2017-11-07 Travel Tuesday, Sedona AZ

Sedona has long been a favorite place for my wife and I to visit. During the most rescent excursion, during this past October, I was able to convince Heidi to get up very early and join me at one of the lookout points on Schnebly Hill Road. It was the only morning there was any significant cloud cover, so I was very happy to be shooting.

This is a little while after sunrise. You can see the mountain in the back is fully illuminated on the right side (the Sun is behind my right shoulder) and the closer Red Rock edifice is still in shadow. I felt it made for a nice composition and explored the nuance of the early morning Sun.

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Nikon D800E Sigma Art 135mm f/1.8 @ 1/160 sec f/6.3 ISO 100

2017-11-06 What does a photographer do on his days off?

Well the easy answer is that he takes pictures. The truth is a bit more complicated. Without deadlines and demands from clients the world slows down. Time can become a luxury rather than a pressure. I can wait for a cloud to move, or for the wind to recede, I can interact with the landscape and breath with it. I can immerse my craft into the world and let beauty fill the viewfinder. Purchase a print

Nikon D800E Sigma Art 135mm 1.8 @ 1/30 sec ISO 100

The Waning Barren Landscape

I thought I had better get a few of the last “late Winter / pre-Spring” pictures posted. Here’s one I took a few weeks ago at the end of March. Today, when I search for interesting moments to photograph the trees each have a subtle hue of light green. Not long ago they were just dead lifeless sticks, waiting for Mother Nature’s resurrecting kiss. Pictures of dead trees are not high on people’s favorites lists, but the angle of the horizon plus the drama in the sky made me think the scene had potential. It gave me the feeling of weather pushing into the picture by a hidden force. The sky seems so alive, while beneath appears so dead.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 28-300mm F/3.5-5.6 @ 85mm f/18 ISO 100 5 image HDR