JOE KIDER PHOTOGRAPHY

Crunch time in the lab

2009-05-08T21:17:00.005-04:00

The last month I have had 2 paper deadlines, so that translates to long late nights at the lab. Luckily, I am not the only one there so late working on random projects. The seniors were there toiling on their senior designs. (Yes I co-teach that class and probably the cause of them being there so late.) The PhD and master students were working on papers or class projects, etc , etc.

I admit, I love this time of year. Tension fills the air, no one is sleeping, random conversations take place while shooting candles and caustics for 20 straight hours. There are many paper deadlines throughout the year, however this time of year is more fun when there are people you can share the experience with and bond over random things.

Kendra is hard at work evaluating video game interfaces. I think the awesome gloves make this photo.

Mark brought a tent in to save time walking home, and Nancy is giving him the thumbs up. Yet I don't think anyone actually used the tent, rather just slept on the lab couch.

I have no idea what Becky is doing, but she looks entirely too happy burning peeps. Nancy and "Other" Nancy are super excited at this notion as well. Luckily for all of us they did not set off our smoke alarm.

Aline has been working on her 563 project too late, and I think was just hiding behind our printer again. She's a first year, we cannot give her a real desk area now can we.

Liming was attempting to explain to me how smoothing was the solution to his paper's problems.

Nancy (I actually shot this with her D40 with my 70-200 VR on it randomly). It may not look it, however this is Nancy at 2-3am(ish). Personally, I look like a wreck after working all night.

Full Moon

2009-04-21T23:34:00.000-04:00

This is last month's full moon. Photographing the moon this close is nontrivial, however I think these shots actually came out alright sharpness wise. I think I finally figured the mystery settings out, so the next time I photograph the moon, I have a couple ideas for composition.

Shot around 10:20pm

Shot around 11:40pm

Cherry Blossoms (Washington, DC)

2009-04-17T13:28:00.000-04:00

This year, I think I picked a sub-par day to travel to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms. The blossoms were great, the weather was horrible. The sky was overcast and half way through our walk it started to drizzle. Booo. I've not been down in 2 years to see them, so it was fun to walk around DC again.

Here are a couple shots from the day:

Bralczyk Family

2009-04-15T10:13:00.004-04:00

Last weekend I went over my buddy Joe's house to watch the Flyers game and took some photos of their kids. I previously captured little Gavin back in the summer, he has definitely done a lot of growing since then. The shoot was fun, we did a couple portraits of each of the kids and some shots together. I swear Kylie somehow had 3 wardrobe changes and 3 sets of props, she is quite the little starlet.

Classic "like father like son" pose where they both have a deer in headlights look... I had to include it...

Crazy Double Rainbow

2009-04-04T22:32:00.001-04:00

Today some crazy thunderstorms blew over the city. Initially, I was at Penn coming out of a lecture and saw the first partial rainbow forming over the city, but knew I was going to miss the photo opportunity. I quickly ducked home in between storms, and upon arriving I saw the double rainbow form. I ran for my camera, however my fat cat was angry he was not immediately getting fed and tripped me. Luckily, GUI failed to take me out, and I found my camera and made a mad dash to the window.

Teresa witnessed the 30 second display of craziness I exhibited, and must have thought I was initially nuts before she saw the double rainbow.

Here are some shots from it.

I tried a quick HDR image of the rainbow:

These are straight of the camera, just some cropping:

Then just like that ... poof ... it was gone...

Unnamed Abandoned Building

2009-03-29T19:25:00.002-04:00

Yes, these shots have a really dark and creepy tone to them. They are of what I'll refer to as an 'Unnamed Abandoned Building' in the Spring City area of PA, right outside of Philly. If your from the area, its obvious what building this could be a part of, but with all the signs, I'll just leave it unnamed.

This was an interesting shoot that DB and I went, leaving under the cover of darkness to get to the location made it even mysterious to shoot. We set up three off camera flash setups to light some of the rooms creatively, then just walked around for awhile.

