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I posted some photos from La Kermesse in Biddeford, ME.

More photos on my flickr.com photo set.

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I posted some photos from the La Kermesse Block Party in Biddeford, Maine.

More of my photos from La Kermesse on flickr.com.

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The TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k was exciting with Duncan Kibet, of Kenya making a move to overtake the top three runners in the last leg of the race after entering Fort Williams Park.

Kenyan Evans Cheryiout leads the pack into Fort Williams, followed closely by John Yuda of Tanzania. Duncan Kibet, of Kenya waits to make the winning move behind Meb Keflezighi, of San Diego, California.

Duncan Kibet, of Kenya waits to make the winning move behind Meb Keflezighi, of San Diego, California.

I took a lot more photos of the runners and the crowd at the race today. The images are uploaded at MaineToday.com.

Normally I would heap all the images together in one gallery, but this time I separated them into different sub-galleries.

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I took photos of the 2007 Latino Soccer Tournament at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, Maine.

This photo is of a little girl in traditional dress. She was with Nelida Berke, who organized the event. She looked so beautiful in the colorful dress.

The Latino Soccer Tournament has been held annually for the past 4 years, since 2004. The City of Portland’s Public Health program sponsors the event to promote health and disease prevention.

Check out the photos at MaineToday.com. (Make sure you vote on the images!)

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We were outside playing around with Sparklers in the yard and I played around with some long exposures. The principle is the same as shooting fireworks on the 4th of July or Independence Day.

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On June 24th, I took photos of the 2007 Clifford Park Assault EFTA (Eastern Fat Tire Association) NECS (New England Championship Series) mountain bike race. The race is held at Clifford Park in Biddeford, Maine and is hosted by the Cape Able Bike Shop in Kennebunkport, Maine.

From what I hear, the Clifford Park Assault is a pretty rugged, grueling race. I found it to be really fun to take photos since I could run around and capture different parts of the race. But it’s pretty long, so I didn’t get to shoot photos of as many laps as I did at the Rotary Park Short Track in Biddeford, last year.

Here are some photos from the race.

That is Elizabeth Coleman, the 1st place rider in the Clifford Park Assault Expert Veteran Women category.

That is Michael Gault, the 1st place rider in the Clifford Park Assault Expert Senior I Men category. Michael was fun to shoot because he would do a little something extra each time I saw him, like that little jump on that downhill.


There are more photos available online at MaineToday.com in the Seen Photoblog called “2007 Clifford Park Assault“. Feel free to rate the photos there!

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On Saturday, I drove to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Area in Gloucester, Massachusetts for a Canon Photo Safari with Adam Jones. The photo safari is an opportunity to try out Canon photography equipment and to pick up tips and techniques from a Canon Explorers of Light professional. This photo safari was supported by Hunt’s Photo and Video and the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.

I was able to try out a Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera with a Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens and some other lenses like the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens.

I really liked the 5D. I currently have a Canon EOS-10D 6.3MP Digital SLR Camera.

The 5D is very similar to the 10D in basic function. It was so easy to pick up the 5D and just go shooting. Unlike the 10D, though, the 5D has a full frame sensor. So, no conversion factor on the lenses. This means a wide angle lens really is a wide angle lens on this body.

The lenses I used were nice, but I already have a full bag of lenses. I like my Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens a lot. I use it all the time.

I also have a Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM Ultra Wide Angle Lens which I bust out for my wide angle stuff. It would be nice to have the full frame sensor from the 5D to really get that wide angle effect.

Some of these images are available on my istockphoto.com account.

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I took photos of the fireworks, the block party, the parade and the La Kermesse Festival in Biddeford, Maine.

I posted a couple 500 or so photos to MaineToday.com in the Seen Photobloggers page, here: La Kermesse photos by Eric Holsinger on MaineToday.com Seen.

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With the warmer weather, I have been itching to get outside and take some photos. Things are getting greener and the animals are active; it’s all very exciting for the Nature Photographer. But, this past weekend was really rainy here in Southern Maine.

Even so, I managed to get out for a while to hike the Cascade Falls Trail with my family and our neighbors children. Because of the rain I was able to get some good shots of the waterfall. The recent rain really brought this little cascade to life. The moisture and overcast skies helped saturate the colors of the moss and plants, too.

Rare Pink Lady’s Slippers were out. There was a big patch of them in an area about 20 feet in diameter on the side of a hill near the trail. My wife also found some Jack in the Pulpits, but I didn’t get any good shots of them.

The kids found a little bullfrog sitting on a log. The bullfrog seemed to think he was completely invisible. He didn’t move despite the frantic and wild efforts of three kids trying their best to get him to hop.

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I had the honor of shooting the wedding announcement photos from my sister and her fiancé. I have recently bought a bunch of studio-style equipment which made possible what would have been absolutely impossible before. I’m still not very good at using the equipment, but thankfully I was able to pull off a few decent shots with their patience and trust.

After the portrait session, I took some time to process the RAW images. I also played around with some presentation options, especially insets into the bigger photograph.

Most of the work was on the exposure, cropping and playing with the filters in the black and white conversions. For the kissing portrait, I cropped it close and made it grainier for the photo CD that I gave them.

Here is the final photo that they went with for the announcements.

Thanks to Deni and Scott for the opportunity.

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