Daniel Sirka Photography

Need your Help

2010-09-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

Thank you for reading this post, and if you are reading this you must be my friend.
I am asking all my friends to post a link on their Facebook, Twitter or any other page they may have to help me find my computer.

On Sunday 9/12, I was at Covenant Church, between second and third service (11 am- 11:30 am) in room 111. It is the room where all choir and volunteers met for snack and refreshments between the two services.
I left my computer on the table by the accordion door, and forgot to pick it up before I left the church. When my wife went back around 11:50am, it was gone.

If you know of anyone that may have misplaced it, please help me get it back.

We have lots of pictures that were, unfortunately, not backed up, that I would love to pay to get back.

Please ask your friends to do the same.

Emma's portrait session.

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The BIG sister.

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The BIG sister., originally uploaded by dsirka.

Meeting her mom.

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Meeting her mom., originally uploaded by dsirka.

Emma

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Emma, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Day 0, she is so great.

Welcome

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Welcome, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Emma

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Emma, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Emma Grace Sirka
Born June 15th, 2009 @ 4:58pm
8lbs 2oz (3.682 kg)
19 3/4" (50cm)

Sallie or Sally

2009-05-31T19:29:00.001-07:00

Sallie or Sally, originally uploaded by dsirka.

This is Sallie, and she just turned 5. The best daughter I could ever ask for.
I thank God each and every day for a sweet girl she is.

Real Estate HDR

2009-05-24T18:57:00.000-07:00

This is my attempt to HDR. If you don't know what HDR or High Dynamic Range is, like I didn't, it's basically taking two or more pictures, of the same subject, with different exposure and merging them together. If you want to do it, you must have a tripod, and if you want to make the job easier, a remote shutter.
Here is my First attempt to HDR.

I'm a Real Estate Agent and needed nice pictures to post on line. As I enjoy photography, I wanted to do it myself. I'm strongly against 'editing' RE photos when it comes to deleting or adding things to make the house look better than it is. However, I'm very open to showing the house in it's best light.
For those that have done any indoor RE photography, on bright sunny day, know how hard this task is. You have bright light coming from the windows while other side of the room is all dark.
If you want to learn more about the process just search HDR photography.
Just a side note, the first picture, the outside of the house is not an HDR image.

Good luck.

Michael & Tiffany

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IMG_4560-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Tomiko Wedding (Rev 1/30/09)

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IMG_3423-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Thank you for checking my blog and I'm glad to show off my new pictures.
I shot this wedding just before I broke my computer. Long story short I got all the pictures I wanted off of the old computer.

Wedding was at night in a candle lit winery, just in case you wonder why are so many pictures so dark.

Good news.

2009-01-20T06:57:00.000-08:00

In my last post, I told you about my computer crashing and all my data lost. However, I'm glad to say, after last few very long days, I was able to get most of the pictures back and some other important files...
I'm still working on getting my emails of Entourage 2004, and with God's help I will get it soon.

Thank you for checking out my blog and more pics coming soon.

Daniel

Thank you.

2009-01-12T06:54:00.000-08:00

I just want to say thank you to all that are visiting my blog.
You may have noticed that in last week there were no new post. Reason is I had a rough week, and in short, here is how it went.
On Monday, I helped my friend do a wedding. Yes, it was fun, however, it was at night and bride chose very low lighting. It went good over all, and just to be safe, I backed up first batch of pics to my computer, then continued shooting.
On Tuesday and Wednesday I started editing pictures and getting excited, it was turning out better than I thought. And that's when all went downhill.
Wednesday night I accidentally dropped my computer and broke it, with about 1/4 of pictures still on it, not backed up.
Then it got worse, Thursday my car broke down.
You may think can't you just take the Hard Drive out and plug it in another computer? That's what i thought, however, HDD got damaged and will not connect with another computer. It is trying very hard but no luck so far.
Thank you again for checking my blog and pray that I fix the HDD.

Have a great day and talk to you soon.

Magic Balloon

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IMG_2923-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

We had this balloon for at least a month. I don't know where did the kids get it from but it is magic. It just will not deflate and will not pop. My son sat on it and nothing, they just have so much fun with it.

Holt Family

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Holt Family, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Halbert Christmas Card

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Halbert Christmas Card, originally uploaded by dsirka.

My Family

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IMG_2074-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Bride in Boots

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Click on the picture above, to view the slide show.
IMG_1127-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Christmass Tree

2008-11-29T09:48:00.001-08:00

IMG_0834-1, originally uploaded by dsirka.

Last night I fulfilled my responsibility to get the tree in the house and set up...then I left the rest to my wife and kids - the decorating...They had so much fun!

Family portraits.

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On Saturday, I had a great opportunity to work with one of the sweetest families you can ever meet. Mr. and Mrs. Parker, they are my wife’s uncle and aunt, and their kids and grandkids, met me at a local park. From the start I knew it would be fun, I just didn’t know how much. This is the largest family group I have worked with so far, and in a very short time. It was very cold, about 47F, that’s freezing in Texas. At least they all had nice rosy cheeks…hahaha. Here are a few samples from the day. Enjoy.

Kiss For Zaza.

2008-11-17T15:06:00.000-08:00

A few days ago our beloved grandma, Zaza, had a birth day and we all went to see her grave. Below pictured is Papa and Daniel Izak, and this is Daniels first kiss for Zaza. He was so proud of himself.

My wife

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This is my beautiful wife of 7 years and the greatest model I ever had to pose for me.
Nov. 17th

The Princess and the Cow!!!

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Pumpkin Pach 08 -2

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Here are a few more pics of the pumpkin patch trip.

Pumpkin Pach

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Inspirational Object Contest

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This is the picture I submitted to MeRa Koh Photo contest, let see if it makes any mention.
Feel free to comment on any of my photos, I can always use a good critique.

Pumpkin Pach 08

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Look Ma, no flash!

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This is my attempt to take pictures indoors with no flash. My ISO was 800, a few times I tried to lower it down to 640, or raise it up to 1000. What you think?

Papa and the kids.

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Wide Angle Lens - Real Estate Photography

2008-11-16T18:15:00.001-08:00

In addition to photography, I'm also a Real Estate Agent, and today I was working on my new listing. Below are a few photos I took to market this home. I used Canon 30D camera and EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens. Here are the results.

View Virtual Tour

My Wish List

2008-11-16T18:13:00.001-08:00

Here are a few lenses I would like to get for my 'hobby'

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

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Self Portrait

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This is my daughter drawing a portrait of herself. She has done many more since then, and of all of us too.

I touched up her face, very slightly and increased the saturation.

My Angels

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Welcome

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After much procrastination, I have finally decided to create my own Photo Blog. My wife has posted a few pictures I shot since I got a dSLR, on our family blog. But this one should be geared more toward my work, not just the family.
All the pictures posted here are open to any constructive criticism, that's the only way to truly get better. Also, you can suggest any post production enhancement.

Thank you for stopping by and hope to build a lasting blog relationship with all of you.

Sincerely
Daniel Sirka