On Wednesday, my family lost one of the most charming and loving men in the world. And while I know that I’m insanely lucky to have had 30 years together, it still doesn’t seem like enough.
I won’t dwell on it here. But I do want to say, to all of you photographers out there, take more photos of the people you love.
I took this photo last time we were in Phoenix. I probably have 500+ photos of desert and trees and grapefruit — and only a handful of the people that made the trip what it was. And right now, that handful of photos is the best thing in the world.
This might be a better example of these lens and flash filters…
I’m trying to do more photo-exploring during the day. Since I work in such an industrial area, there are a lots of little goodies like this. More to come.
A few shots from last night. We were at Enso Winery with some friends. Did I mention that we got a new camera? Whaaaaaaaa.
This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide.
Spain’s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories.
The goal was to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy along with one of the most amazing mountains I know El Teide. I have to say this was one of the most exhausting trips I have done. There was a lot of hiking at high altitudes and probably less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the whole week. Having been here 10-11 times before I had a long list of must-see locations I wanted to capture for this movie, but I am still not 100% used to carrying around so much gear required for time-lapse movies.
A large sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April (bit.ly/g3tsDW) and at approx 3am in the night the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own eyes.
Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.
Unbelievable.
Source: vimeo.com
I’m just finishing up some photos from my trip to Utah this past weekend. Here’s a panoramic of Grandview Point in Canyonlands National Park. Click on the image to see it larger.
And this: from Arches National Park.
A few photos from the road: This while driving around, scouting locations today.
I’m on my way to Colorado/Utah to second-shoot a wedding with Brighten Photography this weekend. My friend Ben got there earlier today and emailed me the photo above. I’m pretty excited.
