Maxwell Kruger Photography

Testing out my new light and octobox. Didn’t have an assistant and it was really windy, so I only got the opportunity to take a few shots.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 50)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/250, f/4.5, ISO 50)

Preakness this year was a lot of fun as usual. I spent the day before preparing to cover it and building a remote camera system.  Ian and I ran around to electronic stores and Home Depot gathering electrical and audio components to put together a system so that I could put cameras in various places to capture the race.

On the day of the race, we showed up early to set up and test the cameras.  After a few hours of setup, we were done until the 6PM race.

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I was sitting at my desk last night doing some work when I was interrupted by a few repeated flashes of light. I looked out my window and there was quite an electrical storm happening in the distance. I decided to point a camera out the window to see what I would get. After about an hour of photography, this crazy photo showed up on the back of my camera.

(Canon EOS 40D, 85 mm, 5s, f/5.6, ISO 200)

Update: I have received many requests about prints. They are available here.

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I just got back from India a few days ago. Here are some of my photographs. You can see the whole gallery here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 65 mm, 1/300, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/40, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/500, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 40 mm, 1/125, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 65 mm, 1/40, f/4, ISO 320)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 24 mm, 1/15, f/4, ISO 3200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 47 mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 500)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/320, f/4, ISO 200)

Me at the Taj Mahal:

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 110 mm, 1/80, f/2.8, ISO 1600)

(Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT, 105 mm, 1/800, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 105 mm, 1/160, f/4, ISO 1000)

Total Lunar Eclipse tonight. Captured with a Canon 1D Mark IV and Canon 400mm 2.8 II with 2 1.4x teleconverters (783mm). Basic sharpening applied in Photoshop.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 783 mm, 1/2, f/8, ISO 5000)

Having a day job really makes it difficult to maintain a steady output of photography.  I try when I can and you can see some of my recent stuff below.  A few weeks ago, I shot a panoramic of Rosslyn, VA from my apartment.  The image is a composite of 12 exposures on my Canon 1D Mark IV.  It totals 135 megapixels.  Most of the exposures are 6 seconds except for the road on the right, which I exposed for 30 seconds to get good car trails.  Explore the image here.  You can zoom in and see incredible detail.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 12 exposures, 22mm, ISO 400)

This is a bucket I found in an abandoned building.  Not a great image, but I love the look.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, f/5.6, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, f/2.8, ISO 100)

Penn State played Indiana at Fedex Field in Washington DC this past weekend.  This was a cool game, because it was an NFL stadium (Redskins) and I got to see a ton of old friends from Penn State who drove/flew in for the game.  Here are some of my photos.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Paterno waits with the team in the tunnel before they run onto the field.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 180 mm, 1/6400, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Former PSU and Redskins linebacker, LaVar Arrington was in attendance on the field.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 200 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Royster scored the first touchdown.

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

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

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Shot from my apartment window.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1s, f/2.8, ISO 250)