Walking on the Moon
Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens – 1/20 second, f/4.5, ISO 100
Climb On
I’m in Southern Utah for a weekend rock climbing trip with the family and some friends. Before heading out to the walls and going off the grid for a few days, I thought I’d post an image that fits in with the activities.
This image was taken as part of a series I did recently for Michelle to use on her blog. Photographing in the rock climbing gym can be a bit tricky because the existing lighting is pretty ‘blah’ and using strobes isn’t really much of an option. For this shot I found a spot on the lead climbing wall that had sunlight hitting it from an overhead window and had the climber get into that area while I stood on the top of a 10′ ladder. The sunlight created a rather hard shadow which I later softened with a fill-light, but I kind of like it in this capture.
Have a great weekend!
The new PhotowalkingUtah.com
After considerable work by many members of Photowalking Utah, we are pleased to have launched the new PhotowalkingUtah.com website this morning. Special thanks have to go to group member Jeremy Hall who took the lead in designing the new site. Thanks man!
Please visit the site today at http://photowalkingutah.com and add it to your bookmarks and/or RSS reader
Photowalking Utah – Gardner Village
The details on the next Photowalking Utah event have been finalized. The group will be exploring the Halloween themed Gardner Village in West Jordan on Saturday October 18th. Here is the info from the official announcement:
Ghosties, Goblins, and Photowalkers!
Please join us for the next Photowalk Utah event, Saturday, October 18th at 3:30pm. We will wander through the witches, ghosts and goblins of Gardner Village in West Jordan to enjoy the Halloween festivities and atmosphere.
This month’s photowalk will be a family affair. Bring your family and especially the kids! While you capture images, your family can enjoy the shopping, events and activities sponsored by Gardner Village.
Check out this link to see all that is happening at Gardner Village.
www.gardnervillage.com/events.php
No fee to enter Gardner Village, but you might want some cash for caramel apples and other junk food.
Please meet at Archibald’s Restaurant at 3:300pm to start the photowalk. To conclude this month’s event, at 6:00pm we plan to reconvene at Archibald’s for food, warm drinks and share our captures.
Watch the weather forecasts and dress accordingly.
For those not familiar with this location, Gardner Village can be found at
1100 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT
www.gardnervillage.com/
As always, these events are free of charge and open to photographers of all skill levels. It doesn’t matter what kind of camera you use and how good you are with it, you are welcome to attend. If you want to get to know other local people who share an enthusiasm in photography, this is an excellent place to start.
Sadly, I will be on a camping trip in Southern Utah and will miss out on this ‘walk. I can’t wait to see the images as they make their way into the group’s Flickr pool.
Found: 1936 Family Portrait
This vintage family portrait from the Twin Falls Public Library was recently featured in the Twin Falls Idaho Times-News newspaper. It ran under the headline of Photographic Memory. Alongside the picture was this caption:
A group portrait of 15 people and a dog is all the information the library has on this photo.
My cousin, who lives in the area, saw the image and immediately recognized family members. She scanned the newspaper page and emailed it to my mother to verify. Yep, this was my family. My mother was able to identify every person in the image. When my cousin went to the library to give them the info, they were kind enough to provide hi-res scans of the image to our family.
I won’t go into the all the details of who is in the portrait, but the baby seated in a lap in the front row is my mother being held by my grandfather. That large man in the middle is my great-grandfather.
What a great find. Since the original image has a fair amount of damage, my next step will be to do a digital restoration of it before making a print for my mother.
Behind the Scenes – Christmas Stock Shoot
Here it is only October 7th and I’m feeling a bit tired of Christmas images. I have spent the better part of the past 14 days devoted to creating holiday shots for my stock portfolio, but now I think I’m done.
My last shoot was in a living room of a model’s home. The theme was similar to the earlier shoot featuring Alyssa wrapping presents.
By shooting in the living room, even though not much of the location came through in the final images, I was able to have a little bit of a different look than in the earlier Christmas shots. As can be seen in the behind-the-scenes shot (top of page), I used a three softbox setup for a soft light that wrapped around the subject nicely. Even though I had a fairly bright window behind me, it wasn’t providing enough light to affect my exposure.
To see my complete set of Holiday themed images on iStock, visit the lightbox by clicking here.