... Don't worry, now that spring is here so called 'Happier' shots are on their way now.

The Graffiti Underground (Part II: HDR)

2009-03-22T22:55:00.007-04:00

These photos are my first real attempt at HDR photography. HDR is short for High Dynamic Range, a post-processing technique of taking a series of images and combining them to produce a more robust tonal range. I am personally not a huge fan of HDR, I think the photos appear 'fake' and 'processed', however, I love trying new things, experimenting, pushing myself to somewhere I am not comfortable with and getting better at it. So over the last month I've done some HDR work in a couple spots and will see how it goes. (I'm open to comments on the photos.)

For this first example, the following 5 images were combined using a post-processing tool called : Photomatix. Some technical notes: the photos are shot at 1EV spacing apart: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, shot in aperture priority mode on manual focus.

The Graffiti Underground turned out to be 3 crazy disjointed shoots combined to one which was pretty cool. I throw some photos up some crazy underground racing next post.

Now, if those photos were not 'trippy' enough, I got even more crazy towards the end of the shoot, but trying a long exposure (4s) on a tripod and zooming the lens in to produce this photo.

Inspired in part by fellow photographer, and Penn Professor: Benjamin C. Pierce and his 'Still Life' gallery, which I found cool.

The Graffiti Underground

2009-03-19T22:54:00.004-04:00

I found this great location over lunch I had with two of my Strobist buddies, Dennis and Rob. Dennis told me about this cool location nature photographer Tony Sweet had found in the city he named 'The Graffiti Underground'. Since google knows and sees everything, a quick search with the wonderful map and street view tools, I was able to track down the location in about 5 minutes.

A bunch of us went back there to shoot some portraits and some HDR stuff (more on that aspect of the shoot in another post to come). Dennis, Genaro, Eric and I populated this great locale for some great creative interpretations I included below.

(Disclaimer: We did not produce any new graffiti in these photos, We did use props to make the shoot look better...)

This last setup is a bit rushed, and the flashes are not setup right ... but its a cool shot of me jumping for no reason...

Here are two shots Genaro and Dennis took of me (this is why I never pose and just take the photos).

To give some technical aspects of the setup we had at the Graffiti Underground, Dennis captured this great shot of how we set up the flashes: We positioned 5 flashes. Two rim/backlights on my chest and two close to 90°, to highlighting his sides. They were 1 stop less than the flashes against the wall. Both set of flashes were positioned with the heads vertical. The fifth flash is stuffed into a lowepro lens case with a sto-fen on my belt to light the wall in front of me to get some great color.

Christine

2009-03-16T22:45:00.000-04:00

Some bridal photos of Christine at the Allentown Brew Works inside the historic Harold’s Furniture Building, and the parking garage which supplied the cool yellow wall.

Death Valley and Las Vegas

2009-03-14T17:58:00.002-04:00

Camping in the desert. Pretty awesome. Odd with no trees around though. Teresa and I went to Death Valley and camped out at Furnace Creek. Death Valley is exactly what the name implies, a huge valley dead valley flanked by mountains that contain cool canyons you can hike in. The park contains the lowest point in the continental US at Badwater basin which was 282 feet below sea level.

We covered a lot of ground during our short stay in the park: Natural Bridge Canyon trail, Mosaic Canyon trail, Fall Canyon Trail and the Gold Canyon trail just to name a few of the better ones. Additionally, we took two drives that stand out: Artist's Drive and the Titus Canyon road. Titus Canyon was a great one with numerous chances to both almost die from cliffs with mile drop-offs and plenty of photo opportunities.

On our way back we spent a couple nights in Las Vegas and stopped at Red Rock Canyon. I know, me in Las Vegas, odd right? But, it turned out to be interesting, for a short time. I am not sure I could spend too much longer since its a bit tourist trappy for my taste. If I had to choose though, I enjoyed the Bellagio the best out of the various hotel-casinos we stopped at. If only for the fountain show and chihuly glass in the lobby.

