Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A nice surprise
I was out shooting the fog and frost this morning when I saw the light sparkling off of this frosty grass. After downloading and looking at the image on the computer screen, I noticed the light refracting through the frost created an almost Christmas light look...a nice surprise.
goo, goo g'joob
Friday, October 15, 2010
Another feature photo hunt
I was in need of multiple "wild art" (as we sometimes call it in the biz) photos for Friday's paper. I was hoping for another foggy, frosty morning as we had had the day before, but, of course, when I looked outside I saw sunny, blue sky.
As I headed out to begin my hunt for feature photos I was a little concerned that this was going to be a difficult task. I stopped to shoot some cattle grazing south of town just so I had something. Then as I looked to the north, I saw that there was indeed fog hanging over Lake Granby.
I quickly made my way to the reservoir and drove along the south shore where the fog seemed to be the thickest. I was starting to see several possibilities when I spotted a fisherman trolling along the shore in his boat. Things were looking up. I shot several frames of him that I thought were going to be exactly what I needed when I saw two mergansers perched on a rock.
This is one of those moments where you hope you can maintain focus on the subject and the other camera settings are correct. It is also an image that I had been hoping to capture for quite a while. Page 1 photo done.
goo, goo g'joob
As I headed out to begin my hunt for feature photos I was a little concerned that this was going to be a difficult task. I stopped to shoot some cattle grazing south of town just so I had something. Then as I looked to the north, I saw that there was indeed fog hanging over Lake Granby.
I quickly made my way to the reservoir and drove along the south shore where the fog seemed to be the thickest. I was starting to see several possibilities when I spotted a fisherman trolling along the shore in his boat. Things were looking up. I shot several frames of him that I thought were going to be exactly what I needed when I saw two mergansers perched on a rock.
I shot several frames of them and then one of the birds slipped into the water. I kept my lens trained on him and I must have somehow spooked him, because all of a sudden, he decided to take off.
goo, goo g'joob
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Rainy morning
Thursday, October 7, 2010
My favorite photo from today
It's that time of the year where I get behind with what I was hoping to do. Between work and coaching soccer I haven't had much extra time, so I have fallen behind on my posting. The three wildfires we have had in the area in the past three weeks haven't helped either and I need to do a post just on the experience of covering my first wildfires.
In any event, here is a photo from an assignment this morning where I shot work on a small bridge and dam in Grand Lake. This photo doesn't work for the story we were doing, but I found it to be visually interesting. These are hoses from pumps that are keeping water out of the work area--about 70 feet of a canal that has been drained so workers can access the small dam. I was drawn to the scene by the colors reflected in the water. This would fall into the "color for color's sake" category--a term I was first introduced to by famed photographer Jay Maisel. Basically the color makes the photo, there is no real subject.
goo, goo g'joob
In any event, here is a photo from an assignment this morning where I shot work on a small bridge and dam in Grand Lake. This photo doesn't work for the story we were doing, but I found it to be visually interesting. These are hoses from pumps that are keeping water out of the work area--about 70 feet of a canal that has been drained so workers can access the small dam. I was drawn to the scene by the colors reflected in the water. This would fall into the "color for color's sake" category--a term I was first introduced to by famed photographer Jay Maisel. Basically the color makes the photo, there is no real subject.
goo, goo g'joob
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