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I usually don't post twice in one week, but I'm feeling good today. And I want to switch things up a little bit. This was an image that I took back from our first boot camp. I really liked how the light was filtering through the trees in the background. I was showing Jave and James how to do the panning abstract/impressions images. Fun times, can't wait to do it again. Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. I'm headed to northern Arizona and southern Utah for the weekend. Peace!

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I couldn't believe how many images I came back with from the Palouse. We spent 4 days here and each day we had different light. The trip was a challenge to our photography skills. With the light being different everyday, everyday was a new challenge with the light.

On this particular evening we were waiting for the sun to get lower to the horizon so we could head down to the lupine field we found earlier in the day. The sun was still high, but just right to paint the hills with the perfect light and shadows that the Palouse is famous for. There was a nice glow from the sun but obtaining the proper exposure was quite challenging. I could have blended images, but I always try to get exposure correct in the field. After a couple attempts I still wasn't getting the image I wanted. I then through on the lens hood to block some more of the light coming into the frame. Still no good. Then Alan cleverly comes up with the idea to block some more of the sun with the cover of his IPad! Genius! With the combination of the lens hood, Alan's IPad cover and my hand, we were able to block out enough light to get a nice clean image. Who knew the IPad cover would come in handy in the field. So big thanks to Alan for helping me out. Thanks buddy.

August is finally/slowly coming to an end. This has been a long month, but yet has been very productive in achieving a better workflow with my processing. I'll be heading down to AZ and southern UT in a couple weeks and I'm so ready to get out and shoot again. Hope everyone is doing well, happy shooting and good luck with the light.

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I have to say, that this has to be one of the best displays of light that I've photographed here in Death Valley. The light wasn't that bleeding/fire red, but a sky full of glowing orange light! But the most amazing thing to me about this sunset was the all the different textures in the sky. This is definitely in my top five sunsets. The salt flats were soaking up the orange glow from the sky like a sponge. It was an incredible sight. Jared R and I just kept snapping off as many shots as we could. At times I found myself just staring in awe, and couldn't believe what I was seeing, just getting lost in the moment. The light lasted a good 20-25 min, with the clouds and light changing in every direction by the minute. The colors would change, the the clouds would change, the entire scene would change by the minute. The colors ranged from soft glowing oranges to pinkish oranges. It was crazy! My images can't described this scene, but I hope you can get an idea from seeing this from my eyes. There will be more images from this day in the future.

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The purpose of this past trip to southern California was to shoot the coast, and capture wave movement. I was completely prepared to get wet. I feel that wave action gives scenes a nice dynamic. The movement of the water let's the eye wander through the scene. I always find myself enjoying scenes that have some type of water motion.

On the morning of this image, I knew the clouds would be nice, nothing epic, but a sky with some color. The only thing that I wasn't sure of was the tide. Once I got to the shore line I was really reluctant to shoot because the tide was too high. I watched the waves push back all the way to the cliff walls, and one nice big wave would be for sure death for my 5D MarkII. After about 20min. I noticed the wave patterns start to change. Just enough for me to shoot at the base of the cliff. I knew with the tide this high, that it would make for some nice streaks with the retreating waves. Here is the Video that I took durning my shoot. The second frame in the video is the image that you are viewing now. Hope you guys enjoy the image, have a great week and thanks for the visit.

Bootcamp 3 coming soon.

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Had the rare opportunity to photograph the Racetrack with the playa frozen over. When the sunlight hit the playa it, the playa would start to shimmer. It was so cold that the rocks even had frost on them. It was awesome!

2012 was an interesting year. I had the chance to see and photograph some amazing places and hope to do the same this year as well. I hope to continue to learn and progress with my work this year as well. Back to business. Peace and Love.

Check out my website if you get some time. I will be releasing new images within the next few weeks.

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