Remember, I am from Philly so I had to do a 'Rocky' run and dance ...

Jax

2009-02-21T11:56:00.001-05:00

Some bridal photos of Jax at the Allentown Brew Works inside the historic Harold’s Furniture Building a couple weekends ago. (Tara King was the stylist for both models I shot that day doing hair and makeup and was great to work with)

This was a great location to shoot at, and not just for the Steelgaarden Wit brew. The upper floors were 'unfinished' which gave a great dramatic edginess to the photos, which was the look I was going for here. Ashame it is an hour drive north.

Tara + Korey

2009-02-16T19:34:00.004-05:00

Tara and Korey recently were married in Jamaica, a great location for a destination wedding. They threw a reception for their friends back home at The Merion in Cinnaminson, NJ.

I've know Tara and Korey for a number of years, and still remember chasing after their dog when he got scared of the July 4 fireworks in Old City. Their event was great, I actually should include a photo of the awesome desert setup... ice cream/waffle bar, chocolate fountain, and I think every cake ever conceived. The night was great, and I wish you guys the best.

Here are a couple of photos from that session.

HMS Shoot.

2009-02-10T12:15:00.000-05:00

My good friend Liming is finishing his Phd and applying for some high profile jobs, so he asked me to take a couple photos of him for his website/facebook/etc. last Friday afternoon. Some of my other lab mates saw my lighting setup, so they jumped in too.

This shot was inspired by Chen (previous photo) to mimic this pose from "Internal Affairs": Movie Promo. Interestingly, I did not know "The Departed", was an adaptation of this film out of Hong Kong. You learn something new everyday.

Thanks to fellow lab photographer Jan Allbeck for the use of the fisheye lens and her canon camera, to take this shot of everyone looking at their photos on my camera.

The Bahamas

2009-01-10T12:46:00.001-05:00

Teresa and I decided to start the year off appropriately by taking a quick trip down to the Bahamas for a couple days. Especially with the stretch of cold weather in Philadelphia, the warm beaches and snorkeling helped us kick off the near year. We stayed on New Providence Island at the cable beach area in the ‘Breezes Resorts’.

During the trip we ventured over to Paradise Island, took a walking tour through downtown Nassau, explored Rose Beach, and took a snorkeling trip to the Rose Island area. Props to New Providence for having a great public transportation system (The Jitney). Granted the door never shut, it looked as if the bus went through a war, and the driver speed around curves next to the shore, however it only cost a $1 and took you practically anywhere you needed to go on the island. Rock on.

One note. I used Teresa's pocket camera (the SD1100 IS) for these shots. Why? One, the optics are not horrible on the camera, especially for one that only costs around $130. Secondly, the underwater case is very cheap (Canon WP-DC22). This was my first attempt to take photo of all the awesome fishies why we snorkeled. I included one below, but will probably adjust some setting next time we go. Props to my friend Jay Crim (who is also is a good photographer and world traveler). He introduced me to how he takes his photos underwater since he loves to snorkel too. You should check out his galleries, if you have a second. We still keep pushing each other to explorer every corner of the world (Shekar gets props too for traveling to exotic locations while pregnant over the last year). I cannot wait until they take their little one snorkeling when she is bigger. (at least 4 or 5 months old before she can snorkel right?...).

Enjoy the photos!

Christmas in Philly

2008-12-30T19:49:00.001-05:00

Here are a couple photos I took around the city during the holiday season. Everything from the Macy's Lightshow, to Longwood Gardens, to Rittenhouse Square.

George David Sharp, III.

2008-12-29T17:36:00.002-05:00

My friend George and his wife Julin had their baby "little" George on December 10, 2008. He weighed in at 7lbs 15ozs. Ted, Teresa and I went up to visit the proud parents and see George III for the first time. Here are a couple photos I took informally during the visit.

