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Please vote for “Sam Tootle on Mensa, 5.11D”!
I have been a member of The Clymb for a little over a year now, and absolutely love what they have going on: deeply discounted gear for all your favorite outdoor activities! They recently started a photo contest on their Facebook [...more]
Drink Gatorade
This weekend was supposed to be pretty busy and eventful. Thursday morning I was supposed to get on a plane and fly back home to Virginia. Friday I was supposed to go into the office for a while, and then I [...more]
A Quick Lunch Break At The Park
Working from home has its benefits, especially with the way gas prices have been skyrocketing lately. Another benefit is the ability to take an hour for lunch, get out of the house and go to a local park. Michelle is keeping herself [...more]
Washington D.C. to Washington State
Michelle and I are gearing up to make our transition to Washington state, and we have decided to focus our efforts on the Seattle area. We’re at the point where we need to figure out where we want to live, and [...more]
A Pottery Portfolio Photoshoot
My friend Lynsi is an artist whose primary medium is clay. Every couple of months for about the last year now we’ve gotten together to photograph some of her latest work for her website and portfolio. We typically use my small [...more]
The New DerekRippePhoto.com website
I have, for a long time now, wanted to create a website that did two things: Showcased some of my favorite photographs to-date Be associated with my name Unfortunately, derekrippe.com was taken, and has been for several years now. But knowing [...more]
PettyJohns Cave
The second day of my summer vacation to Atlanta the unanimous decision was made to have some mud-crawling, crack-squeezing, tunnel exploring fun at PettyJohns Cave in the northwest corner of Georgia. We picked up a couple of disposable cameras for the [...more]
Bouldering The Woody
For my 2009 summer vacation I spent a week in Atlanta visiting my cousin and his family for a week filled with climbing and other adventurous activities. After getting into town late Friday night, we decided to hang around the house [...more]
AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Macro photography is something that has interested me for a long time. However, to even consider oneself an amateur macro photographer requires a small investment in the right equipment, something I had been unable to afford… until now! I prefer to [...more]
New Lightbox
Spent some time on Saturday creating a lightbox to take photos in. It is constructed entirely of white foamboard and glue, and allows me to use four lights to light a subject. Here are some of the (better) resulting photos.
Fourth of July Fireworks
Just a couple of photos from the fireworks show we got to enjoy down in Richmond. This was my first time photographing fireworks, and it presented a lot of challenges. I got the shutter speed pretty dialed in, but our location [...more]
Bonsai-Style Tree
Been a few months since a featured photo, I know. Life got in the way. I was in Alexandria on Tuesday to film an artist for The Artistic Type, and next to a small, beautiful pond with goldfish was this tree. I’m [...more]
Jumptown Group Photo
Another Jumptown photo this time. Took some new promotional photos for Jumptown to use in their ventures, and this was a particularly fun photo that I couldn’t resist sharing. Take a look at the Jumptown MySpace page and listen to some [...more]
Blues Guitar
Went to Bangkok Blues in Falls Church last night for the Jumptown performance. Did a full-fledged, 3-camera video shoot for a couple of songs, but managed to snap a few pictures at the end of the evening before the band finished [...more]
My Volkswagen GTI
One of many photos I have taken of my car. This photo was taken in a culdesac in a neighborhood that was under construction. It required some fairly major touch-up work, including adding a new sky and removing the front license [...more]
