I work with UNC Student Radio at the university, and I went to the block party this year to shoot the mainstage’s last few bands. Have a look!

See more of the photos on UNCRadio.com’s Greeley Block Party page.

I got myself a softbox today – not just any softbox though, it’s one specifically designed for speedlite sized flashguns. So I’ve been playing with off camera flash. It’s been hilarious – I have the Radiopopper JrX set, but unfortunately I didn’t read and didn’t get a hold of the RP Cube for syncing with these smaller flashguns (my 430EX II doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack). So I’ve been doing it manually. That’s right, the fastest shutter speed I’ve managed is about 3/10ths of a second with an aperture at f/11, ISO 500.

Speaking of those settings…

Watson! Our yellow lab - but there's a lot of greyhound in there too.

The dog was coming at me, so I had to act fast. As the blur in the background tells you, I was also in the middle of sort of falling over. This was a completely chance shot, even though I’d been trying for something all night. I’d really love to take credit for the clarity and technical quality, but the most I did was make sure I pushed the test fire button on the back of the flash while the camera’s shutter was open.

We do a little of the retouching in Aperture – 86 strokes to be exact – and tada, no ugly bench in the corner of the shot.

Watson again, with some editing to get rid of that dust spot and the bench and cushion.

It’s a fairly sloppy editing job, but I was really only willing to put about ten minutes into it. I must say I’m pleased with my equipment’s performance though – that first shot is straight out of the camera (no contrast or anything).

Anyway, expect to see a lot more here as I learn how to use this tool more effectively.

I know I’ve posted photos from Glasgow Necropolis before, but now I’ve made a spiffy gallery that is dedicated to the eerie hill in the middle of Glasgow. Take a look for yourself.

Glasgow Necropolis - the Bridge of Sighs

I had some extra time this morning and decided that it was time to put up a small gallery of images from my time at Giant’s Causeway in Ireland. The photos are specifically of the waves just off the northern coast – Sara and I were there on a weekend trip, and we of course arrived just in time for a freak snowstorm. Read more and view the images in the gallery at NathanErfurth.com.

This is my personal favorite out of my Giant’s Causeway photos – the person standing there, in solitude, presumably contemplation, as the waves rush in and wear at the ancient basalt.

It was quite the scene.

Hello there, long time no see.

I felt it would be appropriate to inform you that I’ve posted a gallery of some of my engagement photographs – as many of you know, I traditionally include a free engagement session for my wedding clients because I feel you need good imagery for your invitations and wedding website.

Of course, if you’re looking for just engagement photos, I am more than happy to take those as well for a reduced wedding package fee. I’ve had clients do this before who are having their wedding out of state.

I’d like to mention that this one above is one of my favorites – in the rain! How beautiful is rain, anyway? It can be a difficult feeling to capture.

See the new engagement gallery on NathansWeddings.com!

Jeff and Kate were married at the Denver Botanic Gardens on June 19th – the same venue that my wife and I had our ceremony at – and it was a gorgeous ceremony. It was small and private. Here are a few of the images from the ceremony!

Jessica getting ready before the ceremony.

The dress, hanging in the window.

Kate, the bride in the mirror - all ready.

The groom sees the bride for the first time!

The groomsmen. Missing the dinosaur that used to be at the Botanic Gardens, they settled for this.

My personal favorite!

Jeff and Kate... off to the reception at the Stonegate community center in Parker.

Simple adoration. Another of my favorites.

The father of the groom. Can you see how proud he is?

Kate's brother won the garter toss. He was... well, the picture says it all.

And off they go, just married, to their honeymoon!

These two families were great fun as always! Good health and best wishes to the bride and groom, and may they have many years of happiness together!

If you want to see more of my wedding photography, visit NathansWeddings.com.

I got bored with the old website and it just wasn’t flexible enough for me or my customers. To make sure I have enough flexibility and content to interest my audience and to be useful for them, I’ve moved to an entirely different website model – enter, the new NathanErfurth.com.

New Colorado photographer's website, NathanErfurth.com.

Incidentally, it’s also my birthday today – so I suppose it’s a birthday gift to myself to have a clean new site. It still has some work to be done and it only has three portfolios out of about a dozen that I want to put up, but it’s already in better shape than the old website. The new model allows for articles (i.e., “how-to” sorts of pieces), photo essays and projects to be posted, which are all going to be great fun and will mean that you can see quite a bit more of my work as it happens.

For those of you frustrated with my busted galleries on NathansWeddings.com and LemonRindPhoto.com, I’m working on it. I have a system down now and graduation season is almost over, so it should all be functional soon!

Cheers!

The most recent couple I’ve photographed are Krystal and Brion. I used to work with Krystal on campus at UNC back in the day, and now she’s getting married to Brion in August!

And there you have it! I’m looking forward to posting their wedding photos!

You already know this about me – several of my posts have been driving themed. I know it’s just the temperature gauge. The light was not hitting the gas gauge.

When is a photograph perfectly situated? Never. As is life.

As much as I like agreeable weather, there’s something about winter that I’ve always loved.

Unfortunately, this frame is polluted with houses, but when you work and drive as much as you do, you take whatever freeway scene you can get.