Strobist Meetup at Rittenhouse Square

2008-12-16T15:26:00.003-05:00

A couple of us got together for the holiday to shoot some portraits around Rittenhouse Square. Matthew, Denis, and I tried plenty of lighting setups on our volunteer models: Harold, Elissa, and few people asking what on earth we were doing. I think we all got some great shots, and Matt and Denis were great guys to get to know.

This is a really fun meetup that I randomly found online. Strobist focuses on: "Learning how to use off-camera flash with your dSLR to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. Using 'small speedlights'." We normally pull gear, so we end up having a lot of expensive equipment, and crazy lighting setups when we are out.

(Unlike the last one I attended, this meetup was chilly, and we were out for 5 hours in the elements. Props to the models who posed for us in the cold!)

Katherine John (Part2 of many to come)

2008-11-30T13:53:00.000-05:00

Before the trek up to Staten Island to see Teresa's family, Sarah and Chris brought little Katherine over to see everyone. She had gotten a lot bigger since the last time I saw her a couple weeks earlier. Here are a couple photos I snapped of the Sarah, Chris, Rita, and baby Katerine before we headed out.

Sharp Family

2008-11-29T20:01:00.000-05:00

Ted and I have not stopped up to see our friend George in quite some time. So over the thanksgiving weekend we stopped up to see George, Julin, and their daughter Hannah. I think the last time I saw Hannah was at the wedding: Photo.
So I was glad to see everyone.

I know Ted and I are not big 'black friday' shoppers. Go figure. We love the rush of the last minute and normally go out shopping for everyone around December 23 or 24....

The "John" Family

2008-11-26T15:37:00.001-05:00

I had my camera during Thanksgiving since I wanted to take some photos of little Katerine, so I just kept shooting and took some of the John family during the course of the day. Here are a couple shots of Teresa's mom, grandparents, sister, and aunt.

Phillies Celebration!

2008-11-14T11:56:00.007-05:00

The Phillies win the world series!!!! I think this really is a dream come true. After all the years of cheering for losing teams, and I mean years... this was great (even if we had to wait 2 extra days). Actually, if we did not wait the day of the day for the parade would not have been so nice.

I did run across the city (literally) for these photos, catching the parade at least 4 times, and getting to at least see the ceremony at the "Linc". I think my friend Ted wanted to throw something at me due to the roughly 9 miles of travel via foot (he google mapped the distance to check it, if you know Ted, Ted and 9 miles are not something he appreciates said in the same sentence, lol).

Katie & Ivo

2008-11-03T23:09:00.002-05:00

Katie & Ivo meet at Franklin & Marshall and are getting married next May 29, 2009. These are a couple shots from their engagement session. We did cross all over the city...from Neshaminy State Park, to East Falls, and then the Art Museum-Boat House Row area. The fall foliage was great, and boat house row at dusk always rocks. Katie and Ivo were great to work with and I think their photos came out great.

Katherine Jean John

2008-11-01T23:02:00.001-04:00

These our some photos I took of Teresa's niece, Katherine John and her proud parents Sarah and Chris. Katherine is very little and very cute here.

Light the Night 2008

2008-10-22T14:30:00.003-04:00

The Leukemia-Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, that have helped patients live better, longer lives.

My lovely wife has worked on Rhodes 7 at HUP for over 5 years as a nurse, and now currently is the interim nurse manager of the floor. Many of my friends also work on Rhodes 7. Therefore, I think this cause is extremely important, and more people should be made aware of it so they can participate.

This year the annual walk moved to FDR Park. (Luckily the hot dogs moved too, and they added cheese-steaks and crab fries! Booyeah!) It's always great seeing those that have survived everything, and also to see the families of patients. I think the closure and comfort the walk provides is very important for the patients and families. They see the nurses again, and realize what they have overcome, and draw some comfort that they are still fighting on for others on Rhodes 3,6,7.

