Day 79 of 365 - Pine Street Cemetery

Pine Street Cemetery was established in 1791. One year after the founding of Gallipolis. Many of the French 500 are buried here. Since it is Halloween weekend I had to photograph a cemetery.



I am also including a second photograph of a head stone from 1827. I found the headstone interesting and upon further investigation I found it to be from 1827 for a 7 year old boy.



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Chris

Day 78 of 365 - Jack-O-Lantern

I love carving pumpkins at Halloween. This is one of the Jack-O-Lanterns I carved. I also had some dry ice left over from yesterday's Trick-Or-Treat set for the fog.



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Chris

Day 77 of 365 - Smokin

I picked up some dry ice today for my Trick-or-Treat Halloween set. I love playing with this stuff. So here is a small glass with water, green food coloring and dry ice.



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Chris

Day 76 of 365 - Final Fall Color

Last night's wind and rain brought down the last of the leaves. So the fall color is now fading quickly.



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Chris

Day 75 of 365 - Chewing Gum

I am not a big chewing gum fan but my wife keeps it around. I saw it laying on the counter this evening and setup to photograph the container and gum.



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Chris

Day 74 of 365 - End of the Rainbow

I was up at Mound Hill this evening for a Cub Scout Hike. While waiting for the scouts to arrive a rainbow appeared. It was around just long enough for a quick photograph. Just amazing!



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Chris

Day 73 of 365 - Candy Corn

A photograph of some candy corn. One of my favorite fall treats.



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Chris

Day 72 of 365 - Kayla

I had an outdoor session with Kayla this evening. We captured some great photos. Here is one of my favorites from this evening.



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Chris

Day 71 of 365 - My World

I have tried Stereographic projections several times. This was my first success. This is my neighborhood in Gallipolis, Ohio. Composed of 63 images, using a pano head and stitched using Hugin.



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Chris

Day 70 of 365 - Manual Mode

Even with all the fancy settings and program modes on my camera, I photograph in manual mode. This gives me complete creative control over my photograph. The camera is not choosing for me. This is my grandfather's Voightlander range finder. I have photographed this camera before. I love going out, loading film and photographing with it. I love its form and simple beauty.



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Chris

Day 69 of 365 - Over Medicated

In today's society there seems to be a pill for everything. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drug abuse ranks second behind marijuana as the nations most abused substance.



Disclaimer: All the pills shown are over the counter medicine and vitamins.

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Chris

Day 68 of 365 - Plugged In

Amazing what one little plug can do. Through this small connection, we are connected to many people. More information is now shared than ever before through this one little plug.



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Chris

Day 67 of 365 - Circuits

I have been looking for a sound trigger for some high speed photography. I found a DIY kit and I am starting to play.



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Chris

Day 66 of 365 - Isaac

Isaac, my youngest son is the most difficult of my boys to photograph. He does not like getting photographed. Today we had fun and got several great shots. Here is one of my favorites.



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Chris

Day 65 of 365 - First Frost

This morning was the first frost in Gallipolis. It was not a killing frost but winter is not far away.



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Chris

Day 64 of 365 - Colorful Leaves

Again the leaves and colors of fall have my attention. This evening the leaves on my maple tree in the back yard were amazing. I grabbed a few to photograph.



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Chris

Day 63 of 365 - Fall Meadow

Spotted this meadow surrounded by the colors of fall this evening and could not help but stop and takes its photograph.



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Chris

Day 62 of 365 - Fall Evening

What a beautiful fall evening. The clouds are moving in for the coming rain and the leaves are near peak. The combination made for a fabulous fall evening.



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Chris

Day 61 of 365 - Dogwood in Fall

The dogwood in my front yard is getting its fall color. The red berries and leaves against the green leaves is absolutely stunning.



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Chris

Day 60 of 365 - Abby

I had a great time photographing Abby this afternoon. We ended up with several great shots and had a good time. She even took a good picture of me.



Another milestone complete, 60 Days!

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Chris

Day 59 of 365 - Trevor

Taking some photographs this evening and Trevor hopped up on this hay bale for a quick photograph.



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Chris

Day 58 of 365 - Colors of Fall

The leaves have begun to change. Though we are not a peak yet, you find dabs of fall color here and there. The sky is a brilliant blue, dusted with wisps of white clouds.



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Chris

Kayla 2011

A few days ago I had Kayla in the studio for the studio portion of her Senior Portraits. We had a great time running through different sets. Here are a few of my favorites from that session.











If you are interested in a portrait session call me at 740-441-0881 of drop me an e-mail at chris@ohiohikerphotography.com

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Chris

Day 57 of 365 - Soccer

The world's most popular sport. I am privileged to coach my son's soccer team. Though just a rec league, I love seeing his skills grow and look forward to him playing on a higher level in the future.



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Chris

Day 56 of 365 - Painting with Light

A little light painting of a telephone pole behind the station. I have a another idea for a light painting photograph, but I wanted to practice a little bit first. This is 2 exposures, one for the stars and one for the foreground. The foreground was then painted with a 3 million candlepower spotlight.



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Chris

Day 55 of 365 - Hudson Cream

After breading and frying pork chops tonight I had made a mess with the flour. So I decided to setup and photograph the flour, Hudson Cream of course.



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Chris

Day 54 of 365 - Books

I love to read and I enjoy a good fantasy. I really enjoy Dave Barry and Ridley Pearsons Peter Pan books. I am a huge Peter Pan fan, but not Disney's Peter Pan. That is why I really enjoy these books. The pirates are ruthless, the natives are restless and they provide a great story about how Peter Pan originated. If you have never read them I suggest you give them a try starting with Peter and the Starcatchers.



By the way this was shot with the Lensbaby Composer.

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Chris

Day 53 of 365 - Composer

I have had my Lensbaby Composer out more often during this project. The Lensbaby system is fun and inspires creativity.



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Chris

Day 52 of 365 - Playing with Matches

Mom always told me not to play with matches, but tonight I had a blast doing it and have the pictures to prove it!



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Chris

Day 51 of 365 - DVR

Another milestone, 50 days complete. Today's photograph is of our new DVR. We have had a DVR for several years now and the other day it died. We were without for few days, but it is amazing how dependent on this technology we have become. It changed the way we watch TV.



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Chris

Day 50 of 365 - Friday Night Lights

I am a little late posting. I took the photograph this evening at the Meigs High School Football Game. Tonight was Alumni night and my wife was in the Alumni Band. Had a great time this evening.



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Chris