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Nov 30

by Matt in Macro, News 0 comments tags: macro, macro photography, Millennium Falcon, star wars, star wars legos, star wars photos, x-wing

Nerding out in celebration of the new Star Wars movie

Each week I have given myself the task to come up with some new macro photos for my macro Monday’s project. Since the new Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Official Teaser was released and I just so happen to have some Star Wars Legos (thank you best girlfriend ever Alyne for the gift millennium falcon) I decided to use those as the subject. I attempted to recreate the scene of the Millennium Falcon flown by Han Solo and crew with a X-Wing piloted by Luke Skywalker flying away from the Death Star before it exploded in Star Wars IV: A New Hope, but as Legos. I used a long exposure photo I captured on Lopez Island, found the Death Star image and photoshopped my two macro photos into the scene. And below is the nerdiest photo project I have ever taken: After I finished spending about an hour capturing photos and editing stuff together, I started to wonder how many other people were doing the same type of thing with Star Wars Legos and action figures. I had no idea there were so many people doing this and putting in so much time. For instance, FinalFeature’s re-edit […]

Apr 29

by Matt in Landscapes, Macro 0 comments

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Photos from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon, Washington. Photos are available for print and for commercial use.

Mar 22

by Matt in Macro, Video 0 comments tags: Bellingham, pnw, rain, wind

Bellingham rain and wind

I drive around a lot looking for photos for The Bellingham Herald and over the past couple weeks I also started shooting video of random things I see. Here’s an edit I put together of some scenes of rain and wind in Bellingham to the music of Manatee Commune.

Jan 06

by Matt in Landscapes, Macro, Travels 0 comments tags: british columbia, canada, eye, golden hour, macro, sunsets, vancouver

Weekend Photos: Sunsets, macro eye and a trip to Vancouver

I started the week capturing some sunsets on Friday, made a trip to Vancouver Saturday and took a few macro eye photos of a friend while watching football. Here’s the photos from this weekend.

May 21

by Matt in Macro, News 2 comments tags: Bellingham, bugs, macro

Caterpillar invasion

Every year Caterpillar’s reign down on trees in Washington state in the spring. This year I took the time to actually photograph some of these insects as they swarm the trees in downtown Bellingham. All photos copyright of Matt McDonald. Photos are available for print and commercial use.

May 15

by Matt in Macro, News 0 comments tags: food photograpphy, lemons, macro, studio, yellow

If you like lemons or the color yellow, you will love these photos

On Saturday I decided I was going to give my new Nikon D7100 a test run with the 105mm macro lens. I setup a real basic mini-photo studio with a few flashes and ran through a bunch of different angles to attempt and capture the essence of a lemon. Here’s the photos I got. All photos copyright of Matt McDonald. All photos are available for prints and for commercial use.

May 09

by Matt in Landscapes, Macro 0 comments

Bloedel Donovan Park Photo Walk

On Friday May 3, 2013 I took a walk through Bloedel Donovan Park in Bellingham. I rarely go to this park, so it was worth checking out and see what I could capture. Here’s the photos from the photo walk.

Jan 09

by Matt in Macro, Music 0 comments

Marco: Wild Buffalo Sound Board

Jan 02

by Matt in Macro 0 comments

New Year's resolution: Eat healthier and to take more macro photos (Macro Kiwi)

Our New Year’s resolution is to eat healthier and to take more macro photos. We killed two birds with one stone here.

Nov 06

by Matt in Macro 0 comments

Macro Halo Shots

Yeah, we play Halo. In celeberation of the release of Halo 4 we had a photo shoot with a Halo action figure. It took a 105mm lens, an action figure and a white piece of paper to produce these photos.