If you care to help fight cancer, here is a link to my donation page for you to contribute a couple dollars: Donation Page.

HMS Canoe Trip

2008-10-15T12:39:00.002-04:00

Our (HMS)lab's canoe/kayak trip took place down the Brandywine river. We used Brandywine River Wilderness Canoe Trips as our outfitter down the historic Brandywine River.

Even though the water level was a little low and some of us got a little wet jumping in the water, the trip was fun. The leaves just started to turn on the river, so the scenery was interesting as we paddled down. Everyone brought food, so we were stuffed on fried rice, grilled sandwiches, and apple pie.

Enjoy the photos, but you should do the trip if you have not, its only about 35 minutes from downtown Philly and worth the effort.

Finger Lakes (Part 2)

2008-10-12T11:52:00.002-04:00

This weekend, our friends Joanne and Chris joined us for a weekend of: camping, wine tasting, and hiking. We focused our trip around Cayuga Lake and Ithaca. We hiked Robert Treman, Buttermilk, and Taughannock State Parks. Along with hiking the two gorges that flank Cornell University. The water levels were the lowest I've scene them, which allowed us to climb right through the gorges with out worrying about slipping.

We did taste at 10 wineries during the 3 day visit: Cobblestone Farm Winery, Knapp Vineyards, Goose Watch Winery, Buttonwood Grove Winery, Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery, Thirsty Owl Wine Company, *Lucas Vineyards*, Americana Vineyards, Long Point Winery, and King Ferry Winery. (Yummy!)

The funniest moment had to be when Joanne found a piece of glass in Chris's icecream, and Chris just slid the check towards the manager and said "Sooooo...", and that one syllable took care of the bill.... Bravo Chris.

Olympic National Park and Seattle

2008-09-12T20:11:00.000-04:00

I recently traveled to the Seattle area for the first time. The area is very nice, Olympic National Park is a great park offering everything: coast, rainforest, and waterfalls; and Seattle is an awesome city too. I now understand though why people from Seattle are fanatics about coffee since every morning was chilly and all I wanted was a coffee to warm up!

Stobist meetup at Logan Circle

2008-08-28T22:24:00.005-04:00

I've been reading David Hobby's blog online which is a great source of off camera strobe lighting. I learned a couple photographers were getting together in the area at Logan Circle to shoot some models. Now, normally I am skeptical of 'online meetups' and was worried this was going to be shaddy. However, this turned out to be an awesome experience. I got to learn and practice a lot of different techniques, using the strobes, using gels, working with models, trying not to break people's expensive equipment, etc, etc. The guys were pretty cool too and answered all my questions.

Off camera lighting is addicting though, I have more shots from this series, these only scratch the surface, unfortunately however I'll have to wait to post them since I will be in Seattle for 8 days.

Phillies Game

2008-08-21T22:19:00.001-04:00

These photos were taken at the Phillies game with a Canon SD1000. I think it works great for a pocket camera, and its very affordable. I love my DSLR and medium format cameras, however you don't always need a sledge hammer to take a good shot.

Hudson River Valley

2008-08-14T14:20:00.002-04:00

This weekend we visited the Hudson River Valley. We started our mini adventure at High Point State Park. From there we visited Minnewaska State park. Minnewaska is a great park with some of the best biking and hiking in the area, however the park is situated about 40 minutes from anything useful, so a morning drive is in order to access it.

Unfortunately / fortunately (depending if you ask me or my wife) we did not encounter any bears, I've been having some luck recently photographing them in Shenandoah, Alaska and the last time I was at the Delaware Water Gap, so I was a little disappointed not to see any.

We visited a couple of the wineries in the area on the Shawangunk Wine Trail. We found some interesting wines, however this trail does not compare to the Finger Lakes Region of New York at all.

