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Daily Images by Kevin Raber

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Back From Iceland

Icebergs on the beach. They just glowed. We hot the beach at the right time with the right light. What you don't see is the gaggle of Chinese tourists that I had to work around to get this shot.
Icebergs on the beach. They just glowed. We got to the beach at the right time with the right light. What you don’t see is the gaggle of Chinese tourists that I had to work around to get this shot.

You may have noticed I have been absent from any recent posts.  This was due to leading a workshop in Iceland for Luminous-Landscape.  We had a great workshop and we saw and did some amazing things.  It was quite the adventure for sure.  We had everything Iceland could throw at us weather wise.  From cold and high winds to beautiful mild winter weather with perfect clouds. So, to get things caught up I will share a number of images I had posted on Facebook during the trip.  My camera for this trip was the Sony A7rII as well as my iPhone.   I had fun using both and you’ll see images made with each.  These images are just a drop in the bucket of some beautiful images I have come home with.  More will be coming.  I am leading another Iceland workshop in June.  And in a few weeks will head off to Patigonia and the Altiplano for two back to back workshops.  So, expect lots of images.

Stockiness, one of my favorites places. I have a number of different and dramatic shots made here over the years.
Stockiness, one of my favorites places. I have a number of different and dramatic shots made here over the years.
Iceberg on the beach
Iceberg on the beach
Sunrise from the Black Church
Sunrise from the Black Church
Abstract of the tires on Daniel Bergmann's super bus
Abstract of the tires on Daniel Bergmann’s super bus
Do sunsets get any better than this?
Do sunsets get any better than this?
Celebrating Northern Lights
Celebrating Northern Lights
Church in a blizzard
Church in a blizzard
Pano at one of the many glaciers we visited
Pano at one of the many glaciers we visited
Church in a snowstorm
Church in a snowstorm
Me, a bit frozen and crusted with Ice after shooting waterfall
Me, a bit frozen and crusted with Ice after shooting waterfall
A little of fun late at night with the Northern Lights
A little of fun late at night with the Northern Lights
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I Made Her Fly

FB_DSF0183-retLast spring I visited Buffalo, New York and participated in a workshop at Silo City.  This is a complex of old abandoned grain elevators.  I hired a model one day there and did a large number of images.  it was good to get back to taking images of people.  On this image I wanted to make the model levitate off the floor.  It worked pretty well.  It was fun too.

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Dragging The Shutter

Dressed Out Horse
Dressed Out Horse

Every now and then I like to play.  Actually I like to play a lot.  I was at the state fair last August and went to the carriage event in the arena area.  I decided I’d take all images at long exposure.  This meant using the motor drive and just trying to get focus correct and then to move the camera with the subject.  I shot hundreds of images and a good deal of them didn’t turn out.  But, every now and then you get a winner.  Here is one I liked.

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Church On A Hill

Church On A Hill, Dolomites, Italy
Church On A Hill, Dolomites, Italy

The Dolomites in Italy is an amazing area for a wide range of photography.  Majestic mountains, incredible sunrises and sunsets and beautiful villages tucked away in little mountain hideaways.  This image was made at sunrise and the Phase One IQ 180 back allowed the wide dynamic range to be captured.  What an amazing location!

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Arches National Park

Arches National Park
Arches National Park

If you want to visit some astounding locations for photography make a point to visit Moab, UT.  From there it is a short drive to Arches National Park as well as Canyon lands.   I could spend all day shooting in just a few locations there is so much to see.  This image was made at dusk while there was still some snow on the ground.  Shot with an IQ 180 digital back from Phase One the detail in it is shape from foreground to background.

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Fall Colors – A Walk In The Woods

Fall Colors, Algonquin NP, Canada
Fall Colors, Algonquin NP, Canada

Taking a walk in the woods is always a nice thing to do, but with a camera it turns into an adventure.  This was made while walking through Algonquin NP in Canada.  As a photographer you train yourself to see the world in frames.  You look around at the surrounding environment and try to see things as if they were framed in the viewfinder of a camera.  You look, up, down, left, right and behind you.  And, if you are lucky you see a shot.  This one caught my attention and had all the elements of a defining image of fall.  Color, a fallen birch tree, mushrooms, pine needles and color.  I was dubious of such a strong horizontal of the tree going through the image but in the end I think it worked.