Ken Cave Photography

LEXINGTON Kentucky

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:45:06 +0000

We sojourned to Knoxville Tennessee to see my Grandson for his 1st birthday by way of Lexington Kentucky. I would highly recommend Lexington for a place to visit. Lexington will be the host of the World Equestrian games this September, the first time this competition has been held in the United States-they are very excited and well should be. We had a chance to ride around horse farms, visit Keeneland Racetrack and visit the downtown area. Then it was off to Knoxville. I think another trip to Knoxville is in order around the Fall colors, plus I don’t see my son and family enough.

No Frame on the print as I still need to swith my frame actions from Photoshop CS4 to CS5

Infrared Nikon D80/ Nikkor 24-70

Indianapolis Skyline

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:24:52 +0000

Had to interrupt the Southeastern Ohio series. Mid last week in between the thunderstorms the weather turned perfect and after 8 hours of photographing Indianapolis I was rewarded with this great shot. As the sun was setting, it was so low that it peered under the stone walking path leading from the Indianapolis Botanical Gardens to the the main area of the White River State Park and just lit up the whole seen. This shot was taken about 8:45 PM. Another bonus was the White River overflowing its normal banks allowed a nice reflection in the still waters at the bottom the frame that normally would not have been there under normal conditions. I was also able to get a couple of cool night shots, but this one was definitely the winner of the day. Returned home about 11PM.

Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70, Tripod and Cable Release

Tiny Landscapes-Franklin Conservatory-Columbus OH

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:24:47 +0000

Day two of our Southeastern Ohio expedition had us all creating tiny landscapes or in photographic terms (macro photography). Now I don’t do a lot of this type of photography; in fact I do not use macro lenses, but rely on extension tubes. These tubes go between the the lens and the camera which creates distance between the lens and the camera sensor effectively magnifying the subject size you are photographing.

Outside of flower petals, insects and such there is a whole world of macro photography. It even gets to the extreme with microscopic photography using high powered microscopes to photograph the smallest of objects. Wonderful abstracts can be created to the point that you would not even know what is actually being photographed.

If you think you would like to learn more about macro photography you can visit the following link: Tiny Landscapes

Exploring Southeastern Ohio

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:30:58 +0000

I few weeks ago I was I was fortunate enough to spend a week shooting in Southeastern Ohio with Monte Nagler, a fine art photographer from the Detroit area whose work is in galleries all over the country. 6 days and over 1500 clicks later, I think a pulled in quite a good amount of photographs. The best part of the trip may have been the diversity of the photographs and locations we were able to shoot. Our trip started out in Columbus, OH. We spent day 1 at the Columbus Zoo and day 2 was the Franklin Conservatory. Days 3 and 4 were at Hocking Hills State Park and days 5 and 6 were in Holmes County home to about 60,000 Amish.

There was just too much to include in just one post. Day one at the Columbus Zoo was overcast and raining, perfect for photographing animals (no harsh shadows). We were told later, that the Columbus Zoo is one of the top rated zoos in the country. And zoos are great places to take photos of animals. Some the ones below were shot through glass ( with plenty of kid’s fingerprints). I highly recommend a photographic journey through a Zoo.

This tiger face was taken through glass.

This polar bear was also taken through glass.

Just liked the color combo of the pink/orange and the green.

Nikon D300, Nikkor VR 70-200/2.8, Nikkor 1.7x entender

Lindsay and Ralph’s Wedding

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:16:11 +0000

Lindsay and Ralf were the grand prize winner of the Kokomo Gala Bridal Show in January 2009. Ken Cave Photography was very excited about being selected as their Photographer. The ceremony was held at Shiloh Methodist Church and the Reception (where all the real action took place) was held at Celebrations. Christa Tharp was the Wedding Planner and Jeff Hodson of Xsight music was the DJ.

New Logo-New Look

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:31:52 +0000

Ken Cave Photography has changed its logo and its look!

NEW STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY WEB SITE IS LAUNCHED

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:17:06 +0000

KEN CAVE PHOTOGRAPHY announces the launch of its STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE. Just see our STOCK tab on this site or click on this image. We have just posted about 100 images to the site with many more from our archives to be posted weekly. Below is a stock list that includes Travel, Industrial, People and other categories. Our collection also includes Rights-Managed and Royalty Free images. If you need something we don’t have posted, just give us a call and we may have it (or can go shoot it).

Lightroom 3 is almost here!

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:09:31 +0000

I have been using the beta version of Lightroom 3 for about three months now, but it wasn’t until I downloaded the Beta2 version that become available last week that I began to become excited. The Beta2 version had some enhancements that make this upcoming upgrade in my opinion an easy decision. Before I get into any details, I must say that I am a Nikon shooter and think CaptureNX2 raw converter is a superior converter for Nikon NEF files. I also believe that Capture NX2 has better editing capabilities and editing tools, but a very clunky workflow and almost zero compatibility with Lightroom. Hence; Photomechanic. (another blog for another time).

Getting back to Lightroom, the Beta 2 version boasts a camera tethering feature to capture files directly your computer screen, a noise reduction, that is much better than previous versions and a much (and I mean much faster) browser. The Beta 2 version also has a completely new RAW converter. While I am impressed with the raw converter I have not used it enough to give an opinion although it does seem to be improved over the previous versions.

There still few things I would like to see on a new Lightroom version such as a circular gradient tool, a black point setting (black slider not accurate enough) and additional sliders such as noise reduction and white balance for the adjustment brush. There are other too like a Gaussian blur adjustment but then I may be really trying not to use Photoshop at all.

Here are a couple of links to find out more about Lightroom 3 Beta 2. Here is a link to Terry White’ blog and one to Adobe Lab’s

It appears that April 12 will be the announcement date of the release date. Go figure that.

How Good is Your Image?

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:40:40 +0000

“Image is Everything”- a phrase coined by Canon several years ago by Andre Agassi, the tennis player who endorsed Canon Rebel Cameras. I am not sure how effective their campaign was, but they may have been a little ahead of their time. This slogan may be more relevant today than ever. With increased competition for today’s consumer and business dollar every edge is needed in today’s market place. And as Canon would say Image is everything. And what type of image are you portraying. Would you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on advertising material and use a point and shoot camera for you images. Many people don’t even read the print, yes print is important (specially when its a NO INTEREST UNTIL 2020) but it’s the pictures that catches a viewer’s eye on a brochure for example. Nothing starts a good first impression or image as a professional headshot, whether it is in corporate material, brochures, resumes, business cards (just ask a real estate agent) or even Facebook. Yes Facebook-Facebook is used as a business networking tool by many many people. Be careful what you print.

Nikon D700; Nikkor 70-200/f2.8 VR

Glad to see some nice weather

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:48 +0000

I brought this photo our of the archives. This photograph was made a long time ago but thought I would try to extend our latest mild weather a little longer.