What you will find here are some links to some of my photography examples.  All the links here are to pages that contain some of the photograpy that I have taken.  All photography is Copyright 2001 of John D. Marks.

These are some of the pictures I have taken of my grandson Trevor.

One of my favorite photographic subjects have been flowers.  My camera is a 35mm Minolta XG-7.  I usually use an 80-350 zoom lens that has a micro-focus feature to take them.  Micro-focus is a feature of the lens that allows you to take a full framed shot from a short distance away of objects that can be very small.  If you wanted to take a picture of a dime and have it appear as a full framed shot, you would use a lens like this.  The trickiest part in taking something as small as flowers with a lens like this is getting the depth of field right. 

Depth of field can be explained by looking at shots such as those taken at sporting events.  Usually the cameras used there will show a subject like an athlete in full focus.  The focus usually only includes whatever might be close to the athlete.  But if you see the spectators in the background behind the athlete, they are usually out of focus and look blurred.  This is because of depth of field.  Everything within the depth of field is in focus.  Everything outside of the depth of field is out of focus.  When taking close up shots of flowers, there is a very short depth of field.  This is why some flowers that are part of a small bouquet will show as slightly blurred in the background.  The main part of the flowers in the photo will show up in focus.  Sometimes I make mistakes in the shots because the lighting or rushing through a shot will cause me to be unable to get the right portions of the flower(s) in focus.  Sometimes when these shots get messed up like this, the results don't look that bad so it looks like you meant to shoot the shot just the way it comes out.  I wish I was that good, but it does help to have good equipment.  

Part of what I do these days with my photographs is to have them loaded onto a CD-Rom at the time they are developed.  Besides embracing this technology, it allows me to share my photos with family and friends by being able to send them through the internet.  It also allows me to do a fairly decent job of doing my own reprints on my computer.  My goal is to eventually acquire a digital camera so that I can continue with my love of photograpy.

Here is a link to another page of flowers. There are quite a few of them on the page so it could take a bit to load.

Here is a link to a third page of flowers. There are quite a few of them on this page also so it will also take a bit to load.

Another favorite topic of my photography is birds and other wildlife. I don't take as many pictures of these as I do flowers but thought you might enjoy some of my efforts. 

Additionally, during my travels I always have my camera along and have a number of nice scenery shots. This link will give you a sample of those. 

Last changed: 09/01/2001 

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