Jake's Blog

Old Rock Church (St. Olaf Kirke)

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Drove out to Cranfills Gap, Tx last weekend to shoot some star trails at the Old Rock Church.

East Texas Trains

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:30:00 +0000

Went out shooting in Rusk, TX with two other photographers last week.
These are from the Texas State Railroad.
If anyone is interested in shooting these kind of images they are having "RailFest" on May 5th and 6th. There will even be a night shoot on the 5th.
RailFest 2012.

Palo Duro Canyon, TX

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Spent a weekend in the panhandle of Texas photographing Palo Duro Canyon.

Star trails over the Lighthouse:

Testing my new Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 lens:

Night falls over the canyon:

Puerto Rico

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +0000

Spent a short time in the rain forest in Puerto Rico back in October.

Cemeteries in Texas

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Here's a time-lapse from different cemeteries all around Texas.

A few photographs from some of the locations.
These first three are from St Dominic Cemetery in D'Hanis TX.

And one from Terlingua. You can see more from Terlingua and Big Bend here.

Destin Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:04:00 +0000

Spent a week in Destin, FL this year. Here are a few photos from the trip.
Moon and stars over the beach.

Bicycle at Seaside.

Storm on the horizon.

Here is a time-lapse video from the trip.
This was put together from still photographs only.

Terlingua and Big Bend

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:15:00 +0000

Went down to Terlingua and Big Bend last month for some time-lapse shooting.
Let me just say that July in far south-west Texas is hot. Don't let anyone tell you differently!

And here is my best try at taking a cool photo of our minivan.

Utah

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:29:00 +0000

Spent some time shooting the Utah landscape earlier this year with some fellow photographers. It was an awesome trip with very little sleeping and lots of rushing around from place to place as fast as we could. Good time!

And here is a time-lapse from the trip:

Fort Griffin

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Spent a night shooting at Fort Griffin a few months back. The main focus was time-lapse and testing out my new dolly. Here are a few of the shots.

And here is the time-lapse from the night.

Canival

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:03:00 +0000

Solstice Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:15:00 +0000

A few shots from the solstice eclipse.
This shot was a couple hours before the eclipse while I was getting setup.

And here is my failed attempt at a time-lapse:

Boston

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:41:00 +0000

I spent a week in Boston last month and here are a few photos from the trip!
The ones the look like miniatures were shot with a tilt/shift lens.

Ohhh....Fenway Park!!

The Boston Red Sox just happen to be playing the Texas Rangers at the same time I was there. Awesome. The Ranger's came in second place that night :(

Snow. Like, a lot.

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:12:00 +0000

The DFW area(that's Dallas and Fort Worth for those that don't like acronyms) had record snow on February 11th. Over a foot in some areas! Down here, that's a snowpocalypse, snowmageddon, snowapalooza, itstheendoftheworldasweknowitanditssnowing.
In other words, a lot of snow.

Puppies!

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:02:00 +0000

I've been thinking that my blog needs more puppy photos.

Emma.

Midnight.

Adgie.

White Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0000

I hope everybody had a very Merry Christmas! I know we did!
Here is a short video from Christmas eve and Christmas day.

Massachusetts

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:58:00 +0000

Just spent a week in Andover, MA.

Checked out Salem.

Ireland turns the big "1"

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Here are a few photos from my youngest niece's birthday party.
Check out the cake her mom made. It was made of awesome.

Ireland and her big brother Robert.

Vacation 2009 - Day 8

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:08:00 +0000

On our way home we stopped in Mobile Alabama to visit the USS Alabama battleship. It was awesome.
BTW, if you click any on the pictures from these vacation posts, they will open up larger and will look better.

Vacation 2009 - Day 7

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:01:00 +0000

This post is two days late. I lost track of time.
Anyway, it was our last full day in Destin. We ate dinner at a place called the Red Bar that was quite tasty and had live music.
It was also the last day to build our epic sandcastle.

Here is the view from our room.

Vacation 2009 - Day 6

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:18:00 +0000

Saw some Dolphins today......from our porch! But I didn't get any photos of them.

Vacation 2009 - Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +0000

It was raining most of the day, so we just shopped and went to the movies.
I only used the point & shoot, and didn't take the many photos. Eighty percent of the ones I did take were of trees.

These last ones were shot in the Wal-mart parking lot.

Vacation 2009 - Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:29:00 +0000

Went out on some kayaks today and saw 2 Manatees right next to us. It was awesome.
I tried to get some photos of the Manatees, but it was too hard to control the kayak and photograph at the same time.
Busted out the tilt/shift lens for a few of these photos.
Finished the day by eating at McGuire's Irish Pup. Thanks aunt Kathy for the recommendation!

Vacation 2009 - Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Today we saw Dolphins from one of those tour boats and did some sightseeing. Oh, and BTW, trying to photograph a jumping Dolphin while standing on the side of a boat with a bunch of other people is hard.

Be sure to watch the short video clip at the bottom of this post. Youtube is down as I write this and I had to upload it to blogger, so it doesn't look very good. Sorry.

It's now on youtube! Be sure to click in the "HD" option to see it in 720p:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCthzalqgB0

Vacation 2009 - Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:20:00 +0000

The 2nd day here in Destin was awesome. Like a lot.

Vacation 2009 - Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jake McKee) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:01:00 +0000

We left our house at 11:00pm. Arrived in Destin at 1:45pm.
There was a little scare with Ethan on the way. He was complaining about his leg hurting, and by the time we were 9hrs into the drive it was hurting really bad - like he wouldn't even walk without crying.
So a detour to the urgent care was a must. Apparently he has a strained ligament. Ouch. Very ouch.
I will try to update the blog daily. Maybe.
BTW, all these photos were shot with my sansung point&shoot camera.