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In my photography, I attempt to create a vision of reality that transcends the common and ordinary, and to provide access to it on these pages. I have no journalistic inhibitions. Note that besides the obvious links, most of the images on these pages are also links that can be used to browse to various galleries of similar images. Most of the images are early morning landscape/sunrises, but there is also still life, nature, and even some commercial content. All of the images are © Hugh Stockton and may not be used for any purpose without prior written permission.
Please address comments to hugh@shutterfreaks.com.

Individual gallery links are being added as time permits. Thank you for your patience.

LightEchos - My Gallery for LightEchos
January 2008	Images taken/processed in January 2008
February 2008	Images taken/processed in February 2008.
March 2008	Images taken/processed in March 2008.
April 2008	Images taken/processed in April 2008.
May 2008	Images taken/processed in May 2008.
Best of 2007	My favorites from 2007. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "Albums from 2007".
December 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
November 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
October 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
September 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
August 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
July 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
June 2007	From 2007 - To be updated as spplicable.
Holiday Season 2007	Now that I'm retired, it's all holiday, but I did make extra efforts and these are the results :).
Holiday Season 2006	I usually take off between Christmas and New Years. The time is spent as defined in this gallery :).
Panoramas	These are difficult to appreciate on line, but make impressive large prints.
Cameras, Lenses, and Other Hardware	When I get new equipment, I just have to try it out.
Best of 2006	My favorites from the 2006. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "Albums from 2006".
Best of 2005	My favorites from 2005. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "2005".
Best of 2004	My favorites from the 2004. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "2004" .
Park Avenue Entries	My entries in an art show. A collossal bust :).
Top Thirty	My favorites from the first couple of years.
Gray Scale Images	A selection of conversions. Some few images work best without color.
Robbie's Creations	My friend Bob Burger is the consumate digital artist. to see more of his work check out CustomPosterWorks.
Albums from 2003	Some of my earlier work.
2004	Month by month for 2004
2005	Month by month for 2005.
Albums from 2006	Month by month for 2006.

LightEchos - Catagories
Over The Edge	Processing Extremes
Found on the Beach	After the light comes up.
Negative Creativity	Mostly self-portraits.
Various Ads	Examples of some commercial work.
Artifacts	Images where the 'thing' is the purpose.
Benches	People tend to put benches in places with good views.
Black and White - Converted with SilverOxide Actions	More gray-scale conversions.
Blue	Early morning light tends to have a blue cast.
Boats	Living in Florida, I see a lot of them.
Buildings	Occasionally, the light and color work well to show off various buildings.
Clouds	I assume we all grew up fascinated by the shapes and colors in the clouds.
Color	Images where 'color' is the purpose.
Critters	Animals in various stages of nature.
Dark	While we mostly photograph light, some images work because of the dark.
Flora	Plants, mostly flowers.
Old Glory	A symbol of which we should be proud.
Venus	Some early mornings, she is the brightest star in the sky.
Cartoons	Murals and other funny stuff.
PhotoMatix	Examples using High Dynamic Range and Tone Mapping from HDRSoft.

LightEchos - Hasselblad - Kodak 645H and Phase One P21+ Backs
Early in the Learning Curve	The first set of images with the new back
General Images	A wide range of subjects just to get a general impression
St. Augustine / Cocoa Village	A favorite pair of places.
People	An uncommon subject for me.
Titusville	An untold wealth of photo-ops, where I keep finding new ways to look.
Greenville, SC. and Vicinity	Visiting my friend, Steve Chandler in search of memorable images.
Orlando	Home turf that seldom disappoints.

LightEchos - Map Support
Cape Canaveral Jetty Park	Gateway to the Cruise Ship Basin
Apalachicola, FL Area	A different coast to explore.
Charlotte, NC Area	Ron Donson showing Steve Chandler and me around the area.
Wildacres	A super workshop put on by Kelly Culpepper at a super place. Albums for 2006 and 2007
Greenville, SC	Two photo trips - 2003 and 2006.
Las Vegas 0405	A business trip with few photo-ops.
San Diego - Two Visits	More business trips.
Lukas Nursery - Four Visits	A super place for flora - 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 (Images being added as processed)
Ft. Lauderdale Area	Not particularly representative, but perhaps one or two of interest.
Leu Gardens	A fine place that suffers from limiting access to only times of poor light.
St. Augustine	A favorite place that has been very kind.
New Smyrna Beach	A place that caught my eye in passing.
Titusville	Often beautiful, a constant lure.
Cocoa Beach	Just south of Titusville, and beautiful as often.
Orlando	Home, and fun to shoot for many reasons.
St. John's Pass	Just a fun place to visit.
Panama City	A business trip that worked better than expected.
Pensacola Area	Limited time and results, but interesting, I think.
Americus	Visiting my friend Larry Carter.
Atlanta and North Georgia	Targets of opportunity, mostly in the surrounding country-side.
Wilmington, NC	Visiting my friend Robbie Willoughby.
Folly Beach, SC	A rained out trip to Charleston, that worked out OK.
Hilton Head, SC	An interesting place, but, so far, not a really successful trip.
Schaumburg, IL Spring 04	Mostly from the since dismantled Motorola Museum. A missing tribute to a petty Ego.
Clearwater, FL w/SteveH	Visiting my friend, Steve Hampson, who was staying there on vacation.

