"The Splendor Of The Moment"

"The Splendor Of The Moment"
©David A. Ziser

It might not be Westminster Abby, but this is certainly a magnificent setting for a wedding.  The location was, a one time, an old St. Paul’s Catholic Church that was sadly closed by the diocese several years ago.  It was renovated into what is now known as the Verdin Bell and Clock Museum Event Center.

It has become quite a popular venue for weddings in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.  You can see why from the dramatic feel of the location captured in this image. I love the soaring stain glass windows and the wonderful architectural arches and colors of the ceiling.

Part of that dramatic look was the result of the super wide optics I was using for this image.  From the back of the aisle, I framed up the shot, tilted the camera up to include as much of the ceiling as possible while still framing the “anchor” elements you see in the foreground.  I needed to keep them in the composition for the proper visual balance of the finished composition.

Some slight tweaking in Lightroom brought the bright areas of the ceiling and windows under control to finish the presentation. BTW, this is an image from the wedding of the young lady featured in last Thursday’s post [link].

Camera specs: Canon 5D Mark II fitted with Sigma 12-24mm lens at 12mm, F4.5 @ 1/40 second, ISO 6400.  Enjoy!  -David

Computer Viruses Rampant In Electronic Picture Frames

Here is the lead - "An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital photo frames has been identified as a powerful new Trojan Horse from China that collects passwords for online games - and it's designers might have larger targets in mind." Can you believe it - viruses in those electronic picture frames. I thought is was a hoax till I read, via Imaging Insider, the entire story over at the San Francisco Chronicle's website right here.


It sees most of the infected frames came from Sam's Club and Best Buy. New reports involve frames sold at Target and Costco also. This is the real deal, the story was also reported on over at the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Washington Post. The Internet Storm Center has a list of more such items harboring malicious malware too right here. Very Weird!!!