered native plants designated as Plants of Special Concern in Pennsylvania. Here is a link to Bowman’s Hill Website. All images were shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII. The macro shots were taken with the M.Zuiko ED 60mm f2.8. The rest were taken with the M.Zuiko ED 12-40mm f2.8 PRO or the M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO. The last image of the flower is a series of 20 focus bracketed shots (which you can set to automatically shoot within the E-M5 Mk II) that provided me with a greater depth of field and thereby allowing me to have the front to the rear of the flower in full focus.