Nathan Crisman Photography

Tammy & Neal

2008-11-10T22:58:00.001-05:00

A few of my favorite images from shooting the wedding of Tammy & Neal on Nov 1st.

Sarah & Mike - 10/24/08

2008-10-26T22:53:00.002-04:00

Some images of Sarah & Mike from their October wedding. These two are family friends and it was an awesome time shooting for them.

Tara & Jared

2008-09-28T22:46:00.002-04:00

Some of my favorites from Tara & Jared's wedding at the Stroudmoor in Stroudsburg, PA.

Steel City AMA Pro Motocross National

2008-08-30T23:41:00.004-04:00

The last AMA Pro race of the 2008 season at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, PA. #7 James Stewart goes undefeated for the 08 outdoor title.

Southwick AMA National

2008-08-24T23:26:00.000-04:00

This week's AMA Pro National Motocross race is in Southwick, Ma at Motocross 338, the only sand track on the professional circuit. This track is horrendous for me trapsing through the sand, hot and sweaty. I also got sand EVERYWHERE in my equipment.

Diana & Edward

2008-07-29T22:35:00.004-04:00

Unadilla AMA Pro Motocross National

2008-07-21T22:00:00.000-04:00

This weekend I was up in New Berlin, NY shooting pro motocross racing for www.supercross.com. Here are some of my fav shots:

Budds Creek AMA Pro Motocross National

2008-07-14T23:00:00.000-04:00

Maryland was the destination of the week for the Budds Creek AMA Pro Motocross National. I was there shooting and reporting for www.supercross.com, my new media occupation. James Stewart keeps his undefeated season in tact on the 450cc bike, while Ryan Villopoto put on another 1/1 show in the 250cc class. Some images from the weekend:

Happy Independence Day

2008-07-04T23:41:00.003-04:00

Had a fun night out for the fireworks put on in Blairstown with friends and family. Seems my 3 year old son LOVED it and my 1.5 year old Josh couldn't care less and fell asleep 2 minutes into the show. Here's the shot:

2008-07-03T23:45:00.006-04:00

I photographed the wedding of Shannon and Mike this last saturday 6/28. They had an absolutely wonderful event with cooperative weather and beautiful venues. Im honored to have been able to work with them and had a fun day capturing their day.

Now on to my fav images:

High Point AMA Motocross Pro National

2008-06-16T08:20:00.005-04:00

I spent my fathers day shooting the AMA Pro Motocross round at High Point Raceway in Mt Morris, PA. The action is intense! I am planning to cover the remaining east coast rounds of the AMA pro series throughout the summer. This week I had to shoot from the general spectator areas as I didn't apply for media credentials before the deadline, but I hope to be shooting from the track infield at the upcoming events. My excitement is super high to be working with a major industry website supplying their photographs and reporting on the event.

Blurry Trees and Fast Riders

2008-06-03T08:53:00.006-04:00

June 1st was the Lewis Morris Challenge, a mountain bike race sponsored by Marty's Reliable Cycle. I spent the day hanging out in the woods working on my panning technique and experimenting with off camera flash to combine a blurred background with a frozen subject. My new D3 performed exceptionally: out of nearly 800 shots I only threw away a handful due to out of focus on the face of the rider. Im still amazed at this new tool's abilities.

Check out my client proof galleries in the Sports heading for the rest of the images from the MLC race.

Peace of mind

2008-05-30T08:57:00.011-04:00

Im super excited with a recent equipment upgrade from Nikon D200 DSLR cameras to a Nikon D3. The D3 is Nikon's $5000 top of the line professional DSLR specifically targeted to photojournalists (wedding photography tends to fall in line with equipment requirements).

Compared to the D200, this camera has HUGE advantages:

The D3 can produce very clean images without grain or noise in darker situations (every ceremony and reception hall)
The focusing system is spot on and tracks movement better such as a bride coming down the isle.
It shoots 11 shots per second compared to 5, great for the bouquet and garter toss!
Slightly higher resolution 12mp vs 10mp and 14bit raw files that come out of photoshop cleaner with better color and tone. (the pictures are wonderful so far)

But most important to you: It has dual memory card slots, so now I have a backup in camera to guard against a corrupt memory card losing your precious image files. With lesser cameras, if the memory card became corrupt there was a good chance all the images on that card could be lost. Cameras with only one card slot put all your eggs in one basket so to speak. This was a major reason I was willing to invest $5000 into a single piece of equipment: Peace of mind from two baskets;-)

Now I just need to books a few more weddings to pay for a second one! I like having 2 cameras with different lenses mounted ready to go, but just couldn't afford to drop 10 grand at once.

