ISO 1600 50mm f/5.6 1/100 sec
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Last Day for the Facebook Contest Giveaway. But its not too late!!!
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY... for this weekends contest!! But have no fear because its not too late to enter in for your chance to win! And if you’ve already submitted your response to the contest question, be sure to send everyone you can over to vote it up, because YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS AWESOME PRIZE!!! Below is the Contest Details 
Enjoy and see you over at the facebook page!!
The contest is rather simple, post a reply on the Nick Exposed Facebook wall to this question:
What does photographic (or creative) vision mean to you?
There’s no right or wrong answer really, but we are going to go off of poplular vote, so throughout the weekend send your creative friends and family to the page to vote by clicking the like. The response that has the most likes by the end of the contest will win the awesome prize listed below.
But heres the catch to make things fair you must vote yourself by liking at least 2 other responses throughout the duration of the contest.
The contest will end midnight est. on Wednesday Feb. 29th, but the sooner you post your reply the better chances of getting more votes… Im just sayin
Whats the prize?!?!?!
Im glad you asked!!
The Winner will receive a SIGNED copy of David duChemins outstanding book Photographically Speaking. Did he say signed? Yes I did, and no its not signed by me… that would be worthless. I was just going to do a regular copy at first, but I made a call this week and managed to get my hands on a signed copy specifically for this giveaway to add some extra value to the lucky winner! This is a $50 book and with David’s signature its easily worth like 4 Thousand… Japanese Yen. But seriously this book has had a huge impact in the way Ive approached my photography and I wanted to spread the inspiration with my Awesome fans 
Feel free to leave a response below but only comments on the Facebook page are eligible to win, so get on over there and start posting!!
Bicycle
ISO 100 51mm f/5.6 1/4sec
It’s posted in my bio, but Im sure most people still don’t know that I was an amateur magician a couple years back. I consider magic to be a piece of art, a well thought out example of creative expression. Still to this day I love the feel of a crisp just opened deck of casino quality playing cards gently gripped between the fingers. I love the sound of playing cards as their shuffled, riffled, dribbled and sprung and would find enjoyment in just playing with the 52 pasteboards all day long. I myself have close to 30 decks of playing cards in various colors, shapes and sizes, many of which are special limited edition decks that I rarely play with in fear of destroying them. Its kind of like my mini gallery of fine art playing cards haha. Theres literally random cards stuck to my ceiling, which makes for a great conversation starter for those who I have over to the studio. I know the stories behind the cards, and over the years have acquired many stories of my own. Continue reading
Through the wall
ISO 1600 50mm f/4 1/40sec
It never ceases to amaze me how much there is to explore downtown. So many times the thought of “I wonder where this road will take me” has led to some fun discoveries new to my eyes. Today that is exactly what happened! Continue reading
Fuel Station
ISO400 43mm f/11 1/50sec
Gazing Below
ISO200 123mm f/11 1/200sec
Facebook Contest Giveaway has Launched!!
IT IS TIME... for this weekends contest!! The contest is rather simple, post a reply on the Nick Exposed Facebook wall to this question:
What does photographic (or creative) vision mean to you?
There’s no right or wrong answer really, but we are going to go off of poplular vote, so throughout the weekend send your creative friends and family to the page to vote by clicking the like. The response that has the most likes by the end of the contest will win the awesome prize listed below.
But heres the catch to make things fair you must vote yourself by liking at least 2 other responses throughout the duration of the contest.
The contest will end midnight est. on Wednesday Feb. 29th, but the sooner you post your reply the better chances of getting more votes… Im just sayin
Whats the prize?!?!?!
Im glad you asked!!
The Winner will receive a SIGNED copy of David duChemins outstanding book Photographically Speaking. Did he say signed? Yes I did, and no its not signed by me… that would be worthless. I was just going to do a regular copy at first, but I made a call this week and managed to get my hands on a signed copy specifically for this giveaway to add some extra value to the lucky winner! This is a $50 book and with David’s signature its easily worth like 4 Thousand… Japanese Yen. But seriously this book has had a huge impact in the way Ive approached my photography and I wanted to spread the inspiration with my Awesome fans
Feel free to leave a response below but only comments on the Facebook page are eligible to win, so get on over there and start posting!!
Off Season
ISO 100 55mm f/4 1/60
With the recent snowfall I decided to make another trip to the local park to see how the scenery has changed with the addition of the fluffy white highlights. Most of the scenery was not to my liking as it was a rather gray day out, which wasn’t to flattering to the park. However I did like this scene with the lonely unused bench as the court is in hibernation for the off season. Its only company being the dusting of snow that surrounds. Continue reading
Photographic Inspiration: David duChemin
About 2 weeks ago I came across a fantastic book titled “Photographically Speaking”, and it has played a huge part in changing the way I look at my photos and the way I think about my framing when approaching a scene. The author of the book is the extraordinary photographer David duChemin, and when I continued to search through his work and writings it was like a never ending fountain of knowledge and inspiration. He approaches his photos with such a strong personal vision and seems to have such a distinct reason for each element in his scenes. With his teachings he focuses heavily on photographic vision and the story telling aspect of the art, so its no wonder that his photos contain such stories with depth and dimension. Continue reading
Illusions of the wall
ISO 100 50mm f/8 1/200sec
which way are the side walls coming or going?
Facebook Contest Giveaway!!
Hello fellow creatives, I wanted to make a quick post to wet the taste buds so to speak on the upcoming Nick Exposed Facebook Contest Giveaway that will be going live this weekend!
In order to be Eligible to participate in this awesome exceptionally fun and exciting Contest you will have to be a fan of the Nick Exposed Page.
I can assure you you will be pleased with the prize(s). But heres the bonus, the more people that follow Nick Exposed by this weekend, the more opportunities there will be to win. So be sure to share with your creative friend, colleagues and followers!
Leave any questions below, but after that head over to the Facebook page and hit like so your not missing out on your chance to win!!
Leo under the Sun
ISO 1600 50mm f/11 1/320sec
Unfortunately a vast majority of todays shots were lost to a mysterious smudge across half my lens. I didn’t realize it until I had opened the pictures up in Lightroom. Luckily with a small few I had taken the shot from a distance and had some room to crop. So, at the lose of a few other elements in the scene I am able to bring this photo to life while the others sit archived in the unpleasant accidents folder haha. You can actually see the ending of the smudge trail still to the bottom left of the lions head.
I do however still enjoy this scene, as I myself am a Leo, which is my total extent of knowledge on the subject of Zodiacs! It actually goes well with the circle, which I like calling a full moon, however being Ive shot in the midst of daylight I shall call it the sun. But either way it adds an extra sense of the mystical feeling of “The Signs” or so I would assume. The mixture of straight and diagonal lines bring a sort of simple complexity to the scene siding more with the moon rather than the much more complex lion. He stand apart from the rest as king of the beasts (or in this case the wall I suppose), and yet is connected enough to bring the whole piece together in a sort of Circle of life kind of thing, the mashing of the simplistic with the more complex.