3.14.12 Facebook cover update. Gettysburg in Infrared

gettysburgIR, originally uploaded by Thomas Robert Clarke Photography, LLC.

So I've been toying around with the idea of converting one of my older cameras into a dedicate infrared camera to capture scenes like this one above... but then I think, "Why bother" when I can use the amazing Nik Software to create the effect while allowing me to keep a full spectrum copy. Well the answer is because it will be cool to have of course, but in the meantime I'll keep my recipe for this effect in my back pocket for future use.

So this image was made at the Gettysburg National Military Park in an area I believe is known as The Wheatfield just bellow Little Round Top on a visit I took with my step-brother Mike and my nephew Zach.  It was a tremendous hanging out with the both of them and immersing ourselves in the history of Gettysburg.

2.20.10 Pic Theme: More Snow!

HOLY COW, how about these last few weeks?!!? 

If you are on the east coast like me then you got a one, two, three punch of snow recently.

Here are a few more images captured while running around in the snow... ok, actually no running. More like trudging down River Drive and the Tow Path in the middle of the blizzard like an idiot! Of all the things I've ever wished for in my entire life these were shot on the day in which "Snow Shoes" first ever made their way into my top 5 things I wish I had! 

My favorite

a close second for my favorite...

amen

Gothic graveyard 

side door

tow path

more tow path

and more again

 and another! 

2.18.10 Pic Theme: Red, White, Black, and Blue.

Well it's happened again! Days bleed into weeks and next thing you know I haven't posted in about a month. Lots going on folks and most of it revolves around the snow. Here are a few photos made during and after the recent storms. 

In other news: I've also been working on my website and invite everyone to stop over and check it out. 

Stay warm and enjoy the photos... oh, and I promise more will be uploaded soon!

12.15.09 Pic post theme: Past Glory

So much I love about these images. I was recently asked to venture down to historic Franklin Field, deemed to be the oldest stadium still operating for football by the NCAA. It was built for $100,000 and dedicated on April 20, 1895 for the first running of the Penn Relays. Also home of the first scoreboard ever built (that same year) as well as countless other neat sports history. How far we've come from the first scoreboard and stadium built for $100K to "Jerry's World", the billion dollar Cowboy Stadium!  

Anyway, I was asked to find certain qualities that might be considered hallmarks of the Penn Relays to give as a gift to a former Penn Relay star. Of course nothing ever goes as smoothly as it should and for whatever reason this stadium, which is usually open to the public, was closed this day and I was only allowed to venture in a few feet. Ahhh, but adversity is the main ingredient in opportunity! Instead of hiking to the furthest top bleacher seat for the standard wide angled panoramic shot (as I had intended) I found a good spot for some action and went about capturing the feeling of competition, the motion of sport, and in the end the shapes of memories.

Kitchen Troth 2

Kitchen Troth 2, originally uploaded by Thomas Robert Clarke Photography.

All the conveniences of a modern kitchen! Andrew Jackson's Tennessee home, The Hermitage, featured this very large kitchen located in an attached building. This is one half of a kitchen that would regularly employee 10 or more cooks to keep up with Jackson's famous hospitality.

Chartreuse

DaltonWedding193, originally uploaded by Thomas Robert Clarke Photography.

Finding expressions like this is what I love most about shooting weddings. 

Mason (double fisting the drinks) has just been introduced to champagne with a dash or three of a very rare and very tasty chartreuse by an amazingly creative bartender friend of mine (Chris Bostick, not pictured http://www.blueprintcocktail.com) while chatting with Shawn, a whisky distiller from Virginia... good booze were drunk that day my friends!

12.02.09 Pic Post Theme: Black and White San Antonio

The Alamo at night

Spooky Alamo

Riverwalk fountain

Haunted hallway in the victorian section of the Menger Hotel

Well not in San Antonio, but taken during the same trip :)

12.01.09 Pic Post: Similar yet different

Look familiar?

Look again

Ok, well maybe not a carbon copy but the elements are there :)

11.20.09 Daily pic post: Upside down

It's Nutts, It's upside down...

11.11.09: Daily pic post: Architecture series in black and white

I don't know why, but I had this fear that once I switched to digital I would somehow loose my love of black and white. They would be less real, less powerful. These images calmed those worries.

11.10.09 Daily pic post: Pet portrait

I love animals and pet portraits are one of my favorite things to do.

If anyone is interested I offer a great pet sitting package complete with all images hosted on a

password protected website for online proofing and easy print ordering system with various unique printing options and a DVD with all the edited images.

Email me for details: trclarke1@gmail.com

11.05.09 Daily pic post: Winter Black & White

It may be the lingering darkness from the Phillies loss last night,

but a minor form of melancholy has come over me.
Since most of the leaves have hit the ground and the days are getting darker
 I thought I'd post a few images from last winter.

Man, Tree, Car

Milkweed

House Silhouette

Black Tree

11.01.09 Daily Post: Bourbon Country!

Today's pics come from a great trip down to bourbon country, Kentucky.

Cask

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