Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Old cabins




What makes old cabin so cool.... That's easy perspective!!!!

Gateway to Zion


This mountain is the mountain in the town of Rockville as you make your way to Zions National Park.....

Old farm equipment...

Old farm equipment is often overlooked... But for some reason I couldn't overlook this old tractor. It reminds me of my grandpas..I think it has a lot of character...



Old bridge







Old bridges and photographs should go hand and hand. This bridge is a one lane bridge going to the old ghost town of Grafton from Rockville.

Natural frames.....

















I am always in search of natural frames when I shoot landscape shots. I found these natural frames in an old stable window. The old barn wood really makes a cool natural frame.

Color versus Black and White

I found when you take pictures of old wooden buildings, the monochrome or black and white feature of your camera really sets the mood of the picture.


The picture in color is so so.










Now when it is shot in monochrome It sets the mood of the picture and brings out the nostalgia of it.














And to take it one step further add something to the foreground.













Your finished picture is ready for a magazine or in this case a blog site!!!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Sometimes the planets just align!!!!

I took this shot and didn't think much of it, until I got home and looked at it on my HD monitor. My jaw dropped...I am a firm believer now in polarized lens with landscape shots. I used an exposure of f11 1/200 ISO 500 52mm WB3000K

I thought I saw a face in this!!!

This picture reminds me of the red robot in rockem sockem robots... The picture shows some great color contrast along the red side of the spectrum. I used a polarized Hoya lens and an exposure of f25 1/125 ISO 500 75mm

The Kaleidoscope

I love tinkering with multiple exposures. This is a shot looking straight up in slot canyon, This is two pictures in one. It reminds me of being a kid and looking through my kaleidoscope.. I used two exposures of f10 1/160 ISO 320 22mm and to produce the kaleidoscopic effect without the computer is my little secret !!

Pine valley is in my sandstone sight!!

I was walking along the sugarloaf and spotted this shot I couldn't help but think pine valley mountain is in the sights of a sandstone gun..
I used a polarized Hoya lens and an exposure of f25 1/125 ISO 500 85mm