This tree was just starting to leaf out. All the better to see the sunset I say.
Before Leaves
Windswept Powder
A pleasant slope with some windswept powder available for the taking. All you have to do is jump in and poach that line.
Incoming Cable Car
The cable car at Squaw Valley as it approaches its landing spot at the top. This is taken from the restaurant at High Camp, a perfect vantage point to see the magnificent cable car coming up the mountain.
Night Cycling
Bicycles available for borrowing outside of the h2hotel in Healdsburg, CA. Our destination was the Spoonbar inside the hotel, but I didn’t make it inside without noticing these sharp white bicycles. I especially liked the way the purplish lights created shadows of the bike pedals on the concrete below.
Night Driving
This is a project I’ve wanted to do for a while. The idea is simple but the execution can be a little more difficult. I mounted my camera with a wide angle lens between the seats of my car. With the manual exposure set and a remote shutter release in my hand I was off to the races, or at least the city streets. I had a little help from my trusty assistant to fire a flash inside the car manually during some of the exposures. My first attempt was with 3.2 sec exposures, and I liked the results. I’ll play around with varying the time next, so I either get blur, or more sharp context for what is going on outside the car.
After taking a ton of photos driving around looking for lights, I decided what I had would work well as a video. So here you go, not only a photo but also a video I put together of the shots from the evening!
The astute viewer will also notice a little subtle advertising!
One of These Things is Not Like the Others
Some delicious looking peppers in a Mexican grocery store. One of them was turning red, the rest were decidedly staying green. I took advantage of the contrast by having a little photo shoot.
While this is a pretty good pictures of peppers, those of you who know me know that this is not the best picture of peppers I have ever taken.
Sunset Trees
There was a brief time tonight when the sky just lit up. I ran out with my camera to a park and found some trees to add to the foreground. This is the result. The trees are just starting to bud out here, so you can still see through the branches to the beautiful clouds behind them.
Skyscraper
Taken from one of my favorite shooting locations in one of my favorite cities! This view of Chicago at night is fantastic, I shot it late at night but had enough light from the city to give it an eerie glow.
Wires Over City
Sometimes even the buses have to turn around and go back to where they came from. Such is the purpose of these wires in San Francisco. They provide electricity to the buses, and this is the end of one particular route, so the bus makes a u-turn and follows the wires back. I liked the way the center of the U stood out against the sunset that was just starting to happen.
Bangkok at Night
A scooter races by the bright lights of Soi Cowboy in Bangkok at night. We made our trip though this street short, but not before I had time to get some pictures of the neon lights and scooters racing everywhere.
