Maxwell Kruger Photography

I recently returned from a trip to Israel.  I had an amazing time. We swam in the dead sea, spent a night in the desert, climbed Masada, and spent a few days in Jerusalem among many other things.  Overall, it was one of my favorite trips that I’ve ever been on.

Some of my images are below.  You can see the full gallery here.

As a plus, all my photos were geotagged using the Canon GP-E2. You can see the map of where I went here.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 1/1, f/23, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 6s, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 100)

Sunrise from Masada.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 200 mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 500)

From the top of Masada.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 1/100, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 1/500, f/11, ISO 400)

The dead sea.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 35 mm, 1/200, f/5.7, ISO 100)

Jerusalem

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 200 mm, 1/640, f/5.6, ISO 100)

Prayer at the Western Wall.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 200 mm, 1/500, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 200 mm, 1/320, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 200 mm, 1/125, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 34 mm, 1/250, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 35 mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 100)

Full gallery here.

Picked up a new 5D Mark III in preparation for my trip to Israel next week. Took a walk around the monuments in DC to test out the new GP-E2 GPS module.  With that, I leave you with an image I liked of the Jefferson Memorial.  Boy does that 16-35 II vignette.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 16 mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 100)

As usual for the last several years, I covered the Preakness Stakes this past weekend. Preakness is one of the more difficult assignments I cover as it requires a lot of pre-planning, multiple camera positions, and running around.  It’s an extremely long day that if everything comes together can pay off with great  images and a lot of published images.  This year was no different – I ended up making the front page of Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports and was also published on the first and second pages of USA Today’s sports section (in print). Click the link below to read on for some of my images from the weekend.

(Canon EOS 40D, 16 mm, 1/3200, f/5, ISO 640)

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Today was the last time Space Shuttle Discovery will fly. As a sendoff to Discovery and the Shuttle program, the Shuttle was loaded onto its carrier 747 jet and made the final trip from Kennedy Space Center to its final resting place at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (National Air and Space Museum Annex).  The shuttle made several low passes over the DC metro area, where viewers could watch it in the air for the last time.

As soon as I heard about the plans for this last week, I immediately arranged access to the roof of a building in the area.  My father, who owns a window cleaning company, was able to coordinate getting me on top of a building in Crystal City.  Turns out the building had an awesome view of DC and I was able to get some great photos.

A full gallery with more photos and prints is available here: photos.maxwellkruger.com/Airplanes/Discovery-Flyover/.

Bonus: Here is a first clip from Ian’s video footage, who was also on the roof with me.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/4000, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 800 mm, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/6400, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/8000, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 70 mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 200 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

More photos and behind the scenes after the jump.

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I don’t get much time to shoot anymore but I’ve decided to focus my free time this summer on improving my lighting skills. To that effect, I’ve been playing around with some new lights and a big octabox. Here are some images of my friend Amanda from last weekend.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 65 mm, 1/30, f/11, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 105 mm, 1/30, f/13, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 47 mm, 1/80, f/8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 24 mm, 1/30, f/13, ISO 100)

Joe Paterno, you will be missed.

I visited Belgium a few weeks ago for work. I didn’t have much time to shoot, but I bought a Canon 7D for the trip so I wouldn’t have to lug around a 1D. Below is a collection of a few shots. The whole gallery can be viewed here.

(Canon EOS 7D, 34 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 7D, 200 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 400)

The atomium is an structure built for the 1958 World’s Fair that represents the structure of iron.

(Canon EOS 7D, 16 mm, 1/1300, f/5.7, ISO 100) (more…)

Got back from California a few months ago, but I’m just getting around to posting the photos.  We visited San Fransisco, Redwoods, and Yosemite.  Overall, it was a great trip and I got to spend time with some old friends I hadn’t seen in a while. You can see my whole album of photos here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

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