Category: IQ180

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In Iceland

Hraunfossar Barnafoss – waterfalls that flow from a lava field

We awoke to a mixed bag of weather typical Iceland style.  After loading the vehicles we began our journey to Stykkisholmur which is a peninsula in Iceland.  We will be expiring this area for the next few days before heading south.  On the way we visited an amazing set of waterfalls that for the most part flow out and from a lava field.  The area is know as Hraunfossar Barnafoss. After spending a time there we continued our journey and the weather turned into gael force winds.  We battled these winds all the way to the hotel.  We will be exploring the coastline and a small glacier today.  After dinner last evening Peter Eastway kicked off the lecture part with a stimulating program with his photography and what you can do to make an image better.

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Iceland Just A Few Days Off

Black sand and Icebergs, Iceland

I just got back at 3AM last night from Arizona doing the prep work for the November PODAS workshop – Monuments and Canyons.  I’ll share more when we launch the details soon.  On Monday I leave for a nary two week trip in Iceland.  I am leading a PODAS workshop there and we will have a spectacular time and with 21 hours of daylight we’ll be shooting and not sleeping.  Todays photo was made on a beach where icebergs wash up.  It’s really quite a sight to see.  Look for more and follow the workshop as we blog it at the link HERE.

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Monument Valley Classic

Classic Monument Valley

I am winding my trip down in AZ and heading home tomorrow.  I have a few more meetings today to arrange hotels and back country tours then I am home.  Sunday I will be attending Art Wolfe’s program in Chicago.  Art is a good friend and one of the finest outdoor photographers on the plane.  His talks are truly inspiring.  Art has taught on PODAS workshops and will be featured on a few terrific ones for 2012.  Today shot was made in Monument Valley on the loop road at sunset.  Just a crazy place to be when the light starts to change.

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Magic Light

God Rays, Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ

I am out in Arizona working on the details for a November PODAS workshop.  It will include the Monument Valley area and Slot Canyons of Page, AZ.  Today I spent some time in Upper Antelope canyon shooting and checking it out.  There are two canyons upper and lower and both are great places for photos.  On the workshop not only will we spend time in each of these but we also visit some canyons that you only can see if you know the right people.  The same goes for Monument Valley.  I’ll post information about this workshop when I have all the details.  This is just one cool image with sun rays shooting to the canyon floor.  I have a lot of keepers from today.

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Monument Valley Classic

Classic Monument Valley

Monument Valley located in Southern Utah and bordering on the AZ line.  A Navajo reservation with some absolutely spectacular natural stone formations.  There are many ways to see this magnificent place.  There are tours and a 14 mile road you can drive yourself and stop along the way.  Or, you can take a PODAS photography workshop and experience with the best instructors and cameras there are.  I’ll be posting a few more images over the next few days.

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Pilgrims Bed

Pilgrims Bed, Mexico

On my recent trip to Mexico I had the opportunity to visit a church not too far from San Miguel where there was a pilgrimage of about 1000 men.  They come to this church for a week of worship.  They all sleep there and everyone sets up a sleeping area like you see above.  Pretty amazing place and some great images were made there.

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Windows

Old Abandoned Hotel, San Miguel, Mexico

Here is another shot made at the abandoned hotel in San Miguel, Mexico.  This was such a fun place to shoot.  I embellished the image a bit to add to the mood and overall despair of this building.  Shot with a Phase One IQ180 this image has spectacular detail and allows me to hold the dynamic exposure range of highlights to shadows.

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Mexican Hotel Room

Hotel Room - After a wild party, Mexcio

On my PODAS workshop trip in Mexico, we had the chance to shoot in an abandoned hotel,  This hotel was well on its way to being  luxury hotel until they figured out it was sitting under a dam and the dam just might someday break and wipe out the hotel and its guests.  Sounds like good planning to me.  This is a shot of one of the hotel rooms that never got finished. Shot with a Phase One IQ 180 and 28mm lens.