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2011 Miss Allegan County and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen

Jim Fox — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:53:46 +0000

Since I was given the opportunity to do head shots for 2010′s Miss Allegan County I was asked to shoot the 2011 Miss Allegan County and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen Pagaent this past weekend. Fortunately I went to Friday’s rehearsal to scope out the venue some more cause on Friday they used the spot light for rehearsal and I was able to grab more pictures than at the actual pageant.. Unfortunately the lighting on stage was some of the worse lighting I’ve ever seen. Plus the decision was made to not use the spotlight for the actual pageant so my fighting chance at decent pictures without a flash were drastically reduced. Despite the lighting situation the show went off without any major hitches and two great young ladies were crowed Miss Allegan and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen for 2011.

Keisha Johnson was crowned Miss Allegan County 2011

Jessica Glessner was crowned Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen 2011

Below are some of the other shots from the evening festivities.

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Plainwell Middle School Track – Bulldog Invite

Jim Fox — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:41:47 +0000

Another one of those harsh sunlight days. Long jump on this field was tough shooting right into the sun.

PHD does Cathy Roe’s Ultimate Dance

Jim Fox — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:01:53 +0000

March 27th and 28th saw Patti Herm’s School of Dance participate in Cathy Roe’s Ultimate Dance Competition. This competition is one of the few that allow parents to take photographs. Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.

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The Christmas Experiment…..

Jim Fox — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:43:37 +0000

Saw a similar shot on a photography forum and thought I’d give it a whirl. This first image wasn’t my original intention, but when I first set my camera up on the tripod everything was outta focus. I thought this might be interesting, so click!

Now for the in focus shot. ENJOY!

What a difference winter makes…

Jim Fox — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:13:49 +0000

I took this photo back on October 20th of Vandercook Hall on Western Michigan University’s campus. The array of colors is just awesome as well is the architecture of the building. It looks even better in print.

So now every time I drive by Vandercook Hall, I look over to see what is currently going on there, image wise that is. This last time I noticed that they don’t shovel the sidewalks giving it that freshly fallen snow look. I thought with the hibernating vines and snow it would make a nice black and white photo and a contrast in seasons photo.

Here is a color version of the winter image. ENJOY!

Brochure Pictures

Jim Fox — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:17:58 +0000

One of our suppliers always puts out a yearly request for pictures of our installs they can use in their brochures. This is one of my favorites pictures I grabbed and of course I had to play with it in Nik’s SilverEfex Pro. Unfortunately with the small images, you cannot see the lighted Christmas tree in this image. ENJOY

Round 2 of the SilverEfex Pro and Lighthouses

Jim Fox — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:10:47 +0000

I took this image while people were still on the pier. Don’t people understand we are trying to take pictures? Geesh! Some people I have shown this too liked the ghostly people on the pier. So I thought I’d run it through SilverEfex Pro as well. I think I prefer the colored version. ENJOY!

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SilverEfex Pro Experiment

Jim Fox — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:20:32 +0000

Was looking thru some old pictures tonight and happened across some of my old lighthouse pictures. I had the thought of…..”I wonder what that would looking in Black and White?”. So off I went with several images into SilverEfex Pro 3.0. Of all the Nix Software applications this is one of my favorites. One of the built in presets is “Cyanotype”. Cyanotype was a popular process in the 20th century engineering world (Blueprints). Since this particular image was taken on a very cold February evening, I thought the blue cast gave the picture a cold feel. ENJOY!

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Plainwell Volleyball – Wolverine Conference Champions

Jim Fox — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:12:03 +0000

Yes, this is old news. Been a busy week on the home front and finally got the images processed. Enjoy!

Sometimes you just have to stop…

Jim Fox — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:41:44 +0000

How many times do you drive by something and say you need to take a picture of it but don’t? Well this is Vandercook Hall on Western Michigan University’s Historic East Campus. During the late spring, summer and early fall months I probably drive by this building 3 or 4 times a week. It is a beautiful old brick building that was completed back in 1940. It is now covered in Ivy from the ground to roof line. I’ve never taken a picture of it until now. I’ve always said I would stop by and get a picture of it because the contrast between red brick and dark green leaves always intrigued me. But driving by the other day and the ivy changing into it’s fall colors made me stop for sure. I only wish I had a tripod with me. Hopefully I can make it back there before the fall colors are gone.