Enjoy the photos

Danielle and Josh's Reception

2008-07-30T21:12:00.003-04:00

Danielle and Josh were married on 06/07/08 down in Cancun, Mexico. I did some engagement shots for them a couple months ago ( Engagement Photos). Since not everyone was able to get down to Cancun, they held a reception here to celebrate with friends at home.

Finger Lakes: Waterfalls and Wineries

2008-07-22T14:30:00.000-04:00

This weekend we visited one of our favorite spots in the northeast, the Finger Lakes in New York. The area is absolutely amazing, filled with beautiful gorge hikes that lead past numerous waterfalls and wineries about every 100 yards. This time we camped at Watkins Glen, went to wineries on the south east side of Seneca Lake, then some hikes near Ithaca, and more wineries on south west Cayuga Lake.

We took our friend Theresa up there this year and had a blast sliding down the various smaller waterfalls. (We missed the sign about not going into the gorge itself and staying away from the cliff edges it seems again). We went to 8 wineries, 4 new ones for me, and of course one of my 3 favorites up there Lucas Vineyards.

Taking photos up there is always an 'interesting' experience. Inside the gorges you have numerous exposure problems, and its always hard to getting the streaming effect on the waterfalls since setting up a tripod is always a mini adventure in the water. However, I think every time I get up there I am getting better and better shots since I know what the light is going to what when in the gorge.

Maybe another trip in the middle of September? Anyone want to join?

Gavin

2008-07-17T19:59:00.000-04:00

Carrie and Joe had little Gavin about 3 months ago and I finally got around to shooting him. Our schedules have been very crazy. I've known Joe since grade school so it was great to shoot them. Little Gavin was a terrific model and had a million different faces.

More Philadelphia Skyline Photos

2008-07-13T21:30:00.003-04:00

I have been sick the last month, however I am feeling much better (hence the lack of posts for sometime now). Here are some great skyline shots, right from my apartment window, that illustrate how great our view is any given day.

Philadelphia Fireworks

2008-07-05T18:13:00.001-04:00

I enjoy taking photos of the various firework shows around Philly, however this year was not a good year. Just as the fireworks went off on Saturday the sky opened up and rain fell just as long as the firework went on. The previous day, the rain lasted all day washing most of the good views out. Blasted cold front! This was the best I could do, since the cloud of smoke could not clear well with the rain, I had to balance my camera on a tripod and umbrella, and the hippies kept getting in my way. Booo weather.

Danielle & Josh

2008-05-10T15:25:00.000-04:00

Danielle and Josh are getting married in a couple weeks (06/07/08) down in Cancun, Mexico. We walked all over downtown Philadelphia taking some great engagement shots.

Philadelphia Skyline

2008-04-13T14:20:00.002-04:00

This weekend has been filled with rolling thunderstorms, and this was a cool shot I took from it.

Spring in Philadelphia

2008-04-10T22:12:00.000-04:00

Teresa and I walked around Fairmount Park, near the Japanese Garden area. We were too busy to head down to Washington DC this year to see the cherry blossoms bloom, so we had to settle for the ones in the city. Since I spent 4 years in DC and have been going down every spring, I have high standards. Fairmount Park is worth the trip since its close and one can walk, but given the choice you should head to DC to check out the Cherry Blossom’s around the tidal basin. Enjoy these shots.

Ashley

2008-04-04T14:07:00.002-04:00

This Friday, I was experimenting with the lighting kit at school and my friend Ashley was nice enough to pose for me. Equipment used: 2 Lowel Omni light with umbrellas and black velvet (inspired by some awesome work I’ve scene Jeff Tisman doing).

More Cat Photos

2008-03-31T00:54:00.002-04:00

Since they pose like little super stars...

I have no idea what Teresa is doing here, other then losing...

Spring Break in Puerto Rico

2008-03-18T00:11:00.000-04:00

Teresa and I visited Puerto Rico this year during my spring break. (My favorite part of graduate school is having ample time to travel).

