Should We Accept the First?

Sep 14, 2022 | Landscape Photography

Sydney Opera House captured by Z 9 / Z40f2

We’d read that the Queens image had been projected onto the Sydney Opera House but that it was past, not being done anymore. So two nights ago when we saw it there, we goofed up our Uber driver and did one of those great, “hold one moment while I make a click” moves. And with that quick click, off we went. Then last night, it was there again (can’t believe everything you read on the web) after dinner so this time, we took our time. We first shot it from the south, a totally different angle from the first night. You could faintly see the beams from the projector this night, slight moisture in the air. But the direction in which we were shooting, the beams were all wrong. We then walked in the direction of the first night shoot and the beams got brighter and brighter. We passed under them until we saw the view you see above. So on the third attempt to make the ONE click that brought home the story to us, did I get it right. And that’s the point. We shouldn’t settle on the first click, perhaps not the second or third even. We need to push ourselves, our photography, our visual storytelling until we get it right. It might take more and that’s OK. Just ask yourself, should we accept the first?

Sydney Opera House captured by Z 9 / Z24-120 (this is the first click)

View from the Top

Sep 7, 2022 | B&W Photography, Landscape Photography

Queensland AUS Lowlands captured by Z 9 / Z400f4.5

Perched at the top of the mountain in the rainforest of Lamington Nat’l Park, looking down and across the lowlands can be quite spectacular! It had been a marvelous day of photography the birds of the rainforest. When we emerged from that mysterious and darkened world we were looking out at this splendor. With the long lens already attached, it was real easy to make the click!

Queensland AUS Lowlands captured by Z 9 / Z400f4.5

When the light first broke through the breaking rain, the drama to me was all B&W so that’s what I shot. Then as the opening in the clouds got bigger, the light warmed and it then became a full spectrum shot. Then from the treetop bar as the sun set, it became a very rosey photo. At that point though, the camera was put to rest. But I can tell you that it was splendid, the view from the top!

The Silence is So Loud!

Sep 6, 2022 | B&W Photography, Landscape Photography

The Bitterroots captured by Z 9 / Z24-120

It was almost like someone flipped a switch! The hummers vacated the premises about the middle of August and that signaled the seasons were changing. Then our aspens started to drop a leaf here and there. Then the bird seed consumption really slowed down. Our White-tailed bucks have shed their velvet in the past week. And finally, the trees are mighty quiet. Fall is fast taking over our little valley and critters are hunkering down. The light has mellowed and we’re blessed with wildfire smoke only just now kinda lingering in the air. I miss the explosion of sound of spring of all the critters at The Ranch. It’s such a great start to the day. But then, I love the light this time of year. I look forward to the explosion of color I think we’ll have because of the good rains last month combined with our morning temps in the high 40s. A chill in the air and the fall color for me just make the silence so loud!

Coming Down to The End

Aug 30, 2022 | Landscape Photography

South Dakota Black Hills captured by D5 / 18-35AFS

I Love Weather! Especially in the summer with the drama afternoon thunderstorms can bring. Chasing clouds like this for me is a passion that quite often I don’t get to fulfill so at the summer and monsoon season, I get in desperate mode trying to make up for time lost. I watch weather apps like a madman, look at long range predictions, watch for those lows sucking in the moisture and then plan my time to make the run. I have the Z 9 / Z24-120f4 & Z14-24f2.8 literally in the Think Tank ready to run out the door. The Miops is charged, firmware up to date and in the bag as well. I just love this time of year, sad to see it floating by, we’re coming down to the end!

Bring Home With You

Aug 18, 2022 | Landscape Photography

The Ranch at sunrise captured by Z 9 / Z24-120

It sounds so simple but it’s not! Want a landscape photography challenge you can do at home, take the photo that when you’re traveling, takes you back home. As you can see in my image, there is not actual photo of the building, just of time and space. You might see and more importantly feel your home is told, remembered and shared as something else. Can you put those all in your photo? That’s the challenge so you can bring home with you.

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