In a world of so many great photographers and writers, I am venturing into some unknown territories, leaving comfort zones, finally very willing to practice the art of seeing. By maintaining the practice of posting daily photos, I hope to continue learning about the possibilities that I trust are out there for the taking.
It’s difficult to get close enough to these guys to capture a shot. The weather has been incredible the last few days so when Ray drove by the window in his golf cart and asked if I wanted to come out, it was a no brainer. Ray golfed and I shot.
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I wasn’t planning on going out to shoot tonight. I was going to spend the day going through a couple of stacks of papers that has been growing far too long and tall. But the last few days we’ve had vultures hanging around and seeing them all by water’s edge tonight was too tempting to forgo an opportunity to not only shoot them but to get out in our new balmy weather.
A neighbor I haven’t talked to was out walking his dogs. So much for shots of the vultures. But I did enjoy, when the two dogs weren’t jumping on me, watching the dogs having fun running around after balls and then swimming after a ball.
I’d like to have a dog again, but I am afraid I like my freedom too much. But boy do they make great subjects to photograph. I think I’ll just keep shooting all my neighbor’s dogs.
Camera settings: Manual mode, ISO 2000, 1/500 sec at f/5.6 Canon EOS 5D Mark 11, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Dennis Olgas, owner of DOS Salon in Palm Desert, CA., where I get my hair cut regularly, supported a fundraiser called Preventing Suicide in STYLE by offering $20 haircuts to adults and children with all proceeds going to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He asked me to take some photos.
Pictured in the group photo, far right, is Jessica van der Stad, Area Director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Dennis, Jessica and his gang of volunteer hair cutters.
There was a tree filled with photos of loved ones and notes expressing beloved farewells just outside the salon.
Not much time to work on my Canada photos, nor shoot anything new. Here is a photo I shot on the opposite bank of a river than where the other photographers were shooting. The last remaining sun and shadows were what caught my eye.
Trying to find time to go through the 4000+ Mentor Series Workshop photos I shot last week. One thing one of our mentors, Layne Kennedy stressed….”Make notes of where you were when you shot your photos.” I’ve forgotten the names of these two places. Anyone in our workshop remember?
Looking up from deep within Johnston Ice Canyon I happily spotted this isolated tree.
Tomorrow I have to turn in only 5 of the many photos I shot today. I’ve gotten my selections down to six.
Now it’s your turn. Which photo should I leave out. We workshop attendees get to have our workshop leader review our work tomorrow.
Thanks in advance.
Ice rink snow removal from Lake Louise at the Fairmont Hotel in Banff.
Snowboarder posing for our photo group after she and other snowboarders performed while we shot.
Skier I caught coming down a run at the Lake Louise Ski Resort.
View from a bridge on Hwy 1a outside Banff.
Shore bank on the river we stopped at on Hwy 1a.
Up at a view point in the Norquay area.
Jen, Ann and June at the top of the 25 minute climb.
Jen doing well balancing on a rock while I shoot her.
Tomorrow I’m off in my new car for 5 days. The days will be filled with activities but hopefully I’ll find/make some time to shoot for more than quick grabs.
This color got me out the door (and away from early morning computin').
This color got me to put on my duck poop protection boots and walk to water's edge before the clouds moved in and the sun never came out again today.
Jen and I drove up Whitney Portal Road and on the way back to Lone Pine we excitedly jumped out of the car and played with our cameras. This was the day before we met we met Ray, Ann and Melissa and drove up Cottonwood Road to camp out before our Mt Whitney backpack last summer.
Almost missing the sunrise I sprinted across Hwy 395 and caught some first light on Mt Whitney. The color was intense but I wanted to see what a Black and White conversion would look like.
Here is the color version of another shot. Wish I'd gotten here sooner and taken my time to shoot. My settings were: 1/30 sec at f/13, ISO640 on the Canon 7D. Lens-EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens.