I hobby expo 2014

Trains, trains and more trains!

Being an rc hobbyist. I was excited to find out about the I hobby expo in Illinois. This is actually my first time attending a hobby expo. It was awesome being there to see the different vendors offering new and better products than before.

Excellent selection of rc car bodies.

I went to the expo with a friend and took my awesome Canon G15 to take shots. It's great not to worry about which body and lens combination to bring, and it's also light! I just set my shooting mode to shutter priority, set my shutter speed, and shoot. 

One of the awesome Rc planes on display.

I will be attending next years event for sure! For now, enjoy the pictures!

Train setup near the exit.

One of the displays from an airbrush vendor.

Great scale airplane made out of wood!

Off roader from Traxxas!

Another great RC from Traxxas!

And they have boats too!

The 100 mph machine complete with dyno tester.

Unpainted dinosaur model.

Quads from Walkera of all shapes and sizes.

The ever famous DJI Phantom.

The Horizon Hobby booth.

And this is what I'm here for, Blade helicopters!

Big Squid RC present in the expo.

Here come the drifters!

The Games Workshop display.

Another Games Workshop display.

Lego!

Thomas the train Lego display!

The expo won't be complete without the Lego movie display.

Pink castle from the Lego display.

More Lego!

Sunset shots by the dock at Egg Harbor Marina

As always, Egg harbor in Door county Wisconsin is a great place to take sunset photos. During this trip I always had my Canon G15 with me all the time. It's a nice little camera that can shoot raw, has excellent dynamic range, and pretty much has dslr features without the bulk.

It is pretty awesome to take photos during sunrise and sunsets because the colors are so dramatic that you cannot see these colors when the sun is high. At noon, sunlight is pretty harsh that it gives you very intense highlights and shadows. I personally don't like taking shots at noon.

Egg harbor marina is a very nice place to take shots during sunsets. It is one of the best places to be in when in Door County Wisconsin.

Taking sunset shots with my Canon G15.

I love my Canon G15. It has seen more use than my dslr during a couple of our vacations. It's compact, it's always ready to go and it gives me the almost the quality of a starter dslr. I usually just have it on a case attached to my belt and I can go wherever I want with it. Beats lugging around a dslr all the time. We went back to Door County Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago and I was able to take a sunset photo with it. I waited till the sun was about to set and sat at the shore near the beach to capture it. Here's what I got:

Shot handheld, with a simple flick of the mode switch, and the exposure compensation dial, I was ready to go shoot.

I'm back...been busy

It has been 5 months since I had my last post. It has been busy the past few months with work, hobbies, and it's summer. Everybody's busy doing stuff outdoors. I was too. The past few months I have been experimenting with other photography equipment. I have been using My Canon Poweshot G15 more when we go out. I am planning to get a macro flash adapter for it and bring it with when we go to our favorite botanic garden. I also have been using my Go Pro camera more...both for stills and video. Another thing I am kinda busy with is video. I have been doing more video the past months.

Also I have been slowly getting into aerial photography and videography using quads, for now I'm just starting out with a smaller one. I can't wait to get a bigger one and use my Go Pro with it.

I'll be posting more stuff soon. For now here's one of the shots I did when I was on vacation in Wisconsin the past couple of weeks. It was taken with a Go Pro.

A relaxing day at the lake.

The 2014 Chicago Flower and Garden Show

The entrance to the exhibit

Spring is almost here again. We've had a terrible winter season and signs of spring coming in is a sign of big relief. Spring brings one of the most awesome events in Chicago. Yes, I am talking about the Chicago Flower and Garden Show in Navy Pier.

A fountain near the entrance.

This year I enjoyed a lot of their exhibits. One of them is an exhibit of old file cabinets used to contain plants and flowers. It's a pretty ingenious way of reusing them.

Flowers in old file cabinets.

This year, instead of making my visit miserable by carrying a bag full of photographic equipment, I decided to bring one camera...yes, one camera, my Canon G15. A small but powerful camera that can shoot in raw and pretty good in lowlight.

There is even some honeycomb in this one.

The old file cabinet exhibit is pretty much artsy and ingenious at the same time.

Next is the Paradigm Shifts. The shifts in the exhibit is decorated and created by different artists. They cover subjects from fashion, to peace, to different cultures. There's a lot of stuff to see here.

One shift that has models imprinted on it.

This one is complete with a hat.

Pretty colorful.

Camo with a bullet belt in it. And yes those are bullets.

The art of floral exhibit is another interesting area in the show. Here they showcase art and flower arrangements from different artists at the same time.

One of the entries in the artsy plants exhibit.

Flowers arranged to look like a deers head.

Very artsy.

The honeycombs in one of the drawers of the file cabinets.

I love this shot of the tulips.

One of the vendor exhibits. This one is from Crate and Barrel.

So what's in the menu?

This one is near the center of the exhibit.

The photo contest area.

Taken in the Tulip section.

Another shot from the Tulip area.

The photo contest showcases the best of plant and flower photography from different photographers. I wasn't able to enter this year due to the fact that I was so busy with other stuff. I'll be in it again next year. Hopefully I win best in show again.

This looks familiar. It looks like the same one from last year.

Inside the Peterson Garden Project area.

Lots of tips for gardening here.

The Tablescapes area is pretty good this year. Lots of stuff to see from different businesses and organizations ranging from wedding planners, florists grocery stores and more.

More of a fashion type tablescape for this one. 

Flowers, and more flowers!

This one is a wedding themed tablescape.

Complete with shoes and a stuff toy.

This is one big tablescape. And one of my favorites.

More of like a fairy tale tablescape.

And last but not the least...the marketplace, where you can buy whatever you need for gardening. They even serve wine and spirits.

The Marketplace.

The show runs from March 15-23 2014. For more information visit the Chicago Flower and Garden show website at: http://www.chicagoflower.com/.