Author: Michael Mellen

Think about the dogs on the Titanic

Canine passengers aboard the Titanic On the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic taking more than 1500 human souls with her. What you don’t hear about is the number of animals that were on board the luxury liner before that fateful night; the dogs,…


Drone Captures in a Park in Palatka

I have always admired the Veterans Memorial Park in Palatka. There are a set of four World War I statues on each corner of the bridge, there is a submarine memorial for the USS Tang, a water fountain and this clock tower. Veterans Memorial Park in Palatka, FloridaImage No 563 The image above was taken…


Capturing Water in Motion Part 2

Return to the Beach I wanted to try to capture water in motion again on this trip. Just like the last shoot, I targeted 1/4 second exposures, but this time I used a 14mm super wide-angle lens. The problem using this lens is the desire to get as close to the subject as possible. The…


Capturing the Motion of Moving Water

The newest images taken at Marineland, Florida Every time I go to the beach I try to capture something different. Many times I will go there planning on making long exposures of the water, and some that are minutes long. This time, instead of making the water look milky and calm, I wanted to capture…


Milo the chihuahua on the 4th of July

Done a quick photo shoot of Milo, the chihuahua for Independence Day! He was a little less cooperative on this shoot than he has been for others. On the first shot, he wouldn’t sit up straight, and would slouch. I was finally about to give up when he decided he was going to do things…


Have a Great Memorial Day Weekend

Freedom isn’t free.  Freedom has been paid for with the ultimate sacrifices of many Americans, both here at home and abroad. Today is a day of remembrance to honor all those who died in the service of this great nation.  Let us never forget! A quick photo-shoot meant for the 4th of July, but used…


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