My younger son Joshua showing the focusing system at work, it is able to track forward and backward fast movement very well.

The D3 with it's larger sensor also gives less depth of field. In laymen's terms, I can get a blurrier background when I need to knock out distracting elements and make the subject "pop" more.

Michele & Tom - May 4th 2008

2008-05-07T11:45:00.003-04:00

MX

2008-04-30T08:38:00.003-04:00

I was able to get out of the house for a day this last weekend for a day of motocross riding as well as some shooting. This is my long time hobby, I will likely never give it up even though it's a bit dangerous.

(That's me on the yellow bike in the last picture taken by my friend Joe)

More from the kitchen

2008-04-17T00:46:00.002-04:00

Flash fire in the kitchen

2008-04-15T13:30:00.004-04:00

Disney World Vacation

2008-04-11T21:58:00.003-04:00

A few pictures from Orlando, FL. My wife and I took our two sons to Disney World for a nice vacation. Everyone had a blast and was sad to come home.

Lots of different lights

2008-03-31T21:59:00.003-04:00

I had a great time trying to combine many different light sources to make a surreal scene out of my backyard. With the help of the CCM Class of 2008, this is the result:

Easter Eggs

2008-03-24T01:53:00.003-04:00

The boys were out today chasing down those plastic eggs in the yard, thus I'm out there chasing them with a nikon. I took the chance to work on balancing off camera flash with harsh sunshine.

Day at the Zoo

2008-03-15T21:33:00.005-04:00

Spent a nice relaxing day with my wife and kids at the Bronx Zoo. We had a great time , the weather was nice, and I got a little bit of time to shoot something different.

We bought a family membership to the Wildlife Conservation Society, it's a great deal similar to a "season pass" with some side benefits.

Cold Bridal Portraits

2008-03-10T09:35:00.005-04:00

Kristina braved the 33* temps for some quick shots at one of our favorite locations. I have come to the conclusion that I NEED a full set of radio transmitters, as the "line of sight" infrared transmitters my Nikon cameras and lighting utilize put pretty severe limitations on where I can shoot from and where I can position the lights. It was a struggle with equipment, but these problems will be gone soon.

New Website Launch

2008-02-27T11:42:00.002-05:00

After some late night crunching and a little big of frustration, there's a new site uploaded to www.NathanCrisman.com. The site still has a lot of work to be done, tons of info to be typed in, as well as galleries of images to be adjusted and uploaded. But, at least the flash is installed and the layout works correctly. Whooo Hoooo.

Im also planning to introduce a new pricing structure, more album options, and large canvas gallery wraps. (pics coming soon)

Thanks for reading.

2008-02-21T00:41:00.002-05:00

I finally got a chance to do something with Kristina & Rob's wedding rings today after they returned from their honeymoon. One of those shots that just didn't happen on wedding day, but I wanted for the album. Shot with 2 strobes and a little tungsten flashlight. The focused bible passage was read at their ceremony.

Kristina & Robert Wedding

2008-02-16T22:30:00.004-05:00

I shot my first wedding of 2008 last weekend, it was a fun experience. Anyway, here is a slideshow of the album I produced for them:

Kristina & Rob wedding album slideshow

Wedding season starts tommorrow

2008-02-09T00:19:00.001-05:00

A few detail shots while checking out the reception location for my first wedding of 2008.

2008-01-23T14:38:00.000-05:00

Some new pics of my two sons while testing out some equipment settings.

DWF Tampa, FL

2008-01-10T15:09:00.000-05:00

I attended the Digital Wedding Forum convention in Tampa, Florida this last weekend from Friday till Monday night. I had a great tine and learned quite a few things about the business of wedding photography, as well as met many new influential people. This got my creative juices flowing for my upcoming weddings and Im pumped up to shoot.

Chuck Close Immitation

2007-12-13T08:14:00.000-05:00

Im trying to work up a method of doing something like Chuck Close:

That time of year again.

2007-12-08T23:07:00.001-05:00

It's that time of year again....christmas cards.

Betterlight experiment

2007-12-07T21:38:00.000-05:00

I have a Betterlight scanning back on loan to work with, it's pretty amazing for macro work.

2007-12-07T21:29:00.000-05:00

Testing out the new blog.