May 19, 2008 | Landscape Photography
Redwoods DLWS headed to Harris Beach in OR tonight for a spectacular show of clouds. While we didn’t get the traditional “sunset” color one expects at the beach, the clouds spread across the heavens in the winds in a hundred different patterns over the evening. The challenge was racing up and down the beach to find the perfect foreground to go with them. Of course, there was the occasional wave to dodge.
I want to recommend you head to the other DLWS blogs to see some very cool images from the same shoots. Head to Laurie’s, Kevin, Josh, Brad and Jake to see what I missed.
Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 19, 2008 | Landscape Photography
What a typical DLWS morning. Started off with the participants thinking we were nuts with our shoot locale. While exploring, a participant Mary Ellen found this cool boat being worked on. She found me later and told me and while the staff was walking back to the van after already shooting 10GB, I told McNally about the boat and off to the races we went!
The owner of the yard was great, invited us in, told us what they were doing and then opened the giant doors letting in amazing light as you can see above. Joe being Joe quickly found the perfect model and the pixels, they went a flyin! Don’t tell Joe this, but he is magic!
Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 26, 2008 | Landscape Photography
Our last shoot of the Moab 2008 DLWS event found us back at Cisco. It is truly a treasure chest made up of old junk just crying to be photographed. The “Thelma & Louis” car was quite a popular prop for folks. Few found this cool, old, rusty coke machine and lastly is my favorite, Sharon looking out through that killer homemade screen door at sunset.
Photos captured y D3, 14-24AFS & 200VR on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 24, 2008 | Landscape Photography
Our start of our Moab DLWS was great even though, as you can see, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Our own Joe McNally sacrificed his body to be our living silhouette model in North Window. Then, once the sun had become too hard for anything else, I went up into the window itself to capture just one portion of the arch. It was a great start showing how even when the light isn’t happening, photography still can.
Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 15, 2008 | Landscape Photography
FL Base Camp was great, thanks everyone!
I can’t thank enough my own “personal” videographer Jason for spending so much time making me look good. Look at him, hard to believe this was his first “wildlife” video.
But ….there’s no place like home!
Jan 17, 2008 | Landscape Photography
It might have been -31 degrees at the Canyon of the Yellowstone this AM, but that didn’t stop the DLWS crew from an amazing morning of photography. We still can’t get over the fact that we had three days of gorgeous light in one of the most spectacular landscapes on the planet. This is the canyon side of the Yellowstone as the sun slowly paints down the side.
The “hoodoos” that line the canyon side are just fascinating with no snow, they are just stunning when whipped up in snow. The play of light on this formation kept us quite entertained for a good long time.
These leftover summer grasses have managed to hang on and on this very cold day (it had warmed up to -3 when I took this photo). The hoar frost gathered on their stems and made for a very cool, graphic B&W photo.
But nothing, nothing we witnessed all week compared to our time at Norris Basin! It has always been a favorite of mine but now it’s a passionate love. The steam has frozen over winter onto the trees in the foreground creating an amazing snow sculpture. The play of light in the steam (which is what fills the sky here) as the breeze whips it this way and that filled up cards and cards and cards. The light, oh man, just look at the light! WOW!
Photos captured by D3, 200-400VR / 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Note: Just to test the D3, I left it out the entire day, it never say the inside of a camera bag or jacket. It was one cold sucker, so cold I was afraid that the ice formed on my mustache would permanently connect me to the D3. Despite the extreme cold, the D3 performed without a hitch. When it comes to exposure, the D3 nailed it all. I dialed in minus compensation only when I wanted to influence the message of the photo.