Our trip started in Ricon on the west coast, moved to the south west to Cabo Rojo. Next, moved to the Guinica Dry Forest and Ponce. Then we ended up in Old San Juan and finally over drove over to the El Yunque rain forest. Pretty crazy trip as usual.

Roadtrip to Pittsburgh

2008-02-10T22:01:00.002-05:00

This weekend we visited our friends Jay and Shekar in Pittsburgh. For the most part, the weather was horrible all weekend, except when Jay and I went out to take photos ... the sun literally followed us around.

The trip was a blast. Jay made some great meals, we visited the Phipps Conservatory to see the Dale Chihuly's Glass Exhibition, went up to Mount Washington to take some photos, walked around downtown, and caught a Flyers game. We'll have to go back when its warm and check out a Phillies - Pirates Game this time.

Phipps Conservatory featuring Dale Chihuly's Glass Exhibition

2008-02-09T21:58:00.001-05:00

While visiting Pittsburgh this past weekend, we decided to check out the
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens featuring Dale Chihuly's Glass Exhibition upon one of my professors (Alla's) recommendation.

The exhibition was truly amazing. My friend Jay and I must have taken a million photos here. The colors of the glass made the flowers in the conservatory even better.

Fun with Splashes and Reflections

2008-02-04T13:16:00.001-05:00

I decided to photograph some fun splash 'action' shots with a reflection.
(Yes, I made a huge mess, taking these.)

Setting up the shot: Black piece of velvet hung from the wall and on the desk. Piece of glass on the desk for the reflection. Nikon SB-600 on camera stopped down. 1 Spot light diffused with softbox to the left.

Joanne to Chris

2008-01-26T23:31:00.000-05:00

January 26, 2008
Normandy Farms
Blue Bell, PA

My friends Joanne and Chris got married on Saturday, and since I have 3 left feet, I just walked around taking some pictures (though I did attempt some dancing this time).

Joanne and Chris's Wedding Tables

2008-01-26T23:10:00.001-05:00

Fall 2007
Philadelphia, PA

Rather then have boring numbers for her wedding tables, my friend Joanne is very creative and decided to make each table centered around a building in Philadelphia.

I helped her by photographing about 50 buildings (around 5-8 views each) all over the city for her to use. She combined 2 pictures per table with a symmetric candle arrangement that looked very nice.

Rachel to Ryan

2007-12-29T00:29:00.000-05:00

December 28, 2007
Kings Mill Inn
Media, PA

Rachel and Ryan got married on Friday, and since I have 3 left feet, I just walked around taking some pictures.

Christmas 2007

2007-12-26T15:16:00.000-05:00

December 2007
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Normally, other then color correction and some cropping, I do not implement too many photoshop efffects. However, the first photo I wrote a photoshop script to do a couple adjustment layers and "Rob Carr" black and white conversion. I think the effect looks cool.

Here I did this effect on my camera by leaving the aperture open a 1 second and manually moving the zoom, for a weird looking radial motion blur effect.

Katy's Family

2007-11-20T17:54:00.000-05:00

November 17, 2007
St Thomas - Villanova University
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Katy's family needed some holiday family portraits to frame for a Christmas present for their parents who were married at St Thomas

Joanne and Chris

2007-11-10T14:00:00.000-05:00

November 10, 2007
Boathouse Row
Philadelphia, PA

My friends Joanne and Chris want to use a photomat as a guest book for their wedding in January 2008. So they asked me to go out to boat house row and take some photos of them. (They are going to use the 6th photo on this post).

Steve (#55) - Miami University Football

2007-10-20T00:43:00.000-04:00

October 20, 2007
Lincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

My 'new' little sister asked me to photograph her current boyfriend Steve (#55 Miami University) when we went to watch him play the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field.

Catherine

2007-09-25T21:29:00.000-04:00

HMS Lab - University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Published in The Daily Pennsylvanian
September 25. 2007

My friend Catherine wanted a fun picture to use on her webpage. However, I accidentally got one published with an article on our lab in the school paper the DP.

