Commodore Don's Photos

 

Your Bio

Hi, there, and welcome to my photo Web Site.

At 74 years young, I've been able to successfully combine my 55-plus years' love of photography with my passion for "woodies", which is what old classic and antique wooden boats are affectionately called. I own two "woodies." a 1969 26 ft. Lyman Cruisette, which we purchased new in '69, and our recent addition of a 1951 Chris-Craft 17 ft. Special Runabout.

I've twice served as Commodore of my yacht club and also had the privilege of serving in that capacity for the Inter-Lake Yachting Association in 1982. As I'm known in the Northern Ohio/Lake Erie boating community as "Commodore Don" it seemed a logical choice of name for my current photographic endeavors.

I no longer shoot film. Since acquiring a new Nikon D1X in July 2001 and adding a D100 in 2002, my Nikon 35 mm body sits unused.
(see my note, below, regarding the D-100)

Since the first of March 2005, I've been the proud owner of a Nikon D2X, a fantastic piece of equipment. That has left me with the D1X as a backup.....two big, heavy cameras. Ever since giving my D100 to my granddaughter, I've missed not having a smaller, lighter camera with which to "travel light" with the body and the 18-200mm VR lens mounted on it. So, the minute I read the specs of the new D300 I ordered one. I've had the D300 since late October 2007. So, what's my impression of it? Well, I probably wouldn't want to drive nails with it, but as far as the pictures it takes and the features it has, in my opinion, it is a better camera than the D2X. I'm very impressed with it! For those who are interested, here is a list of my other equipment:

Nikon 12-24 mm G ultra wide angle zoom lens
Nikon 18-35 mm D wide angle zoom lens
Nikon 24-85 mm D f 2.8-4 mid-range zoom lens with macro function
Nikon 50 mm f 1.8 normal lens
Nikon 70-200 mm f 2.8 G medium telephoto zoom lens with VR
Nikon 80-400 mm f 4.5 D long telephoto zoom lens with VR
Tokina 24-200 mm f 3.5 D medium telephoto zoom lens (a "traveling lens" for those times when I just want to take the camera and only one lens.)
Nikon 18-200 mm f 3.5-5.6 VR, my NEW "traveling light lens."
Tamron 18-200 mm f3.5-6.3, purchased Sept. 2005, for those times when I needed wider angle than 24 mm but telephoto also and have no time to change lenses. Now replaced with the Nikon VR 18-200.

(NOTE: since I didn't need three bodies, in January 2006 I gave my D-100 with the Tamron 18-200 mm lens and the Nikon SB-80DX flash to my (then) 10 year old granddaughter. She has had her own PC since she was 3 yrs. old, plus I gave her a 3 MP Fuji for a Christmas gift in 2004. I let her use the D-100 at Christmas time 2005 to make certain that her "smaller hands" could handle the larger, heavier camera. She did "just great" and took over 240 pictures over the holidays. I gave her a few "pointers" along the way, and she kept improving. So, shortly after the first of Jan. 2006 I gave her the camera, lens, flash, spare batteries for camera and flash and, of course, the charger and an AC power supply for the camera.)

One more matter. The pictures displayed are compressed with automatic software after I have uploaded my original full resolution versions. The originals, from which any prints will be made, have NO JPEG distortions or artifacts in them. On some of the pictures on this site, you will see some JPEG distortions. These are particularly noticeable in large areas of the same color (such as sky, for example), but I assure you these distortions will not be visible in any prints you may order. Prints will be made from the large, high quality six or twelve megapixel original picture files which are what I uploaded to Smugmug. Enjoy your visit!

