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One shot from a photoshoot last night in downtown Phoenix.

Love this family...and love the father and son in this image.

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From a photoshoot

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bell bell - +Mike Olbinski that son is a daughter?

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A couple of days ago I posted an Instagram photo of a new canvas we bought for the house of one of my shots from New York. I haven’t posted a shot from that trip in awhile, especially the bridge shots. In the days immediately following my visit there, all my photog buddies that I had met up with were unleashing a torrent of bridge images and we all got sick of them fairly quickly grin

But maybe enough...

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New York, 2011 (34 photos)

The Brooklyn Bridge in the evening.

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Luis Salzedas - That one is great!
well, i guess the aesthetics justify all options. And with such a long exposure, you're allways breaking the reciprocity law, so, there must be a lot to compensate.
The foggy water effect works great in this shoot!

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Love +Shelley Porkolab and The Blueberry Wedding blog! Check out her new brand page!

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From a photoshoot this past weekend...this is Irelynn...crazy cute kid. Her other three sisters are all just as adorable, was a heck of an awesome time.

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Irelynn...from a photoshoot

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Jacques Gudé - Excellent B&W.

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Stormchasing Arizona (2011)

Hey guys, I'm super excited to announce the release of my second Stormchasing Arizona photojournal!

Last season I wrote my first book that covered the 2010 monsoon season in not just pictures, but also stories and accounts of my adventures chasing storms.

I wasn't sure if I could do it again, but with a little prodding from a friend, I got to work about two months ago and now...

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Stormchasing AZ 2011 (51 photos)

The 2011 edition of my photojournal, Stormchasing Arizona

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Mario Duenaz - Great photos.....miss those awesome sunsets

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Alien

If I had to pick my top five favorite science fiction movies of all-time, I think Alien would be in there, and perhaps also the sequel, Aliens. The second one was fantastic...there was just so much awesome action and memorable lines ("Game over man, game over!") but the first one will always be a classic. A terrifying trip with some space travelers who are being slaughtered by a creature hitching...

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Oregon (3 photos)

This area is near Boiler Bay on the coast of Oregon. The rocks surrounded by "foggy" water reminded me of the pods in the movie Alien.

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Rick Louie - Fantastic images! I can't wait to do this trip next year!

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A sneak peek at a family I shot over the weekend. Huge fan of sunset silhouettes if I can find them.

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A sneak peek at the Gohus family

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Sigrid Sieber - A very special nice shot - I like it very much

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Awesome image from +Heath O'Fee today and a great link on how to do "luminosity masks". Check it out.

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Last night I did my first bit of experimentation with luminosity masks which I’d heard of before but really had no idea what they were. Turns out, they’re a fantastic tool to help manually blend together multiple exposures for landscape photography. I didn’t do too much experimentation – just made a basic mask and applied it to two exposures to yield the result you see below…pretty sweet. If you’re looking to give it a try, this is the tutorial I used: http://bit.ly/twlm1U . It was very easy to follow.

This shot is from Cameron Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park. Watching the sun rise over the mountains behind and left of the frame to illuminate the slopes on the far side of the lake was amazing. Nothing beats that golden light :)

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Nicholas Pappagallo Jr - Mike - ahh see that now - nice find thxs for sharing it!

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Lightning on North Mountain

Getting any kind of lightning from a winter storm here in Arizona is possible, but a lot harder to come by than the summer monsoons. Tuesday night ended up being a lucky one for me, as some nice looking winter-ish cells blew through town and put on a bit more of a lightning show than we're used to.

This was taken on top of a 7-8 story parking garage looking north. Ironically, the lightning strike hits a mountain in the North Mountain Preserve, an area surrounded by the city. I didn't even notice until I zoomed in while in Lightroom that the strike landed right on my side of that hill. Love shots where you see the location of the hit.

Hoping this is a good omen for some more lightning photography this winter, but we'll see how that goes.

Stormchasing AZ 2011 (50 photos)

A lightning strike hits the North Mountain Preserve in north central Phoenix.

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Nicola Cocco - Great catch!!!

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Cape Fear

As this <a href="http://www.mikeolbinski.com/tag/movie-title-series">Movie Title Series</a> continues on an on for over a year now...it feels like I'm running thin on movies I've seen that have titles which work well enough for images. Hence you may start seeing films that I've actually never viewed before. Or perhaps I may have seen portions of it, but have no clue what it was about, nor...

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Oregon (2 photos)

The area known as Devil's Gulch...reminded me of the movie Cape Fear.

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Dave DiCello - Awesome work here Mike, love the B&W!

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I love taking pictures… making pictures. Finding pictures in anything and everything. I’m self-taught and still learning which probably explains my unquenchable desire to grow and grow and grow.

I love candid photography. And I love merging that style with portrait photography. I was inspired years ago when my wife and I had an anniversary photoshoot, and I was blown away by how simple, yet powerful, the candid portrait can be. The style is sometimes called photojournalistic or journalistic portraiture. Whatever you call it, that’s how I shoot it. Kids, babies, teens, engagements, families, whatever the occasion, I love capturing those special moments for people where they can let their personalities and feelings shine through and create a keepsake that will last forever.

I love event photography. The same passion I have for candid pictures drives the fun I have shooting a birthday party, a baby shower, a church get-together, anything where people are gathered for a purpose. The images you capture at moments like these feel more real than almost anything else I photograph.

I love weather photography, landscape pictures and anything else that strikes me as being worthy of a shutter snap. There is no limit the things I find interesting. I’ve photographed flowers, buildings, mailboxes and a million other odds and ends. But when it comes to storms and weather, I have a deep desire to capture nature in all of its raw power and glory. After living here in Arizona my entire life, I’ve suddenly gone through a re-awakening when it comes to what’s around me. Arizona offers an amazing venue for lightning and summer thunderstorms. We also have an endless supply of natural beauty from the dry, desert floors to the snowy peaks of the northern areas. This state is gorgeous.

That’s who I am. I would love to get to know who you are. If you are interested in using me for your photography needs, just contact me. You can use the form below, it’s quick and painless!

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