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Smoky Mountain Noir

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Clingman’s Dome Milky Way Autumn Nights

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Cinderella Castle & the Fire Sky
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Cinderella Castle & the Fire Sky

by Matthew Cooper November 27, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

Usually I prefer completely clear night skies to capture. Cloudy skies often turn into an ugly mess but on this night the clouds were moving extremely quick which I knew could end up making something interesting. I took a few longer exposures and ended up really digging how cool the sky on the right-hand side looked and how it broke up nicely into some clearer sky for some stars. This really makes the image in my mind and gives it an added layer a clear sky simply would not have provided.

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Epcot's So Bokehlicious
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Epcot’s So Bokehlicious

by Matthew Cooper November 23, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper
If you want the sweet foreground bokeh, Epcot’s got the goods for you. This is the kind of shot that makes you thankful to have a flip screen. Laying flat on the ground really takes a toll as you get older…
November 23, 2018 0 comment
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Flowers & Imagination
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Flowers & Imagination

by Matthew Cooper November 20, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

An immediate reaction to this shot may be why is the tip of the Imagination building cut off. The answer to that is because immediately just out of frame is the monorail beam. With that in mind I really liked this angle shooting the imagination building with these multi-colored flowers in the foreground and ultimately framed it so the cut off feels intentional and not awkward. Whether or not I succeeded us up for debate, but I wanted to share it anyway.

November 20, 2018 0 comment
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Pink Skies Above Expedition Everest
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Pink Skies Above Expedition Everest

by Matthew Cooper November 19, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

Skies play a big role in my decision to shoot or not shoot a scene. Having shot around Walt Disney World so much now I have multiples of many of the more common scenes such as this one. With that in mind if I walk by and the sky isn’t offering something interesting, I’ll completely skip shooting it. This time however some nice pink color in the clouds offered something unique and different.

November 19, 2018 0 comment
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Smoky Mountain Autumn Stream
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Smoky Mountain Autumn Stream

by Matthew Cooper November 1, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

Sorry to everyone who follows me exclusively for Disney photos… I’ve got at least a few more Smoky Mountain photos first! This is one of the many stream photos I took on my latest visit. I love shooting various spots on the streams throughout the park as they all offer something unique and interesting. This shot also gave me a chance to test out the Z7 weather sealing as the rain was coming down steadily by the time I was setup for this shot. I’m glad to say it held up without any issue.

November 1, 2018 0 comment
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Smoky Mountain Sinks
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Smoky Mountain Sinks

by Matthew Cooper October 30, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

I took this shot twice in the same day. I took one version earlier in the day, but I didn’t love the lighting. Coming back through the park after sunset I decided to stop again and take this shot as the moon was starting to rise. This worked out much better and I was able to capture the mood I was looking for. Also, that smiley face in the water is super creepy……

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Clingman's Night
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Clingman’s Night

by Matthew Cooper October 29, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

I finally had a chance to take my new Nikon Z7 out and do some shooting with it and my overall impressions are quite good. More on that later however as I am working on a full write up of my thoughts and experiences with the camera for a later date. This shot was taken from the parking lot for Clingman’s Dome. It was becoming cloudy very quickly so my hope of shooting the Milky Way later this night was busted but I decided to not let the drive up be completely wasted and took a couple shots and ended up really liking how the sky turned out.

October 29, 2018 0 comment
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Photo Editing: Sleeping Beauty Castle

by Matthew Cooper September 26, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

I’ve been getting requests to do some more instructional videos so I’m back with another one. In this one I take you through my entire process for editing Sleeping Beauty Castle. Its all applicable to other processing though. Looking forward to feedback and what yall would like to see next.

September 26, 2018 0 comment
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Archimedes & Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Archimedes & Sleeping Beauty Castle

by Matthew Cooper September 25, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

I don’t know if this is technically Archimedes, but it looks like him so don’t spoil it for me if it isn’t. The sun was starting to set when I took this picture which gave me some nice gold tones throughout the scene. They look especially nice on the top of the castle. Finally, I shot this hand held with the Nikon 14-24 2.8 at 2.8.

September 25, 2018 0 comment
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Sleeping Beauty's Sunset
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Sleeping Beauty’s Sunset

by Matthew Cooper September 20, 2018
written by Matthew Cooper

I’m embarrassed to admit how many times I started editing this photo, scrapped it and started over. In fact, I think I lost count somewhere after the 10th time. I thought about giving up yet again this time but finally was able to get it over the hump and to a point I felt it good enough to share.  Enjoy.

September 20, 2018 0 comment
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Hi there, I'm Matthew. I love shooting Disney photography with some occasional travel and landscape photography.

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