Rob’s Hot Shots: PEI Set 2 – A Little Less Simple
I wonder how many thousands of tourists walk by North Rustico Beach in PEI National Park on a yearly basis? During high season, I suspect that 1000s of snapshots are taken on the beaches of the park, and you figure that North Rustico Beach, being right at one of the entrances of the park, would mean that many other photographers have captured these scences. Yet, a 15 minute Google Image and Flickr search yields no images even remotely similar to these two.
Read MoreRob’s Hot Shots – PEI Set 1: Simplicity
During our June vacation in Prince Edward Island, we were greeted with rather foul weather for the first 6 days – heavy cloud cover, strong winds, drizzle and rain. The light was flat, and the beautiful colors of the PEI landscape were not to be seen… Typical Maritimes weather, but not in mid-June! This weather forced me to get a bit creative, and gave me a great opportunity to test out my latest filter: the Lee Big Stopper, a 10-stop (!!!) neutral density filter, which slows down exposures by a factor of about 1500.
Read MoreThe Arizona Light & Color Tour – Epilogue
G’day everyone,
Early on in our communications about this trip, Eliot had made it clear to me that there was a singular image that he simply had to get or he would consider the entire venture to be a disappointment. I had so far done my job, always standing close to Eliot in case he needed advise about composition, filters, choice of lenses, to check his histogram and suggest some exposure compensation, and, at times, he reciprocated with valuable suggestions of his own. We made a good team. Owing to our due diligence and good fortune we had already taken a number of publishable photos. Still, as we drove up to Moab, Utah, I couldn’t shake the apprehension I continued to feel about fulfilling my role in this enterprise because we had yet to nail Eliot’s prize, what he considered to be the Holy Grail of our southwest tour – the stunning image of Mesa Arch aglow at sunrise.
Read MoreThe 2010 Arizona Light & Color Tour, Part I
G’day Everyone,
One would think that leading an exclusively landscape photography tour in Arizona, the off chance of spotting a California Condor or Elk notwithstanding, would be a piece of cake. Heck, it should even be easier than photographing fall foliage in New England since, after all, fall colors are ephemeral and tumble to the ground within a few days after turning and, as unlikely as it seems, one can actually miss peak autumn color! (Believe me, I ought to know.) But the rain-bowed rocks and famed geological formations of the American southwest – the buttes, mesas, canyons, and arches, well, they aren’t tumbling down or losing their vermilions and ochres and burnt oranges anytime soon, unless you’re a geologist and consider, say, five million years “soon”. Yes, one would think that getting world-class images of these locations is as easy as, well, pointing and shooting.
Read MoreThe Joys of Winter Photography
In the colder North American climate, such as found in southern Quebec and Vermont, Mother Nature puts up an incredible display of colors in September and October. For many us landscape photographers, this 2-3 week period of fiery fall colors is the most productive, exciting and stimulating time of the year. This makes the arrival of November all the more difficult to accept: cold weather, gray skies, rain, snow, drab colors – probably the worst month for nature photography around here… In December, the cold weather arrives, and winter slowly settles, putting an icy grip over the regions.
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