Don Emery

Gallery Categories

LAKESIDE, OH Annual Boat Show

1 gallery with 80 photos

Updated: Aug 12, 2008 1:40am EDT

CHAUTAUQUA TWIN TIER ACBS CHAPTER EVENTS

1 gallery with 180 photos

Updated: Aug 10, 2008 11:25pm EDT

2008 NCO-ACBS EVENTS

7 galleries with 376 photos

Updated: Jul 27, 2008 9:54pm EDT

EYC 2008 Activities

6 galleries with 361 photos

Updated: May 26, 2008 9:50pm EDT

Antique and Classic boats

9 galleries with 482 photos

Updated: May 14, 2008 9:45pm EDT

2008 I-LYA ACTIVITIES

1 gallery with 38 photos

Updated: May 04, 2008 3:34pm EDT

2007 I-LYA Activities

2 galleries with 226 photos

Updated: Feb 24, 2008 8:20pm EDT

Riddle Boatworks

1 gallery with 22 photos

Updated: Feb 16, 2008 3:57pm EDT

2008 LYMAN BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION EVENTS

1 gallery with 49 photos

Updated: Jan 21, 2008 8:28pm EDT

Family

1 gallery with 93 photos

Updated: Jan 06, 2008 5:39pm EDT

ACBS 2007 ANNUAL MEETING and BOAT SHOW, LAKE GEORGE, NY

7 galleries with 820 photos

Updated: Jan 01, 2008 11:27pm EDT

AVON OHIO School Events

3 galleries with 78 photos

Updated: Dec 23, 2007 11:00pm EDT

2007 NORTH COAST OHIO chapter of the ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT SOCIETY EVENTS

5 galleries with 393 photos

Updated: Dec 10, 2007 12:37am EDT

2008 NCO Calendar Photos

1 gallery with 16 photos

Updated: Nov 13, 2007 9:36pm EDT

2007 LYMAN BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION EVENTS

6 galleries with 395 photos

Updated: Oct 27, 2007 7:13pm EDT

JARED and TESSA EMERY WEDDING

1 gallery with 146 photos

Updated: Oct 20, 2007 4:37pm EDT

CLASSIC BOATS AT WATERTOWN 2007

1 gallery with 59 photos

Updated: Oct 08, 2007 12:52am EDT

Krotseng 50th Anniversary Party

1 gallery with 50 photos

Updated: Sep 16, 2007 8:48pm EDT

ALL CLASSIC BOAT and CAR SHOW, HURON, OH 8-17 & 18-2007

1 gallery with 161 photos

Updated: Sep 16, 2007 6:13pm EDT

CLEVELAND AIR SHOW 2007

2 galleries with 215 photos

Updated: Sep 16, 2007 1:30pm EDT

CONNEAUT, OH ANTIQUE BOAT AND CAR SHOW 2007

1 gallery with 102 photos

Updated: Sep 02, 2007 2:20pm EDT

OUR 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

1 gallery with 138 photos

Updated: Sep 02, 2007 10:51am EDT

Chautauqua Twin Tier Chapter of ACBS

1 gallery with 229 photos

Updated: Sep 01, 2007 11:33am EDT

Sailing with the Great Lakes Historical Society on the Denis Sullivan

1 gallery with 167 photos

Updated: Aug 29, 2007 10:45pm EDT

LST 325

1 gallery with 47 photos

Updated: Jun 17, 2007 11:17pm EDT

New Orleans Stompers

1 gallery with 31 photos

Updated: Jun 10, 2007 6:43pm EDT

Model Railroads

1 gallery with 157 photos

Updated: May 05, 2007 9:15pm EDT

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV

1 gallery with 41 photos

Updated: Apr 07, 2007 8:24pm EDT

2006 NORTH COAST OHIO CHAPTER of the ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT SOCIETY Events

5 galleries with 476 photos

Updated: Apr 02, 2007 9:53am EDT

2006 LYMAN BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION Events

6 galleries with 496 photos

Updated: Feb 22, 2007 6:37am EDT

LAKESIDE WOODEN BOAT SOCIETY

1 gallery with 7 photos

