As Summer is coming to an end the animal kingdom is franticly collecting there winter harvests insects included. This makes one of the best times to try and photograph bees.

I really like the challenge of photographing bees. Bees jump from flower to flower always moving making a difficult subject to capture at times especially if you are tying to capture a bee in flight.

This is always my goal to capture a bee in flight and I wish I could share a sure fire way to capture bees in flight. Unfortunately I have not mastered this yet which is probably why I like trying so much. The best advice I can offer is to just stock the bee. Follow it everywhere trying to get your photo never taking your eye off the view finder. The only problem with this is that you can trip or stumble over things so use some caution. Also to capture a crisp sharp in focuse shot of a bee in flight is to have a fast shutter speed. By fast I am talking above 1000th of a sec and up. In some conditions you will need to use a wide open F stop like 2.8. This will give you less margin for error due to the shallower depth of field so raising your ISO is usually the first step in keeping a fast shutter speed with a good exposure. This is only good up to a point when the high ISO will degrade the quality of your photo. As always feel free to ask any questions and leave your comments and feedback.

Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

A Buddy of mine wrote this review and as soon as I read it I had to ask if I could link it through my blog. This is a link Review of the 14-35 SWD Olympus SHG Lens.

Image by Brandon Eu Photograpy
The newest SHG flagship lens. If you shoot with a 4/3 body professionally or as a serious hobbyist it is definitely a lens you have to check out. Click the title or photo to go to his review or HERE
I hope you take the time to check out Brandon's Review as well as his blog. As always feel free to leave your comments, feedback, and questions. Thanks, Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

This is some interesting news (Photography wise)
The ability to mix match hardware and basically software as well.

I think this will be interesting to watch how

this develops.
Would it not be a dream to be able to use Olympus Super High grade lenses with a D3X sensor. It would not be something I would be willing to spend my money on until it has a few years and or some really solid results. However I would be willing to do some alpha and beta testing for the project. Here is a link to the full artical overall a good read make sure you check it out.
Open-source camera could revolutionize photography

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Somebody stumbled upon a Leica web page for the M9 and was able to grab some screen shots before Leica locked the page up.
Here is a sneak peak of the page.

There are 15 other screen captures of the page. If interested in seeing them let me know and I will post the others. Here is a link to the now locked M9 Page http://m9.leica-camera.com/home_en.html Which seems to me an official Leica url. So if it a hoax some one has went to a ton of trouble for something that is going to be announced in only 4 days. Oh P.S. here is a link to the Brochure http://litpixel.com/m9_brochure_english_RZ_low.1.pdf

As every one who knows much about photography Leica is a world renowned Camera manufacture. Though this day and age a lot of there "new" products are still dated by todays standard. Even with that in mind the Co. has managed to stay afloat as well as there own. If you know Leica Cameras very well you will notice Or think you notice a few things and differences that you have not seen on previous Leica's. Feel free to leave you Thoughts and comments. Thank you and God Bless, Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

