Benjamin David Photography » personal http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog Blog Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:39:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Top 100 from 2011 http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/top-100-from-2011/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/top-100-from-2011/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:49:51 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=2507 as i reflect on 2011 and the 25,000+ photos i took, there are many moments that stand out. moments i had a privilege to take part it. moments i feel honored to have been able to capture. these photos are some of my favorites. i narrowed it down to 100 just like last year. these photos stand out to me for several reasons; beauty, passion, love, joy, desperation, color, texture, light, composition, and just plain crazy fun. they all represent life in some way. the life i thank God i have the pleasure of capturing with my camera. i’m absolutely thrilled about what 2012 will bring! enjoy the photos and i’d love to hear from you, so please, please comment! much love & happy new year!

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]]> http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/top-100-from-2011/feed/ 0 My favorite 100 photos from 2010 http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/my-favorite-photos-from-2010/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/my-favorite-photos-from-2010/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:17:43 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=1522 in 2010 i took over 25,000 photos. from new orleans to alaska to montreal and west virginia. you’ll see beer and prayer, and everything in between. from individual portraits to crowds of people. rockers, rappers, worshipers and a dog. these are my favorite photos from 2010 and i hope you enjoy them. if not, that’s ok. they are what i saw, what i loved, and what i shot. here is some technical stuff for those of you who care: every photo was taken with my canon 5D mkII with one of the following lenses: 16-35L 2.8, 24-70L 2.8, 50 1.4, 24 3.5 tilt shift, or a 70-200L 2.8. mostly all on manual ranging from iso 100-6400, an aperture of anywhere between 1.4 – 22, and shutter speeds from 1000ths of a second to several seconds long.

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]]> http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/hog-rally-milwaukee-wi/feed/ 0 Alaska – First Approach http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/alaska-first-approach/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/alaska-first-approach/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:45:41 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=1023 kevin and i met when we were kids. 10 or 11 years old i believe. so i’ve know him almost 20 years. he’s one of those friends that whether we lived in the same apartment and hung out daily OR lived on opposite sides of the earth and only talked over the computer once or twice a year, things were still the same. currently kevin’s a pilot/airplane/helicopter mechanic which is what brought him to the beautiful state of alaska. while working in the philippines kevin met a beautiful girl name mickey and they decided to get married. so now i had two great reasons for going to alaska. 1 see kevin and alaska. and 2. to photograph their wedding. this first post is a group of shots from my first day sight seeing.

a cool barn across from the cabin we stay in for a night in seward at millers landing.

alaskan king crab legs. they were so amazing. mmm.

some crazy big fish. i think halibut and salmon.

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3 brown bears from a small airplane using my 70-200. p.s. down look through a zoom lens while flying in circles in a small plane. i almost puked.

tons of salmon swimming somewhere special to lay the babies.

these glacier chunks were actually huge. some of them were hundreds of feet out of the water. this is from a plane several thousand feet up.

a float plane on hood lake. the most popular float plane lake in the world.

]]> http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/alaska-first-approach/feed/ 1 the secret is almost out http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/the-secret-is-almost-out/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/the-secret-is-almost-out/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:14:07 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=261 here is a preview of the photoshoot i did with my wife kinsor. our first little girl is almost ready to be born. she so beautiful! i’ll post more later.

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]]> http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/the-secret-is-almost-out/feed/ 0 breakfast & java http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/breakfast-java/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/breakfast-java/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:40:33 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=253 its been awhile since i’ve posted any photos that i’ve taken just for fun. i do that, you know. i take photos because its fun. people may think i’m weird when i pull my camera out at a meal. but, i enjoy the results, so, thats all that matters i guess. besides, if you’ve never been to golden harvest in Lansing, MI. its so tasty and unique. very much worth going to. i also took some shots of kinsor and’s gordon setter, java. enjoy. now, i’m going have breakfast and java (the liquid kind) :-)

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]]> http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/breakfast-java/feed/ 1 florida and camping http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/florida-and-camping/ http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/florida-and-camping/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:34:55 +0000 admin http://benjaminfriedkin.com/blog/?p=150 yesterday i finally got to sleep in my own bed! i was gone for 11 days and had a great time in florida (st. pete’s beach) and camping (p.j hoffmaster state park) I obviously took my camera and here are some of my highlights.

 

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