Leica M9
One of the great things about Cuba is that kids are just kids. Like everywhere. This group saw six of us (obviously American) photographers and wanted to ham it up. A bit different than Cubans in their 50's or 60's where Cuban life has worn them down.
It was joyful to see! And if you click on the continue link I'll show you another little surprise.
Leica M9, 50mm F/1.2, f/2.4, 1/4000, iso 160
It's Fun Seattle Sculpture Friday!
Canon 6D, 24-70mm F/2.8, f/2.8, 1/60, iso 800
Okay, doesn't take a lot of skill to make this image, but it is pretty. Well, you do have to be able to bend backward and hold still, so that counts for something.
Canon 6D, 70-300mm F/4.5, f/4.5, 1/1600, iso 100
From my Santa Barbara trip. Here's lookin' at you!
A momentary pause from my daily posting of amazing images. John Barclay, Dan Sniffin and I were shooting the Experience Music Project building in Seattle this week. We were getting some curious looks, especially Dan with his tripod, shooters vest and so on. Mostly people take a few snaps with their phones, right?
So we are standing there at one point and this scene develops just a few feet away from us. I immediately thought "redneck tripod!" I asked him about it, and without missing a beat he said (in his Southern drawl of course) "well, ya know, she's really very steady."
Canon 6D, 24-70 F/2.8, f/2.8, 1/500, iso 160
So I get asked to shoot the occasional wedding. It really has to be the right situation for me to want to do it. Some long time friends in California asked me recently and I couldn't resist. I had a great time shooting this very fun wedding.
I was "shooting the girls getting ready" and had already gotten a very nice shot of her shoes. But then she mentioned how much she liked hearts and so I got this idea of trying to make one with her shoes.
Pretty sweet?
Opening Page of the book Irish Light by Peter Cox
I believe I have mentioned before that as a kid I did a lot of fishing with my Dad and other family members. While my Dad could happily while away a few hours in the trout stream, if I'm not catching fish, I'm getting bored. So I would often do some hiking, or (even better) dirt biking to fill in the time.
With photography, we sometimes have similar moments (minutes/hours), waiting for the light or atmospheric conditions to put our subject "in the best light."
When on photo tours, I'll often fill in this time taking pictures of my friends. While I am always up for a "happy snap," that provides a memory for us, I'm more after something that shows my friends as photographers, in their landscape.
One morning up on Conor Pass we spent many cold minutes waiting for the sunrise. Which was more than worth it. Shortly before I took the shot above I had become interested in the morning glow of the grasses. They were wet and glistened with the day's first light. As I was working out how I might shoot them, our guide Peter Cox just happened to stroll right through.
Big tripod and view camera over his shoulder like a proper landscape photographer!
I quickly focused on him and fired off several frames. When we returned to breakfast at our hotel, many of us had our laptops out and were reviewing the morning's shoot. When John Barclay saw this image on my screen he got really excited, and explained that Peter was about to publish his first book, but had no picture of himself. He showed Peter my image and the rest, as they say, is history.
Here is a link to Peter Cox's website, and you can order his book there. In addition to my picture of him, there are many other attractive landscape images! In all seriousness, it's a gorgeous work. He happily ships worldwide. Tell him you are friend of mine and he just might inscribe it for you.
Sony NEX-7, 18-200mm, f/11, 1/40, iso 100
Having a bit of fun with one of my Ixtapa pelicans. This one is for you Caren!
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