Gary Muth.... is a self certified master photographer and artist living in his own reality. Enjoy my works, maybe learn a few tips.
Congratulations go out to Joeseph Lengen and Jessica Stufkowsky. They united in marriage at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls on Saturday August 2, 2008. The church is the second oldest church in Niagara Falls and located on 10th and Michigan Ave. We had a great time photographing this lovely couple and their wonderful families. Their reception was at Niagara Active Hose on Lockport Rd. in Town of Niagara. Here are a few images from the day. We hope you enjoy them.
Summer is a marvelous time of year. Gardens are blooming. Color everywhere. Even with my hectic schedule I still find time to photograph nature somewhere, someplace, sometime at least once a day. This butterfly happened into our garden and I couldn't resist taking this shot. Anyone with a camera can enjoy this hobby and all its rewards. So get out there and shoot.
I took a break yesterday and went to Fort Erie Race Track in Ontario, Canada. It is a great deal. Free admission, free parking and on designated days one dollar hot dogs and soft drinks. The tracks infield is nicely landscaped and the horses and people are colorful. A great place to be entertained and take photos too. Here are some of my favorites from the day. I have plenty so I may be posting more soon.
Today's image came from a smart consumer. She has taken advantage of our July Special and has qualified for one hour of free restoration work. This image is severely damaged and needs quite a lot of repair. The client is mostly interested in restoring the main subject, her, so we did a liberal crop around the edges to save time. The original image was wallet size and we needed to enlarge our final image to 4x6 and then added the white border for nostalgia. It came out really good considering the lack of cloning material in the image.
Congratulations to Josh Miller and his new bride, Caroline. They tied the knot on Saturday at St. Bernards Church in Youngstown. What a wonderful couple to work with. Both families had a great time celebrating the occasion. Here is one of my favorite images from the day. A prominent local dentist loaned his estate to Josh and Caroline to use for their outdoor environmental portraits. A beautiful property and I will post more of my favorites later. 
Congratulations to Joe & Jessica. Engaged to be wed in August. We are looking forward to working with them again soon. Yesterdays photo session was a blast. We got a great set of images and this couple had fun and looked great together.
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I took this image on the 4th of July of a female blue jay. We went to Wendy's aunt Sandy's for a picnic in Gerry, NY. She has a lot of bird feeders and it was a good opportunity to take some bird pictures.
Make the most of cloudy rainy days.This image was taken just after the rain. The sky was still heavily overcast and the light was wrapping around my subject perfectly. Colors are more saturated in this kind of light. Your images will look so much better. Try this with your camera.
I took a field trip today to shoot some tree swallows. I borrowed a longer lens because I wanted to see how it compared to the 70-200 ED AF-S VR Nikkor lens that I had been using. These images were shot hand held with Nikon D3. I used Nikkor 300mm ED AF-S f.4 with 1.4X Kenko Teleplus pro 300 lens. On a full frame senor camera like mine this combination gives me 420 mm which is a lot more than the 200 mm I am used to. I was very impressed with the results and feel I didn't lose much resolution at all. I did notice the lens is slower focusing and it takes a little more patience to get sharp images.
Nathan and his parents stopped by the other day and I caught this expression. You can just imagine what his thoughts are here. I think , " Grandpa, I own you "
Today we moved the feeder closer to our blind. It didn't seem to bother our subject. I took this image today with my D3 and 70-200mm ED AF-S lens racked out at 200mm. I used f-4 and 1/1000th sec. because originally I planned on getting the bird in flight but today he was too fast for me. I shot EV -1 to make sure I didn't overexpose my highlights. I then post processed in Capture NX2 using Jason Odell's wildlife post processing technique.
Here is my first attempt to capture a Baltimore Oriole. Our feeder, in our backyard has finally attracted a male and female. I think they have a nest in a nearby woods. They have started coming to feed this week. I didn't want to get too close to this bird while it feeds until it gets comfortable coming around. I will be posting better images soon, but for now I am happy to see them. Image taken with Nikon D3, 70-200mm ED AF-S VR, from about 35 feet away.
Today the Gedeon Family celebrated their parents 50th anniversary at Antonio's Restaurant in Niagara Falls. We did some group portraits and had a great time with the Gedeon Families. The one above shows Mr and Mrs Gedeon with all their grandchildren. A wonderful and sentimental shot. The kids crack me up, each has their own individual personality, and everyone wanted to ham it up. Everyone had a great time and I am sure it was a most memorable occasion for all who attended.
This is an example of infrared photography with a digital camera. The image is of my backyard in June. It looks like it snowed last night but it didn't. This technique was achieved by using my camera in manual mode. I set the ISO to the highest setting 25,600 and the aperture at 2.8. I then set the shutter to 1/2 sec. I used the monochrome setting and added R-72 IR filter to the lens. Camera was steadied on a table and image was post processed in Photoshop CS3. Quite a cool effect for a summer time picture don't you think? Shot with Nikon D3, 24-70mm ED AF-S.
As you walk the battlefields of Gettysburg you can see the contrasts between the slaughter and horrors of war and the majestic beauty of the Pennsylvania countryside
CTO gels are useful tools to have around. Basically its an amber colored gel for over your flash to change the color temperature of your flash. This image above, we set our camera white balance to incandescent light and added a cto gel to our flash from camera left. This created an interesting effect on our flower.
