Year: 2011

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Rusty Ladder

Deception Island - Whale Oil Tank

Imagine my surprise when visiting Antarctica to stumble upon rusty things. I love rust and decay and here I was at the bottom of the world at an old whaling station and there was rust and lots of it. So I went crazy and shot a lot of photos. One of them is above of a ladder going up a tank that held whale oil. You’ll see more from this series over time here on this blog. What I remember most is that about ten minutes after I shot this photo I went swimming not one but twice. Swam out to an iceberg. Very stupid thing to do. On the swim back to shore my limbs stopped functioning. The cold water there will zap you and kill you quickly. Makes for great stories now, but I will never forget how cold it was. This was photographed on Deception Island.

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Things – Looking Up

Wrigley Building - Chicago

Back to up. Once again it is good to look up. You can find pattern, texture and all sorts of things. This shot os of the wrigley Building in Chicago from inside the courtyard, looking up. I have been in Chicago for the last few days doing business and setting things up for the PODAS chicago event this July. This is such a great city for Architecture. Consider coming to the July, PODAS Architecture workshop.

 

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Look Up

Look Up Chicago

As promised another Chicago shot.  This shot is of the Wrigley Building from the courtyard looking up.  When you are out to take a picture in any environment you must turn on your content aware instinct.  That means you must be looking everywhere, behind you, to your side, and up and down.  You’ll be amazed at what you see especially if you train your eyes to see as a frame.  This shot was simple, look straight up, catch the sun hitting the building and use the bridge to tie the image together. You can see more of my Chicago work at my Chicago Gallery On My Web Site.

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Off To Chicago

The Bean - Chicago, IL

So this is a week of travel . . . off to Chicago early on Monday.  I’ll be working on scouting locations for the PODAS Architecture Photography workshop in July as well as a number of other meetings and an IQ180 roll out at ProGear.  Drop me a note if you are going to be in Chicago.  So, what is better than an iconic Chicago photo to start the week out.  I’ll post a Chicago photo each day for a few days.  This one is of the bean.  I have hundreds of shots of this chrome monster and all are cool.  I liked this B&W version.

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A Little Color

Tulips, Holland, Michigan

Today is a cold damp, rainy, dreary Indiana day.  So today I thought of spring and present tulips keeping in mind it won’t be long until we see these popping through the earth.  This was shot in Holland, Michigan where they celebrate with a Tulip Feestival every spring.  Hope I can make it there this year.

 

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Not Very Happy

One thing I haven’t posted much of here on this blog is people and animals.  I am going to have to change that and today I present a mad animal.  This si a seal shot during a cold blowing snow morning in Antarctica.  These were big animals and the sounds they made were unearthly.  Anyway this guy wasn’t too happy that we were interrupting his nap.

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Diamonds On The Beach

Diamonds On The Beach, Iceland

This image is from Iceland and a beach close to a glacial lagoon.  What happens is this large glacier produces icebergs and these icebergs float around in this giant glacial lagoon.  eventually they find their way to the ocean.  There they float and eventually get thrown up on shore and left there at low tide.  It is amazing to walk onto this black sand beach and see these bergs.  Hundreds of them on a typical low tide as far as you can see.  Each one beautiful.  You could spend hours there shooting.

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Lower Antelope

Lower Antelope Slot Canyon

Antelope Canyon is like a rite of passage for a photographer.  So many have been there and they go just to say they did it.  I am no exception, yet I think I go so I can get some magical different images.  Antelope Canyon is not to far from Page Arizona.  There is a lot of other cool stuff to shoot in the area but the slot canyons are the place that are truly special.  This image was shot on a Phase One P45+ with a 2 minute exposure.  The Phase One backs work great because they do long exposures so well.  It is dark in the slot canyons and the backs also have a great dynamic range allowing you to capture highlight areas and shadow details.  I may post another Antelope picture tomorrow.

 

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The Long Haul

 

The Long Haul

 

It was a cold day when we set out to reach the top of a small mountain in Necko Harbor, Antarctica. It was one of those days with kind of white out conditions. There was no defining horizon just human beings in bright yellow parkas   white The view was spectacular and worth the long climb. The way back down was really fun as we all just sat down on the snow and slid all the way to the bottom and it was a long way. Just another great memory from a great trip.

 

 

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Different Angles

Palladium - Performing Arts Center- Carmel, IN

When I go out shooting I am always looking, moving my head, looking up, down and behind.  I love looking at things from different angles.  This is a shot of the new Palladium in Carmel, IN. It’s a magnificent building and I assure you that more images will appear here of this building.  This particular shot was made looking straight up.  I tried to show off the defining part of this building, carved limestone and columns.  Show with a 5dII with 17mm lens.  Then converted to BW in Capture One.