Spotlight from Heaven
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010As I was driving to Clear Creek Canyon this morning to photograph the Pasque wildflower blooms, I topped out over a hill and had this magnificent view of the Flatirons and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) building. The overcast skies opened up and this huge beam shown down on the Flatirons. Simply Beautiful. [...]
Sunrise at Bear Lake
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009This past weekend, some friends I’ve made through the Scott Kelby Photowalks over the last couple of years, got together for a sunrise shoot up inside Rocky Mountain National Park at Bear Lake. Bear Lake is about 2.5 hours away from me, and sunrise is about 7:10am, you do the math — it was an [...]
Simple Sunrise with Venus and Waning Crescent Moon
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009I wanted to get up early Wednesday morning to see the Lyrids Meteor Shower in the wee hours just before sunrise, as well as possibly photographing the Waning Crescent Moon as it cuddled up with Venus. This image was one of the keepers from this early morning shoot. Simple composition, good colors, and highly visible [...]
Another Couple of Experiments From Pawnee Shoot
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Here are a couple more sunrise images I’ve been playing with in Lightroom using LR/Mogrify for the digital mats and text. What do you think of the cropped sizes and mat bordering? (Click on an image for a larger view.)
Pawnee Buttes National Grasslands
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Pawnee Buttes and National Grasslands Shoot I took off very early this morning on what was to be a scouting trip to the Pawnee Buttes and the Grasslands that surround them, up in north central Colorado. I did a little research Saturday night and uncovered a Visitors Guide PDF as well as a detailed map [...]
Arches & Canyonlands Photo Shoot
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Trip Report Steve Parker and I had been talking about a photo trip out Moab to shoot Arches NP and Canyonlands NP for several years now. Schedules, timing and whatever, always seemed to get in the way…. Well, we finally made it happen this past February and we even coerced our friend Lori Stone to [...]