An Olympus Get together in Iowa? Yes It actually happened 6 Olympus photographers got together with what was probably the largest collection of Olympus gear in Iowa including any camera shop. We went out armed With 5 digital Olympus cameras, 8 OM Cameras, and 27 lenses. 27 lenses in one location right in the middle of Iowa. A site that few ever get a chance to see. In fact it was the first time I had ever seen any thing close. We went to the Spalding Factory to start the Day of photography and socializing off. Then we were off to Silver Creek Which is a preserve for wild flowers, grass and many verities of prairie grasses. Silver Creek is Maintained by the Audubon Society. This is one of the many different kinds of Flowers. I shot this one with My Olympus E3, 12-60 lens and a FL50R (with a stoffen cap for diffusion) fired off Camera. It is one of my favorite set ups to go out shooting with. Because with a pair of cargo paints I can carry enough gear to cover so many different situations. It was also a great Day to try and practice on some Bee in flight skills. A area of photography that I have not quiet mastered, however I am getting better at it. After Silver Creek we were off to Rock Creek Ia State Park. Rock Creek has recently added this Section of preserved prairie land. Rock Creek as you can see is another great location for wild life and flora galore. With such a rich photographic area I never even made it off the main path before it was time to break for lunch. However before we went to a late lunch we had to get a group photo. I set up the E3 on my tripod fired it by wireless remote, with a Metz 54 to camera right on a stand with the Glad Box for diffusion Fired wireless with my Elenchrom Skyport. Here is a photo of the six of us, From left to right Paul, Joel, me, Gordon, Ken, And Michael. To See more photos that I took on our outing just got to my Gallery HERE Thank you for Reading and as always Comments and Questions are Always welcomed. God Bless, Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Today A good photography Friend of mine has organized a walk about in Grinnell Iowa which is just south west of Toledo 20 miles and South west of Marshalltown Iowa 20 miles or so.One of our first stops will be the Spalding Factory. The Spalding Factory is a neat place to photograph. One of the Reasons is because I have captured the Best Natural light that I have ever photographed during some of the harshest times to take pictures. The photos that I have posted are all naturally lite and if you view some of the other pictures that I have taken there all are natural light. The old Spalding Factory is one of those places that looks like there is nothing there except a few decaying buildings cluttering the view in basically a residential neighborhood. However with most things that do not look like they are worth the time or effort to go check out, It is. In almost every direction there is something adding to the story, something that has seen more sitting in one place then most have there whole lives. Like the Spalding Factory Our small home towns of Iowa have things with as much to tell. With stories needing to be heard and retold before they are forgotten forever. If any one would like to join us just send me a message or give me a call. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Check out one of our Newest features on our Main site. A Most Recent Photos page Making it supper easy for You to find the most recent Photos that we have added to Our Galleries. To check out a small Preview just click the Proceed To Full Post

For today's photo I chose one of our oldest daughter, Bella. This was taken on the boat dock at 3 Bridges County Park in Marshall County Iowa. On our weekends, which happen to be in the middle of the week we often go for afternoon drives. This sunny afternoon we chose to go take some photos at 3 Bridges. Bella was SO excited about getting to wade a little bit in the water on the boat dock! The water that you see is the Iowa River. It was running a little bit high that day. I actualy wanted to get some photos of the shore line. Unfortunately the water was up too high for me to do that. So we got some awesome shots of Bella playing in the water. Hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful day!! Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Happy fourth of July. I took this photo some time back but it is one that is really enjoyed be many so I thought I would share it here as well. just click on photo's to enlarge Most people enjoy old barns and I was out shooting some landscape when I came across what I thought was an old barn until I got closer. That is when I realized that it was an old house right in the middle of the field. Being in the middle of the field was just a little odd, Considering that I am used to seeing livable houses being destroyed just for the extra field space. So to leave a house that is not even able to be rebuilt in the middle of a field that has to be planted around. Thanks for looking and comments are always welcomed. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

I had to go to the Chicago area for the weekend. One of the Jobs I went up for was a Photograph of the City Skyline. The Photograph is going to be used as a panoramic for a Sub City. The End product is going to be around 14 feet long be 30 inches tall. This is just a sample shot that I took. I got some good advice from a friend to take the photos from the Adler Planetarium. So that is what I paned on and from What you can see I had a really good turn out. For the Panoramic I am taking aver 20 photos and blending them together to create a very High resolution single image that should have a close viewing distance as well as huge. This is a small sample of the finished product but is less then 1% of the actual size of the finished picture. Thank you for taking the time and if you have any Questions or comments just please use the comments, I will try to answer them all here. Thanks and God Bless Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Well Just because I have not posted anything does not mean that I have not been doing anything. I have been very busy and trying to get free time to shoot for my self let alone follow through and get every thing up loaded and then post about it. I have been taking a lot of pictures and and staying very busy. Both with regular clients and the family, who would have thought that only one more child could add that much more work. I have been busy enough taking photos that I have almost filled 3 750 GB hard drives and a 500 GB as well. Here is a photo that I really like how it turned out. (click on photo for a larger view and to go to the gallery) I took this photo while teaching a workshop here in Iowa and it is one of those scenes that was not intended but just happened. The goal was Get up early and be set up lake side by 6:30 A.M. to teach how to take a sunrise photo. However when we got up it was nothing but fog so the lesson plan changed from sunrise over the lake to fog on the lake. This particular photograph was taken at F 9 1/50 s at ISO 100. All in all it was a very productive morning with many great photographic opportunities with many great photographs captured. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