Updated: Feb 10, 2007 8:52pm EDT

I-LYA 2006 Activities

2 galleries with 112 photos

Updated: Jan 14, 2007 11:00pm EDT

Prospective 2007 LBOA Calendar Photos

2 galleries with 199 photos

Updated: Nov 13, 2006 9:43am EDT

TALL STACKS FESTIVAL in Cincinnati

1 gallery with 456 photos

Updated: Nov 06, 2006 10:53pm EDT

Potential NCO 2007 Calendar Photos

1 gallery with 25 photos

Updated: Oct 30, 2006 10:02pm EDT

BLUEGRASS CHAPTER ACBS RENDEZVOUS

1 gallery with 238 photos

Updated: Oct 28, 2006 1:50pm EDT

Boats

1 gallery with 27 photos

Updated: Sep 25, 2006 2:00pm EDT

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1946 60th REUNION

1 gallery with 97 photos

Updated: Sep 24, 2006 5:22pm EDT

U.S. BRIG NIAGARA DAYSAIL

1 gallery with 259 photos

Updated: Sep 10, 2006 11:21pm EDT

CONNEAUT, OH

1 gallery with 142 photos

Updated: Sep 03, 2006 4:29pm EDT

USCG Helicopter SAR Demo, Huron, OH 7-15-2006

1 gallery with 139 photos

Updated: Aug 14, 2006 11:11am EDT

CYC Lymans

1 gallery with 48 photos

Updated: Aug 13, 2006 9:18pm EDT

Greenfield Village

1 gallery with 109 photos

Updated: Jun 10, 2006 11:40pm EDT

2005 LBOA Activities

5 galleries with 504 photos

Updated: Jun 05, 2006 9:42am EDT

Edgewater Yacht Club 2006 Commodores Ball

2 galleries with 335 photos

Updated: May 14, 2006 2:30pm EDT

Boating History Symposium 2006

1 gallery with 201 photos

Updated: May 10, 2006 6:44am EDT

NCO-ACBS Visits the Warther Museum

1 gallery with 184 photos

Updated: May 02, 2006 7:00am EDT

Kensington Metropark, MI and Kent Lake

2 galleries with 132 photos

Updated: Apr 22, 2006 9:52pm EDT

2005 NCO-ACBS Activities

6 galleries with 487 photos

Updated: Dec 26, 2005 6:04pm EDT

Sunrise or Sunset

2 galleries with 12 photos

Updated: Nov 20, 2005 1:50pm EDT

Cleveland Zoo

1 gallery with 219 photos

Updated: Nov 07, 2005 9:02am EDT

ACBS 2005 National Meeting and Boat Show, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

2 galleries with 700 photos

Updated: Oct 31, 2005 3:28am EDT

2004 LBOA Boating Events

4 galleries with 457 photos

Updated: Oct 24, 2005 9:57pm EDT

Steamship Wm. G. Mather

1 gallery with 105 photos

Updated: Oct 16, 2005 11:25pm EDT

2005 ACBS Events other than NCO sponsored

2 galleries with 353 photos

Updated: Aug 28, 2005 9:23pm EDT

I-LYA 2005

2 galleries with 474 photos

Updated: Aug 26, 2005 5:57am EDT

Other

1 gallery with 1 photos

Updated: May 22, 2005 12:33pm EDT

Perry Monument

1 gallery with 1 photos

Updated: Dec 23, 2004 11:06pm EDT

My 2005 Lyman Calendar Photos

1 gallery with 11 photos

Updated: Dec 22, 2004 10:38pm EDT

Along the St Clair River October 16 2004

1 gallery with 36 photos

Updated: Nov 14, 2004 11:02pm EDT

NCO Public Service Project at Turkeyfoot Lake State Park Launching Ramps

1 gallery with 39 photos

Updated: Nov 07, 2004 4:55pm EDT

Fall Colors at Turkeyfoot Lake

1 gallery with 7 photos

Updated: Nov 07, 2004 3:29pm EDT

Weddings

4 galleries with 599 photos

Updated: Oct 31, 2004 12:02pm EDT

Events

3 galleries with 68 photos

Updated: May 02, 2004 8:40pm EDT

LBOA 2004 Calendar Photos

1 gallery with 13 photos

Updated: Apr 04, 2004 6:09pm EDT

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