My Cats: GUI and Towel

2007-05-02T14:16:00.000-04:00

2007
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

My cats are crazy and fun. I have some action shots of them fighting over my laundry basket: Crazy Cats.

Joe and Teresa

2007-04-26T23:30:00.000-04:00

April 26, 2007
Morris Arboretum - University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We decided to take some self portraits using my tripod and camera remote when we visted the Morris Arboretum. We posted these on our wedding website: WEDDING SITE for our family and friends to enjoy.

Joe and Teresa 2

2007-03-06T13:20:00.000-05:00

March 6, 2007
Key West, Florida

While in Florida we decided to take some self portraits using my tripod and camera remote. We posted these on our wedding website: WEDDING SITE for our family and friends to enjoy.

About Joe

2007-01-01T23:18:00.014-05:00

I am very passionate about photography, and I love sharing my passion with others. My photography style reflects my personality in a way: energetic, joyful, a love for travel, and a little edgy.

During the day, I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer and Information Science, which is a part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. My advisor is Dr. Norman I. Badler.

My research interests include combing aspects of computer graphics with artificial intelligence, integrating motion capture into maintenance training, and using the GPU for graphics and general purpose applications. So the draw between Computer Graphics and photography is a logical step, and gives me a unique approach in photography.

I live in the great city of Philadelphia, PA. When I am not teaching, writing, or taking photos my wife and I love to travel, hike, and play with our two crazy cats.

Blog Archive

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The Archive of posts for my blog.

2009
- March
- February
- January
  - Bahamas

2008
- December
- November
- October
- September
  - Olympic National Park and Seattle
- August
- July
- May
  - Danielle & Josh
- April
- March
  - More Cat Photos
  - Spring Break in Puerto Rico
- February
- January

2007
- December
  - Rachel to Ryan
  - Christmas 2007
- November
  - Katy's Family
  - Joanne and Chris
- October
  - Steve (#55) - Miami University Football
- September
  - Catherine
- May
  - My Cats: GUI and Towel
- April
  - Joe and Teresa
- March
  - Joe and Teresa 2
- January
  - Catagories
  - Links

Category Labels

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JOE KIDER PHOTOGRAPHY

Crunch time in the lab

Full Moon

Cherry Blossoms (Washington, DC)

Bralczyk Family

Crazy Double Rainbow

Unnamed Abandoned Building

The Graffiti Underground (Part II: HDR)

The Graffiti Underground

Christine

Death Valley and Las Vegas

Jax

Tara + Korey

HMS Shoot.

The Bahamas

Christmas in Philly

George David Sharp, III.

Strobist Meetup at Rittenhouse Square

Katherine John (Part2 of many to come)

Sharp Family

The "John" Family

Phillies Celebration!

Katie & Ivo

Katherine Jean John

Light the Night 2008

HMS Canoe Trip

Finger Lakes (Part 2)

Olympic National Park and Seattle

Stobist meetup at Logan Circle

Phillies Game

Hudson River Valley

Danielle and Josh's Reception

Finger Lakes: Waterfalls and Wineries

Gavin

More Philadelphia Skyline Photos

Philadelphia Fireworks

Danielle & Josh

Philadelphia Skyline

Spring in Philadelphia

Ashley

More Cat Photos

Spring Break in Puerto Rico

Roadtrip to Pittsburgh

Phipps Conservatory featuring Dale Chihuly's Glass Exhibition

Fun with Splashes and Reflections

Joanne to Chris

Joanne and Chris's Wedding Tables

Rachel to Ryan

Christmas 2007

Katy's Family

Joanne and Chris

Steve (#55) - Miami University Football

Catherine

My Cats: GUI and Towel

Joe and Teresa

Joe and Teresa 2

About Joe

Blog Archive

Category Labels

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Links