I will let this speak for it self. All comments and feedback is appreciated. Thanks and God Bless Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

A photo taken in Tama Iowa that can really grab your eye with such contrast of colors. I always like red on blue so I think that this just works on these beautiful days the silver is a bonus. You usually never think of pigeons being photographed unless it is in some large city park setting so I think it is nice to try and show them in other settings as well. Enjoy and God Bless. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Some People just envision the mid west as the Great plains and completely flat. Well Here in Tama Co Iowa right in the middle of the Mid West it is not flat at all. Granted we do not have any mountains. What we do have is some breathtaking rolling hills. Hills that can be used for fields but also have a way of dancing with the shadows of the clouds and yet the ability to meet the sky and touch the Sunsets. They also have the ability to hold a farm and protect it from the driving wind. Thanks for stopping by enjoy and God Bless. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

While at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines we did get to see one breed of our grabby little friends. I am not familiar with this particular breed, he like most little monkeys are very curious and wants to automatically start checking every thing out. It did not take this little guy very long to come over and check us out. As soon as he did he was right to the point of letting us know that he was checking us out not the other way around. It did not take him very long at all to figure out that he wanted to check out my camera as well. As I can not blame him if I am near a camera I tend to try and pick it up as well. Camera stores love that habit, The person sitting next to you at a graduation noticing you eyeballing their camera is more then just uncomfortable. Anyways that is a whole other story. While taking photos this little guy starts trying to grab my camera, It is a really cool camera so like I said I can not blame the little guy. Well once he figures out I am not going to let him have my Camera you guessed it he just took off. And here I thought he came over to check us out, nope I see his ploy now it was just a play for the camera. With agile moves, cute as could be he did make a good run at it. However he will have to try some one else. Plus there is no way my camera could have fit back through that fence. Enjoy and God Bless. Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Just a quick one today every one from the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines Iowa. The Sea Horse Prance Enjoy and God Bless Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Ok I know I can be a little strange at times and this picture may not help my plead for sanity. I have always had a fascination of playing in the water and still do. So when I see something neat in the water I am automatically drawn to it. I took this photo because of how the light was deflecting and falling on the rocks. And as you look close see how many shapes you can find. You know like we all use to do laying on our backs looking at the clouds. If you have never laid on you back looking at the clouds trying to find shapes, faces and so on then you really need to because you are probably to wound up or just uptight. There is a reason that the title of this photo has Frogs in it see how many you can find. Enjoy and God Bless Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

Wind mills were a staple of our growing farms back when farming was about the only industry in Iowa. Being used for many things from pumping water to powering tools. Today we are starting to see Huge colossal wind mills popping up and now their main purpose is to use the wind to generate electricity. That is enough about wind mills on to the photo today is a picture of an old wind mill that is still standing in Tama Co Just East of Toledo Iowa. I took this photo just after sunset making a nice silhouette. Now I have a problem I think the photo needs to be Color to really work. However I showed it to my Wife as a B&W and she informed me that is what works for this photo. So for today and to appease I will post both the color and the B&W. If you would like to comment on which one you like better please do (I know you will say the Color version). Enjoy and God Bless Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)

One thing about Wild life Photography is it can have as much excitement as it can be boring. Here in Tama County Iowa we have such an over population of deer it is so much easier to capture good photographs now compared to 10 years ago. Even though it may be easier you still need to be prepared. One way is to try and always be ready to take a photo even if you do not have anything in sight.  You just never know when something is going to come running over the hill towards you or sneak up from behind you. Also you need to be prepared to be outside for long periods of time. It really does not take that long to get frost bite or worse if you get to far out and are ill equipped. So always make sure you take the time to be prepared.  Let some one know where you are going and when you will be back. Your comments and feed back are always welcomed Thank you and God Bless, Corey Brown (Glory 2 Jesus 4 Photography)