john_burzynski

<p>Osprey with nesting materials, Potato Creek State Park, Indiana<img src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/13652336394/" alt="" /></p>

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Around here (N Indiana), I've freely walked to the sidelines,

back of the end zone and periphery of any football / track /

soccer and also baseball field, never been asked a

question, even in high school. I've taken action shots of

most of my kids and their friends at high school game and

never even had anyone blink an eye. I am somewhat

known among the parents but certainly not with the refs and

administrators for the most part. As long as you know how

to stay out of the way (and don't use a flash), you'll be fine.

I've coached for years in grade and middle school and

played through high school, so I have a general idea how to

behave and what not to do.

Basketball ... That's a tough one, often you can't get court

side easily, but a simple explanation to a policeman on

security or a school admin always works.

 

In NJ, do they fingerprint the entire crowd each game? I

mean, you aren't much closer than the crowd at most

venues, even field-side. That is getting ridiculous, and I am

all for protecting kids.

 

You should have even better access if you have a working

relationship with the school for team photos.

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Two herons fight for position on the top of a lamppost at the Okaloosa Island Pier, Florida.</p><div></div>

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'A Walk On The Beach'<br>

St. Joseph, Michigan lighthouse and beach as seen from the dunes in Tiscornia Park.</p><div></div>

I sell 10x as many prints via my

Facebook page as I do via Flickr and

my personal site combined. The ability

to draw people to 'like' your page and

see your content every day in their

Facebook feed is powerful exposure.

 

In my experience, you may not LIKE

Facebook, but for consistent and

regular exposure to your photos , you

can't beat it.

 

And yes, I have buttons on my site.

<p>I joined the rest of the rea photographers who all flocked to St. Joseph, Michigan to take pictures of the iced over lighthouses. Quite the local and regional spectacle this time around.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8418972620/in/photostream" alt="" /></p><div></div>

+1 on the Cowboy Studio soft box .

They fold down into an 8 or 10" circle.

Two light stands, two boxes, some fold

down reflectors and an umbrella or two

, flashes all fit in a bag 3' long and will

run you <$200 minus the flashes.

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8384496461/in/photostream" alt="" /><br /><br />'A Drop of Sun'<br />“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going. And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east.”<br />― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath <br /><br />My favorite barn, S. Ironwood Drive, St. Joseph County, Indiana. <br /><br />This is the first photo that I took with my new ultra-wide angle lens, a Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II LD<br /><br /><br /></p><div></div>

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North Pier and inner lighthouse at St. Joseph, Michigan, iced over courtesy of the icy waters of Lake Michigan.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8311391018/in/photostream" alt="" /><br /> Fallen<br />Dunes at St. Joseph, Michigan North Pier on a cold winter's day. </p><div></div>

I 'overlap' in that I have a 17-85 and

55-250 and two primes a 50 and 28.

The 17-85 is a great walk around lens,

most used, the primes are when I need

sharpness or low light and of course

the tele is for long shots. So I overlap

between 55-85? They all have their

uses.

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'Silhouette In The Fog'<br>

It was very foggy this morning around these parts, so what does a photographer do when the fog has rolled in as thick as pea soup and the visibility is 1/16 of a mile or less? Go out and take photos, of course!</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8206655313/in/photostream" alt="" /><br /><br />Memento Mori <br /><br />Porter Rea Cemetery on the grounds of Potato Creek SP, Indiana. We had a lot of fog around here last Wednesday morning, a great morning for picture taking!<br />Look closely at the side of the tall gravestone in the foreground....</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8138010573/in/photostream" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />North Pier Lighthouses at St. Joseph, MI<br />The outer light is 35' tall.<br /><br />The waves and water are the result of the western edges of Sandy...12-15' waves Monday night, they were even higher the next day, Lake Michigan was certainly showing her fury.<br /><br /><br /></p><div></div>

<p>'Straight and Narrow'<br />"A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective."<br />Andre Gide</p>

<p id="yui_3_5_1_3_1351174948786_1450">Potato Creek State Park, Indiana<br /><br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8112885209/in/photostream" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>'Overlook'<br />Autumn on Lake Worster, Potato Creek State Park, Indiana<br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8110987241/in/photostream" alt="" /></p><div></div>

Painting a house isn't art....painting a

Picasso (or other) is art, it moves the

soul of the viewer and the painter.

Forensic photography isn't art, other

photography, depending on if it moves

the soul of the viewer or photog, is.

 

All depends on the creation of emotion.

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8062511919/in/photostream" alt="" /><br /><br />Leave a Trail<br /><br /><br /></p><div></div>

<p>I usually post a landscape or similar up here, but this photo was just perfect, on a personal level.</p>

<p id="yui_3_5_1_3_1350561465006_1722">This photo was taken at the US Army infantry graduation 'Turning Blue Ceremony' at Ft. Benning, GA. Infantry soldiers have a blue infantry chord pinned onto their uniform as a symbol of their graduation from infantry school, as well as union with other infantrymen, and the soldier gets to choose a person to pin the chord on their uniform at the end of the ceremony.<br /><br />My wife ... pinning the chord on my middle son's uniform.<br /> <br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8086882898/" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>Autumn Mosaic<br />Colors beginning to show themselves...<br />at Potato Creek State Park, Indiana<br /><br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/8041071553/in/photostream" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>makes sense, I bet a close-up photograph indicates subconsciously with us that someone is crowding our personal space, or somehow seems more threatening.</p>

<p>Spinning Wheel<br />#15 spinning through tacklers, he gained about 10 more yards on this play after this pic was taken, I think he eluded 5 or 6 tackles total.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/7805788066/in/photostream/" alt="" /></p><div></div>

<p>"Reflections"<br />Potato Creek State Park, Indiana <br /><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jburzynski68/7970095198/" alt="" /></p><div></div>

Recently, for a state park, I charged $150 for use of two of

my photos, limited use (750 postcards to be run each

photo), I think I overheard them say that was .35 a postcard

for them cost.

My approach for that was $100 for one photo, $150 for two,

have them sign a limited use license agreement.

The charge depends on the entity and the number of cards

being run, too.

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'Reflections'<br>

Five minutes after this photo was taken, the skies opened up, and it poured rain.<br />Lake Worster, Potato Creek SP, Indiana<br /><br /></p>

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