As the first day in Colorado came to a close we found ourselves at the Mt. Sneffels view from earlier in the day for sunset. This is a time of day that I’ve never photographed this location from. The shadows and sharp contrasts made for some interesting shots. From slightly earlier in the evening when …
Here is the second installment of my photos from my trip in October 2022 to Ridgeway CO and the San Juan Mountains for fall foliage photography. When I have been to a place multiple times to photograph there are a couple of conflicting priorities for me. One is that I want to recreate previous photos …
Sunrise is the most difficult time to photograph in my opinion. The lighting is changing very rapidly and the contrast is extreme between the places the sun is hitting and the places still in shadow. Zooming in on a section of the scene helps with this extreme contrast seen here with the mountain top just …
Back in September of 2012 I had the distinct pleasure of going on a photography workshop in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, with Nasim Mansurov of Photographylife.com fame. I had a different computer back then and so these photographs were on back up DVDs. I recently downloaded them on to my current hard drive …
So I finally was able to sort through the several hundred pictures I took on day 2. I just finished reading a great article by Jack Brauer on the website photographylife.com about working on your composition before getting around to setting up your camera. He commented that doing this before you set up and start …
On September 22nd and 23rd I had the great pleasure to drive out to Colorado to attend a landscape workshop put on by Nasim Mansurov and others at what is now Photography Life.com, a photography blog I enjoy following on a regular basis. The base “camp” for the workshop was the scenic town of Ridgway, Colorado. The …