Joshua Davis Photography

Sarah Country Girl

Joshua Davis — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:17:40 +0000

Had an amazing time shooting with Sarah yesterday and got some great photos despite some setbacks. It left my light stand and shoot through umbrella on the Metro on the way to this shoot! She brought along a friend who I was able to use a human light stand, and I don’t think the results are too shabby.

Snowmageddon 1.0

Joshua Davis — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:35:09 +0000

An SUV squeezes past one of several down trees along South Lakes Drive.

A truck shovels out snow from a drive through Wachovia.

Fairfax County police closed down a section of South Lakes Drive due to a downed tree.

Pedestrians leaving a shopping center with grocery bags along Colts Neck Road.

A stop sign is buried in deep snow drifts.

A trash can buried during the snow fall.

A downed tree in front of a parked car.

A creek is seen flowing through over two feet of snow.

A tree branch holds onto the wet snow.

A truck piles snow in a shopping center parking lot.

Common-crowned Pigeon

Joshua Davis — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:43:51 +0000

A Common-crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) at the National Zoo.

Google Gives Bigger Pictures to Female Celebs

Joshua Davis — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:47:14 +0000

In its efforts to compete with Bing, it looks like Google has rolled out larger pictures for female celebrities. After a couple of searches over the past week I though I saw a trend, but to confirm it I Googled the names of the winner of the best actor/best actress from the last five years and sure enough found Google was doing this.

For easy reference I have included the links below:

Female Actors
Reese Witherspoon
Helen Mirren
Marion Cotillard
Kate Winslet

Male Actors
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Forest Whitaker
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sean Penn

Photography Tip: Vertical Screen in Windows 7

Joshua Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:23:34 +0000

If you’re like me most of your photos are taken in portrait orientation. Unfortunately most monitor are designed for landscape presentation, so you’re photos are never displayed in all their glory. Windows 7 now offers a feature where you can orient your monitor to display on the portrait. This is great for those with laptops, tablets, and even swivel LCDs. To change this setting in Windows 7 go to your desktop, right click somewhere on the background, and then select the option for screen resolution. A screen opens up, and next to the label that says orientation select either portrait or portrait flip.

Congratulations, you should now have oriented or flipped your screen from landscape to portrait mode. If you have any tips on better displaying your photos feel free to leave a comment.

Thanksgiving Morning Fog

Joshua Davis — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:14:38 +0000

Trees at the border of the United States Geological Survey in Reston, VA.

An open field with fog.

Road in Reston, VA shrouded in fog.

Tanechka

Joshua Davis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:49:26 +0000

Carls

Joshua Davis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:23:09 +0000

Photo of Carls Re. This was taken under very dense cloud cover, and at the same time both of my speedlites decided not to work. So this photo was taken at ISO 640, with a shutter speed of 1/40 second. I think the lack of grain and relatively good focus is a testament to how well the 5D Mark II works.

Arielle

Joshua Davis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:04:29 +0000

Arielle in red dress.

India

Joshua Davis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:04:00 +0000

A photo of India from a recent meet and greet at Slyhorse Studios.