Niall David Photography

The 12th Annual Edwardian World’s Faire | Edwardian Ball – Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA

Niall David — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:39:28 +0000

What a treat and what an honor it was to photograph the 12th Annual Edwardian World’s Faire through SF Station! The Edwardian World’s Faire is part of the Edwardian Ball, an event that will take you back to the turn of the century (the previous century!), and have you schmoozing and galavanting with the most well-dressed crowd you’ll ever see. Everyone in attendance were too nice for words, and I’ll just have to let the pictures tell the story of the times we had… See you next year!

See the full gallery here.

See the gallery on SF Station here.

Kasavin Family Portraits

Niall David — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Meet the Kasavin Family!

See the full gallery here.

Instagram :: October 2011

Niall David — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:07:45 +0000

Keeping busy with the iPhoneography Almost a photo a day this month so picked it up from last month. Really getting into some new apps like Camera+, Noir, PS Express and CP Pro. With 100′s of apps out there the experimentation is heavy. Joy to the camera in your pocket!

October has 21 images.

You can find me on Instagram as nialldavid.

A few great ways to keep up on Instagram images is joining Instagram, posting your images and following your favorite photographers! There’s also Webstagram, Followgram, and the Instadesk application for Mac OS X.

See the full gallery from October here.

Mendocino Wine Country

Niall David — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:15:24 +0000

A little slice of heaven in Mendocino Wine Country. Good to get away for a bit

Love the Chards and Pinot’s up here…

Hanson Family Portraits

Niall David — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:04:27 +0000

Meet the Hanson’s!

See the full gallery here.

Instagram :: September 2011

Niall David — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:59:55 +0000

I feel like it was kind of a weak month for Instagramming for me… :/ Somehow I only snapped and posted 6 images in September. Eeeks! I’ll have to pick it up!

On a happy little side note, I purchased a few old school vintage film cameras and I’m excited to get closer to my roots again. Hoping to have some scans to post sometime later this year. Happy Instagramming!

September has 6 images.

You can find me on Instagram as nialldavid.

See the full gallery from September here.

Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Park Amusement Park | HDR Images

Niall David — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:29:31 +0000

Spent a little time on the Santa Monica Pier while visiting some friends in Culver City in Los Angeles this summer. I love this pier because not only is a classic boardwalk with a great history, but it’s got the fantastic family amusement park, Pacific Park, right on the pier.

Since we hit the place in broad summertime 12-noon sunlight I decided to make 3-7 captures 1-stop apart for each photo I wanted to make as we wandered the pier. There’s so much character in the buildings, structures, art, and people on the pier, it’s hard not to want to photograph all kinds of things going on in front of you. We only had an hour out there, but it was an hour well spent.

I came to really enjoy learning how to use Nik Software‘s HDR Efex Pro a few months ago, and this was the perfect place to make the scenes come alive in ways I otherwise couldn’t have done with traditional digital photography. HDR Efex Pro is my favorite HDR software due to it’s slick interface and ease of intuitive adjustments. I started out using one of the pretty awesome presets the software comes equipped with and then tweaking to my liking, but the more I got familiar with the interface (and HDR photography in general), the more I’d start from scratch and develop the scenes to my liking. My goal is usually realistic, but sometimes it’s really fun to go for vintage, black and white or surreal.

See the full gallery here.

Fredericks Family Portraits

Niall David — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:34:38 +0000

Meet the Fredericks!

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Northern California Coast | Humbolt Redwoods State Park | Avenue of the Giants

Niall David — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:57:37 +0000

A little trip up the coast left us with some wonderful experiences in Humbolt Redwoods State Park

Big trees everywhere. It’s amazing.

See the full gallery here.

Lu Family Portraits

Niall David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:51:41 +0000

Meet the Lu Family!