We are on our second day of the PODAS workshop in New Zealand. We have a great group of attendees and instructors. Best of all we have had the most incredible sunsets and sunrises that I have experienced in quite some time. We are shooting so much cool stuff. If you are not a friend of mine on FaceBook please just type my name into the search menu and become a friend. That way you can see posts as they happen. Also, visit the PODAS blog at www.podas.info and see our workshop as it happens.
After nearly 30 hours of travel I arrived in New Zealand dead tired. So I crashed early and then awoke at 5AM to witness a beautiful sunrise. So I sat in my sweats and took photos from the deck of the house we are using in Queenstown.
I work for a great company Phase One and we make the best cameras and software in the world. Recently we released a new version of our RAW image processor Capture On 7. This new software is so good ( and I am not kidding) that I am going back and re-working some of the tougher images I have. And, C1 7 is kicking ass with these images. Here is one taken in the Palouse last year with an Iq180. I have another from the same morning I’ll post tomorrow. I can see a long winter ahead re-working many images. That is also equal to a lot of wine drinking.
As you can tell from previous posts I was leading a PODAS workshop in Monument Valley and the Slot Canyons last wee. We had a great time and great images. To do photography in remote areas we needed to use Indian guides. We had 4 really great guides in Monument Valley. The guide who was driving the 4WD drive I was in had many of his own secret spots. Seems all the Indian guides have locations that they consider theirs. This was one of those spots. Very nice at sunrise.
The beauty and curse of Icealnd this time of year is there is no darkness. You go from sunset to sunrise in a matter of 2 hours with just this strange twilight in between. This image ws shot at the Glacial Lagoon more on the sunset side of things.
So strange to read weather reports back home about how hot it is. As I lead a workshop group through the many beautiful locations in Iceland I find I am always dressing in layers. Sometimes the wind bellows and it feels like winter. Other times it is in the 30’s. No matter what though we have a had a week of amazing color, weather and a chance to shoot with 14 great people with a true passion for photography. You can follow the adventure at www.podas.info.. The image above was done at The Glacial Lagoon as the moon set. It never gets dark, just kind of this blueish grey light. Hard to sleep when it is never dark and we find ourselves out at 2-5 AM in the morning. Lots of fun, great image that you will soon see more of.
Happy easter Sunday. It’s a great day here in Indianapolis today. I wanted to share an image that is a sunrise in Antarctica. Actually it’s the tail end of sunset. See the sun really never goes away it just kind of gets real low and gives you four hours of sunset or two of sunset and two of sunrise. Either way like a lot of things you see in Antarctica it is a constant reminder that there is something greater out there creating all of this each day. The things I have seen on my three trips there as well other experiences has allowed me to feel closer spiritually to god and the magnificent things that have been created. My photography allows me each day to capture a little piece of that and share it like I do here.
On one of my trips to Bryce Canyon I had one of those magic moment light sunrises. Snow and this golden light and so much to shoot. This is one shot. I like the tree with the softer focus of the hillside in the background. Because this was short with a Phase One camera there is immense detail in the shot. The roots clinging to the rocky surface and the try trying to defy the elements. Love it!
Well you may have noticed that I have not made posts for several days. I was quite busy when in Copenhagen setting up all the infrastructure for this years PODAS workshops. We managed to set up three new workshops as well as take care of a lot of planning and a marketing plan for that will be an excellent workshop series this year. Todays image was made several hers ago while cruising Antarctica. The sky for several hours just stayed a purple color as the sun just set below the horizon but it never got dark. Kind of like a sunset that turns into sunrise in a matter of 90 minutes. Anyway today was a cold day when I awoke so I though it to be a good iceberg day.
It has been a rainy free days in Seattle. Typical. So, early Saturday morning I am in line to catch a ferry to Bainbridge Island and start my two day trip through ONP. I see the fireboat and ferry coming in with the pink in the clouds, hinting at sin some sun. Bam, got the shot. Color, composition, everything just worked for that one moment. The ONP is going to make a great location for an upcoming PODAS workshop this fall. Hard to take any photos yesterday as it rained the whole time and I mean heavy rain. I am about to head out the door with the Phase One IQ180 and ALPA set up and hopefully today get some decent images. Let’s see what I come back with.