Album Sets
105 VR Set	Close up images taken with the Nikkor 105 VR Lens.
70-200 VR Set	Test images taken with the 70-200 VR Lens.
Artifacts Set	Various 'things' that I found interesting.
Beach Finds Set	A closer look 'down' while at the beach.
Beach/Coast Set	Some examples of why going to the coast early in the morning is a fine idea.
Black And White Conversions Set	The occasional, rare image does look better, or at least interesting, when converted to gray scale.
Earlier Black And White Conversions Set	The occasional, rare image does look better, or at least interesting, when converted to gray scale.
Boats Set	Boats can add character to various water-scapes.
Buildings Set	Buildings can be difficult to isolate for a decent composition, but sometimes......
Earlier Buildings Set	Buildings can be difficult to isolate for a decent composition, but sometimes......
Cartoons Set	People in the world have interesting senses of humor.
Charlotte Area Set	After a Photoshop class, Ron Donson showed us a couple of interesting places.
Cloud Set	Clouds in their special guises.
Color Set	On occasion conditions are dominated by a single color.
D1 Reprocessed Set	A super pay off for shooting RAW years ago is being able to reprocess with new software and techniques.
Dark Set	Intense color can show through the dark.
Early Blue Set	The blue of the early hours can be special.
Fauna Set	So far only birds, but that could change.
Flora Set	Not just flowers.
Hamlet NC Set	The train depot was worth the visit.
Lamps/Area Lights Set	Creative Illumination.
Murals Set	Public art - colorful and creative.
Old Glory Set	Old Glory flying proudly.
A Florida Hallmark - Palms Set	Palms in different guises.
Sea Oats - Naturally	Sea Oats in their various places.

Hugh's Gallery - ShutterFreaks
North Carolina 2004	A gathering of ShutterFreaks in a beautiful place. Thanks to Rick Bell for guiding us around the area.
Almost Random	A selection of images that I particularly like.
PREVIEWS	A gallery of candidates for printing - some made it :).
What's Your Sign?	Images that could be from the Zodiac.
New Looks!	A selection of uncommon light images.
Orlando After Dark	It should probably be 'Before Light' since they are all sunrise images.
Fall Colors	We do have some on occasion.
Small Growing Things	Mostly local flora.
Launch View Gemini	A favorite park in Titusville looking across the Indian River Lagoon.
Hilton Head 03/03	I keep trying to get this place right. Maybe next time.
Iron City and Panama City May 2003	Rural Georgia.
Film to Digital	Scans that worked.
June/July 03	Random, local places.
Day Lilies	Finally found the Lilies :).
August/September 03	Wider ranging targets of opportunity.
Olympus E-20	Test images from a fine pro-sumer camera.
September 03 Extended	Shooting the area.
Ft. Lauderdale w/AC and Scott	Wandering around with Adrienne and Scott.
Print Version Demos	Prints from these mostly match the colors and contrasts.

Equipment Test Images - ShutterFreaks
Phase One P21+	Early in the Learning Curve
Panorama Factory Test Images	Limited to a single row of images, but excellent results.
Nikkor 105 f/2.8 VR Macro	The VR makes it usable hand-held.
Panasonic LX-1PP - Lumix	A fun, pocket camera that produces usable RAW images.
Panasonic FZ50	A pseudo-SLR, pro-sumer camera that works very well for informal, carry around occasions..
Nikkor 200 Macro	A really fun lens for getting 'close'.
Nikon D-50	Find results for an inexpensive dSLR.
SB-800	If you just have to have a flash, this is the one.
D2x	Dream Machine.
Hasselblad H1 - 300 mm f/4.5	An excellent lens. The two crop pairs are unbelievable.
Nikkor 12-24 Dx	My most used lens.
Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 IF/ED/VR	Excellent when a longer lens is needed.
Hasselblad H-1	An expensive system, but lives up to its reputation.
Nikon D100	I didn't have it long, but it never disappointed.
Nikkor 24-120 VR	An excellent choice for a general, hand-held lens.
Nikkor 10.5 Fisheye	Really wide if you don't mind the FE effect, and sometimes, I don't :).
Nikon D-70	Excellent value for the price.
Olympus E-1	I was impressed, but not enough to change systems.
Olympus E-20	Another fine pro-sumer camera.
Kodak dBack w/Hasselblad H-1	Kodak chose to abandon the market, but I've been very pleased with the results.
Kirk Car Window Bracket	Works fine for driving through the wildlife areas.

PBase - Mostly A Look Back
Medium Format Digital	Early images with the H-1.
First D-70 Images	As the title says.
In Box	A general selection.
Medium Format Film Pictures	Scanned film from the Hasselblad 501-CM
First D-100 Images	As the title says.
Recent pictures from several places	Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 02	Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 03	Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 04	Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 05	Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 06	Recent is relative to the time.
Some Older Images reprocessed with my latest work-flow	Latest is relative to the time.
Artifacts	Interesting 'things'.
Benches	Interest places.
Best of Early Digital	An indication of my taste - at the time.
Early Blue	Happenings in the early morning.
Buildings of Note	In the right light, some buildings shine.