Three trips to Antarctica and I have thousands of images that are standout. I think it is time to gather the images together and make a book. There are not enough hours in the day and I do have a regular job. I have a lot of trips with images still waiting for editing and printing. Today’s image was shot from a zodiac on a cruise in Paradise Bay on my first trip to Antarctica. I love this image and the reflection. Shot with a P45+ hand held.
I love shooting tress and this shot was done in Zion National Park. Shot with a Phase One P45+ camera and a 150mm lens it brings out all the color and contrast to make the pine trees stand out. If you ever get a chance to visit Zion do so after October 31st. This park is most beautiful in early November or after a fresh coating of light snow.
Ahhh…Antarctica…..I have a love for this place. It’s a life changing environment with natural beauty and a light unlike any other place on earth. It’s a dynamic environment, especially for photographers. It can’t be clichéd. An image taken one day won’t be there the next. This iceberg was huge. I have hundreds of iceberg images. This one stands out. You can’t imagine the size of some of these. They are as big as cities they float aimlessly around the oceans and eventually melt away or break into smaller pieces. So, you take one of these beasts and then throw light on it and you get images like this.
A shot done in an old abandoned house and worked on using an iPhone.
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.
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.
Today’s image was made in Upper Antelope Canyon. I have a ton of images from these slot canyons and they are all very beautiful. This was shot with a Phase One p45+. Why is this different? The Phase One cameras allow you to shoot in an environment like this which by the way is pretty dark, and do long exposures. Add to this the ability to have a large dynamic range , meaning you can shoot on one exposure and get good details in highlights and shadows. You cannot do this most DSLR cameras out there. the p45+ allows for exposures up to one hour or more. Some of these shots I did of Antelope are up to 15 minutes. I’ll post more from these canyons over the coming months. Also what’s cool when photographing in these canyons is the yellow-ornage walls absorb light as light filter down allowing some of the light to turn a wonderful color blue. That is where the blue in the image comes from.