He's Got A Camera. Run!

Linked pages are chock-full of JPEG goodness. Immersive panoramas use large image files and Java. Don't say I didn't warn ya.

Photo Essays

Huntsville

• FMAC photo showing, December 2007.
• One of these things is not like the others.
• Drive Too Much
• Fog Creeps In
• VBAS
• Goatspotting
• Multitemporal Imaging
• Depot and Vicinity
• Monte Sano Land Trust
• Madison County Nature Trail

Live Performances

• Crash Boom Bang, The Pine Hill Haints @ FMAC, September 2007
• Music and them skateboarders at the Flying Monkey June 2007 (Flash gallery)
• Hot Music at the Flying Monkey June 2007 (Flash gallery)
• Posey Peep Show May 2007 (Flash gallery)
• Crash Boom Bang Theatre 2007 May 13 (Flash gallery)
• Scenes from the Flying Monkey Arts Center

Critters

• Monarch in Flight
• Hummingbird Moth in Flight
• Swallowtails on Bankhead Parkway
• The Wheelbug: Nature's Little Psychopath
• Infra Snails
• "No one suspects the butterfly"
• Herons at Guntersville Dam

Hawaii

• Kilauea, Big Island (2005)
• South Point, Big Island
• More Hawaii
• In and Around Pearl Harbor
• The Waianae Coast, Oahu
• Mauna Kea, Hawaii

The Crucial "Other" category

• Adventures in Forensic Astronomy: 1984 Eclipse

Infrared

• Select-o-image (Flying Monkey December 2007)
• Nikon D70 IR experiment
• IR Clouds
• Camera phone IR? The vx9800 becomes Mojo Eye Jr.
• Coosa River, central Alabama (aerial)
• Kudzu vs. the Mojo Eye
• Tupelos at Hays Nature Preserve
• Summer storm
• Tuscaloosa (aerial)
• bIRmingham
• Closeups
• Monte Sano State Park IR Scenes
• Various 3:1 IR Panoramuses
• Saturn 5
• Devil's Racetrack
• Aldridge Creek IR
• AU Barn
• DSC-F707 Goes Infrared in Daylight

The Crucial "Other" category

• Adventures in Forensic Astronomy: 1984 Eclipse

Immersive Panoramas

Around Huntsville

• IR Big Spring Park
• Another IR Big Spring Park
• Big Spring Park
• Ditto Landing
• Moontown Airport

Monte Sano State Park

• The Official Rock of Unclaimed Mysteries
• O'Shaughnessy Point
• Waterfall in fog
• Behind the falls
• Monte Sano Tavern

Madison County Nature Trail

• Early Spring
• Late Fall

Artist's Statement

I'm Corry Lee Smith, from Huntsville, Alabama. Like many accomplished artists, writers, and serial killers, I live in the South and go by three names. Statisticians assure me that is merely a coincidence.

I come from a long line of bad photographers. I was actually relieved to learn this after looking at my ancestors in family albums. For years I thought I was genetically destined to become blurry when I got older.

I overcame this heritage when I entered the web development field in the late 1990s. Customers wanting product photos for commercial web sites prompted me to invest in digital camera gear. Taking glamour shots of electronic components honed my basic skills and soon I was carrying a camera everywhere.

I was born to a technical life; I'm shocked to realize how much I like exploring the world through photography. I'm self-taught so far, but I'm quite aware of my strengths and weaknesses, and want to improve every day.

I try to record the unusual perspective and light by any means necessary, from digital infrared to pinhole. My most satisfying images are less an act of creation and more an act of discovery.

You are invited to discover more of these pictures and buy buy buy prints at http:www.unclaimedmysteries.net.

Gear: Not a speck of film

• "Mojo Eye," Sony DSC-F828, infrared capable
• "No Name Yet," Nikon D70 DSLR, also with excellent IR capability
• Giotto VT-809 tripod, especially for immersive panos
• Hoya, Canon ND filters, Hoya R72 filter for IR
• Software: Paint Shop Pro 7, Photoshop Elements, The Gimp
• Epson R220 printer

Prints

Several people have asked for prints. I can do that. Most of the images linked from here are available in 5"X7" ($20), 8"X10" ($40), and 6"X18" ($60) panorama sizes. They come with a simple matted frame and a backup CD of the image file. All are printed on the Epson printer. Please contact me if you want a print as these prices and terms are subject to change. Thanks.