So I was saving for a Sony NEX-7 for awhile but I found an open box NEX-5R at Best Buy for half price and I just had to get it. I have been looking at the NEX series ever since Trey Ratcliff at Stuck in Customs switched from Nikon to the NEX-7. I am excited to take my camera out to more places and more often since this camera is so small but takes DSLR quality photos. It has a remote camera app where I can change settings and get a live view on my android phone. It can also send the full sized photos to my phone for easy sharing. I have recently switched to using Google+ for my photo sharing and using a service called Friends+Me that takes that post and pushes it to my facebook, twitter, tumblr, and linkedin. I then post a cropped square version to my instagram which then shares to my flickr. I also post right here to my blog. So I post my photos 3 times and it goes out to 8 places. If you have a better way to do this, let me know. The last couple photos I have posted are from this new camera, shared to my phone, edited in snapseed and then sent out to google+, instagram and my blog as mentioned before. I hope you enjoy the extra quality and I hope to start doing some cool videos whenever I get AfterEffects and Premiere.
New Gear: Sony NEX-5R
Welcome to the Hotel Kirkwood
Drops in the City
Drops in the City
Iowa Sunset
Mantis
The Shaving
Appleberry Orchard
I went to Appleberry Farm in Marshalltown, Iowa yesterday and took a bunch of photos on my phone. I edited them in snapseed on the road trip back and got some pretty good shots.
Downtown Des Moines
Bank Entry
Polk County Courthouse
Birds of Prey
This is from my family's hike around Thomas Mitchell Park. We hiked around 3 miles with our baby Ryker on our chests. At one point there were 6 hawks circling above us!
Cowles Commons panorama
This is a panorama from the plaza in front of my office at the GIADC. You can see the Kirkwood Hotel, Capital Square, Renaissance Savery Hotel, Crusoe's Umbrella and the Des Moines Civic Center.
Choose wisely grasshopper
Alyssa and Ryker Merry-go-round GIF
I love the #AutoAwesome feature of Google+. It makes similar photos from my phone's instant upload into instant GIFs.
Ryker - One Month
My son Ryker is 1 month old today!
Need a photo edited to look super awesome?
I just joined Fiverr.com which is a site where you can buy services or products starting at $5. So I am now offering my photo editing service on there so that you can easily send your files or links to your photo and I can easily get paid 5 bucks. Try it out! I can pretty much do whatever you want and get it back to you within 48 hours.
Old Briggs Family Photos
I just got a pack of old Briggs family photos from my grandma. I scanned them all and am going to go through and restore some of them.
