I will be doing Svalabrd Photo Tours for 2020 and 2021. These are amazing trips and you get to see beautiful polar region scenes but more than anything else expereince majestic wildlife. You’ll see birds, whales, Polar Bears and Walrus like I have shown here.
As I have said many times, there is no better place to shoot rust than in the polar regions. This is from a whale oil tank on Deception Island in Antarctica.
Once again I’m back in Silo City taking the whole symmetry balanced industrial images a step further. This one with more angles and a downward funnel in the shot. I just love this place.
I love shooting rust and industrial landscapes. It breaks up the routine of shooting nature and allows me a set of fresh eyes on different types of subjects. This image and tomorrows image was made in Silo City in Buffalo. This one location has provided me with an extraordinary amount of photographic opportunities. What I try to do in situations like this is to find symmetry and balance in the industrial components and then play with the light to take the image even further. I decided that black and white worked best for these.
The team is all here. We had a terrific open house at the gallery this past Friday and Saturday. We had a ton of people visit us and it was a good time to talk photography with our many visitors as well as make some good sales. In this photo is Michael Durr our videographer, Debra-Fadely Raber and yours truly. Michale made this image with the Insta 360, a new camera we have been testing for an upcomig review on our new website photoPXL.com.
On one of my trips to Silo City which is a Grain Silo complex in Buffalo, NY I had the chance to ride a Buffalo fireboat. For me, this was really cool as I was a firefighter for 26 years. We took this fireboat out to the inlet that drew in the water for the water processing plant in Buffalo, NY. You have seen and will see more images of this facility in my blog here. So, while on the fireboat I took the opportunity to photograph everything there was. This is one of those images. I like the stream of water, the rainbow and then the curve of the bow of the ship.
Any of you have been following me for a while know that I enjoy shooting rust. Many call me a rushaholic and that could be true. I love the color of rust and texture. This image I shot on Deception Island in the Antarctica region. There is the best rust ever in the polar regions. This shot was made at an old whaling station and shot with a Nikon Z7.
I’m all about Polar Bears. I have been photographing them for years mainly in Svlabard, Norway. This ismage was made from a. Zodiac while tracking the bear along the shore line. II’m heading to Russia this summer to a new location to see if I can photograph a lot of bears with cubs. These animals are in extreme danger due to climate change.
I have gone to a workshop by Mark Maio at Silo City in Buffalo, NY. Great place to photograph and as a bonus, he arranges a trip to the Buffalo Waterworks where you can photograph amazingly big pumps with big pipes. I love this stuff.
A few months ago I visited Hokkaido, Japan to lead a small workshop of photographers. it was a great experience and I have to say Hokkaido is an amazingly beautiful region. I look forward to returning someday in the future. This image was made with the Fuji Xt3 and 100-400mm lens with a 1.4 extender on it.