With winter looming near, I've been finding my mind drifting off, thinking about the upcoming snow and all the wonderful photographic opportunities that await. Not to mention the snowshoeing.
I took this shot of the Poudre River last winter, shortly after moving to Colorado. This was shortly after the river unfroze and started flowing again.
I happened upon this field back in June and thought the hay bales looked cool spotted in the field.
Lots of angles in this shot. Taken in the alleyway behind Enzios Restaurant on the Fort Collins group photowalk.
A sign for Odell Brewery's Easy Street Wheat, one of Fort Collins' finest.
From the Fort Collins group photowalk Sept. 13th, 2008.
This is an abstract shot of one of Coopersmith's Pub & Brewery's big metal conical fermenters. It's placed outside for all to view.
On Saturday, I led the Fort Collins Flickr group on a group photowalk. We had a blast! About two dozen people showed up, and the photos are starting to trickle in from the day.
This is a shot I got in a back alley. I warmed up the tones slightly to make it look a little more "magic houry".
Captured in State Forest State Park, CO, near Cameron Pass. All the cows up here are really fluffy, as we're at about 10,000 feet elevation.
A few nights ago, I decided to take a couple photos of my wife and son in front of our home, a really great log cabin.
But I didn't want to just do any old photo, I wanted it to be a sunset photo, taken during "magic hour". The trouble was, by the time dinner was done, it was dark outside.
So what to do? Why not just make it sunset using flashes. I took my Canon 430EX speedlight, strapped on a full CTO gel, and put it out in the yard about 30 feet. This washed the whole front of the house in hard, orange light. That's pretty much it. Instant sunset.
Funny thing, I'm about as unserious a guy as they come. But boy do I look serious in this self portrait. Red too :-)
Lit with a Canon 430EX camera left, gelled full CTO. A Vivitar 285HV, snooted, ungelled camera right, pointing just at my face.
This was mommy and baby moose, hanging out about 20 feet behind daddy moose (see below).
Click the photo to go to Flickr and see notes where baby is hiding.
A bull moose in State Forest State Park at Cameron Pass.
Seen from the road with his lady moose and their baby. They were about 100 yards out, and I caught this with a 300mm focal length. Tried to get mom and baby, but they were hiding pretty well in the brush.
Spring Canyon Park in Fort Collins has to be the coolest park ever! I wish I had something like this when I was a kid. This is my son's favorite place to go.
Included at the playground is a really cool splash park. One hot summer afternoon a few weeks ago, we took our son to the splash park. I saw this colorful fountain and had to get a shot of it against the blue sky.
I'm really into rundown, abandoned structures. This farm in Bellvue has caught my eye many times, and I finally got a chance to stop off and snag a photo.
We did a family portrait session on Friday afternoon. The two kids were just too cute.
We had never done a session at Gateway Park in Poudre Canyon. It was an awesome place to do family portraits.
