I enjoy all aspects of photography. admittedly I haven’t done much portraiture lately and that is my list of things to change. Wildlife has also been somewhat shallow. So, on a recent trip to Florida I stopped in the Everglades and played. Here is on the shots. an alligator and a bird in the same image. I always thought alligators ate the birds but they seem very happy with each other.
Tag: Canon 5dII
Lonely Boat
Sometimes something simple just works. This is one of those times. A boat by itself. You can read a lot into it if you want. Could be a good greeting card. Think of what you would say to describe this shot. This image was part of a large collections of images I made while visiting Newfoundland.
Scary Head
My favorite Antique, junk yard – Sunset Junque in Michigan is a photographer’s paradise. This image was of a paper mache character there. I love the blue eyes. I took the image shot with a Canon 5D11 and then ran it through the iPad adding some effects. I think I have made this image creepy enough. I posted another image I made here a few days ago. Look for more I have a lot of fun and great images from this place.
Creepy
There is this cool place I visit every year called Sunset Junk just outside of Saugatuck, Michigan. This a photographers’ paradise and you will see more images from this great place over time. This was shot of two mannequins sitting under old hair dryers with weeds growing around them. Shot on a Canon 5DII and then worked on in the iPhone.
Off To Chicago
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.
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.
Sleeping It Off
I travel to Denmark quite alot. I work for a Danish Company (Phase One) and each visit to Copenhagen is a pleasant surprise. Copenhagen is an amazing city and it is a city you always want to have a camera close by. When I get time off on my visits there I head out and do a lot of street photography. I have posted other images here from my walk-abouts. This one just struck me as one that says a lot. The Danes know how to party like no others. They also know how to recover as this poor chap is doing. This was done on one of my HDR days and the result kind of works here. I bet this guy woke with a major headache.
Nice Ice
Ice in Iceland of course. This image was shot in Iceland at the Glacial Lagoon. You could spend all day there shooting. Tough part is editing all the great images that you have photographed. This image was shot in a heavy wind with a long lens. The long lens compresses the shot. The pattern and color carrty off the rest really well.
Storm Bergs
Today I share a shot from my last trip to Antarctica. One thing you see while in Antarctica is vast seascapes. You can see storms moving across the horizon. Add to the storms a foreground of icebergs and you have a nice photograph. Shot with a 5dII with a 400mm lens. I have a lot of these kind if images and they are always nice to look at. If you ever go to Antarctica bring lots of data cards as you will take more photographs than you ever thought you could.
Long Island Boat House
I went through an HDR phase – High Dynamic Range photography. It’s fun and serves a purpose with digital photography as it allows you to show highlight and shadow detail in a contrasty lighting condition. Today too many photographers overuse it. For me, I kind of dabble in. I use it when it is needed which with Phase one cameras is not too often. In this shot taken at a boatyard where my son was painting the fishing boat he runs, I decided that I was going to sue it and I would go to the grunge look for the whole day. This is a shot of the little boat house. What’s cool is you can see inside the boathouse as well as detail in bright sun. I figured if I was going to do this I might as well exaggerate everything and bang here’s the shot. I have another one from this day I’ll publish at a later date.