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Posts Tagged ‘southern oregon photographer’
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Some friends and I skied out into the Siskiyou Mountain Range back country behind Mt. Ashland last weekend during the full moon. On cue, it rose directly over Mt. Ashland. As the moon was rising the light from the setting sun illuminated the sky to our east. By taking three images and stitching them together I was able to create a panorama showing Mt. McLoughlin, Pelican Butte, Brown Mountain and Mt. Ashland.
After the moon climbed up in the sky a bit I composed this next photo. My goal was to capture the amazing atmosphere, calmness and clarity of winter camping. I thought the headlamps in the tent and the moonlight on the snow really helped capture the mood. I put in a fair amount of Photoshop time blending multiple exposures to try to balance out all the various light sources (back lighting from moon, front lighting from the fading sunset glow, the moon itself and the light in the tent).
It is always fun on outdoor adventures to also take some photos of your buddies trying to look like hardened outdoorsmen.
Tags: back country skiing, night photography, outdoor adventure, panoramic photography, Siskiyou Mountain Range, snow camping, Southern Oregon, southern oregon photographer, southern oregon photography, winter snow camping
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
My photograph Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta was recently named Best Creative Digital Photograph of 2008 by Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards. I’m excited to announce that It is now on exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC from November 2008 through April 2009.
Out of 22,000 entries, award-winners were chosen in 19 categories. A selection of 40+ images are included in the exhibition of large-format prints accompanied by captions telling the stories behind the shots, as well as an HD video by the Discovery Channel. Through these photos, visitors will gain an appreciation for the wild through the art of nature photography.
This exhibition has been named in memory of Sandra Windland Smith Rice for her steadfast support of emerging photographers worldwide. She was a skilled nature photographer and a champion for wildlife around the world. She did work for National Geographic, Nature’s Best and Coldwater Creek and won many awards. Mrs. Rice served on Nature’s Best Foundation board and on the board for Earthfire Institute, an Idaho based nonprofit that provides safe homes for wildlife no longer able to survive in the wild.
See the Fall 2008 Special Collectors’ Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine for the complete catalog of 102 Winners and Highly Honored images from the 2008 contest. The winning images have also been featured on AOL, MSNBC and Pixcetera
Tags: ashland photographer, competition, landscape photographer, lunar eclipse photography, nature's best magazine, nature's best photography, photography award, smithsonian national museum of natural history, southern oregon photographer, Windland Smith Rice Awards
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
At the beginning of October, David Cobb and I were returning from a productive ten day photo trip in Montana and Idaho. We decided to detour slightly for a final stop at Palouse Falls in eastern Washington. We took a 30 minute stop for lunch in Baker City, Oregon which caused us to miss the sunset at the falls. We arrived at the falls about 30 minutes after sunset thinking that we had missed our window. However, the final glow on the horizon before the scene went totally dark was amazing. The orange post sunset glow in the sky reflected nicely off the cliff walls creating a moody, alien scene.
Palouse Falls drops over 150 feet into the deep and winding Palouse River Canyon in eastern Washington. The landscape in this area, not far from the Snake River Canyon, was carved by the massive Misoula Floods created when an enourmous ice dam broke in Montana at the end of the last ice age. Taking this photo required positioning my tripod legs right on the edge of the 370 foot high canyon rim and fighting back sensations of vertigo while standing on tip toe to see through the viewfinder.
Canon 5D, 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens, circular polarizer, 3 stop GND, 30 seconds @ f/13
Tags: canyon, landscape, Palouse Falls, Palouse Region, photography, southern oregon photographer, southern oregon photography, sunset, Washington, waterfall
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Two of my prints were juried in to the International Conservation Photography Awards exhibit this year. Red Willow Sea was the winning image in the Flora category and Lunar Eclipse Over Mt. Shasta was also accepted in the highly competitive Landscape category.
The International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards), is a premier worldwide photography event. The biennial juried photo competition includes an online exhibit, a six week museum gallery show at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, Washington, and publication in a prestigious photography magazine. The selected prints celebrate the world’s diversity along with the creativity and originality of photographers.
Known for his passionate advocacy of the environment, world renowned nature photographer Art Wolfe created a conservation-themed photo contest in 1997 as “an event for the advancement of photogaphy as a unique medium, capable of bringing awareness and preservation to our environment through art.” The 2008 International Conservation Photography Awards is the latest incarnation of Art Wolfe’s vision. The ICP Awards is a biennial (every two years) community event involving foundations, sponsors, politicians, and photographers to promote environmental and cultural conservation.
Tags: Art Wolfe, International Conservation Photography Awards, landscape photography, lunar eclipse photography, Museum of History and Industry, nature photography, Seattle Photography Exhibit, southern oregon photographer
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
When I go out in search of colorful sunrises I am normally met by either complete cloud cover or complete blue sky (anyone else have that experience?). This photo falls into the latter category. However, the crystal clear spring air made for some great stretched out sunrise shadows and direct sun did a nice job of back lighting the new grass and blooming vetch. I like the drama that extreme lighting like this provides. There are a few strangely dark areas in the oak trees that are part of the original RAW files. There isn’t much data there, so I’m not sure how to deal with that.
Canon EOS 5D, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L lens, ISO 100, f/18, two different exposures blended manually in Photoshop to contain the wide dynamic range between the sun and the foreground.
Tags: Featured Photo, landscape photography, nature photography, Photography Journal, southern oregon photographer, southern oregon photography
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
 William Neil has been working on a series for the past couple of years he calls “Impressions of Light” or something like that. He is trying to create unusual, impressionistic and intriguing visions of common outdoor photography subjects, something I’m also interested in. He uses a variety of camera techniques, one of which being slow shutter speed panning and/or zooming. A couple months back he had an amazing image in Outdoor Photographer that he took in a Yosemite redwood grove. It really struck a chord with me. This is my own attempt at something similar. It falls far short of Neil’s, but I like how the motion blur smooths out much of the distracting background forest clutter while emphasizing the lines, texture and lighting of the trees themselves. All the blur is in camera. In Photoshop I created several layers that were copies of the background image and then experimented with different combinations of blending modes (multiply, overlay, soft light) to increase color density, contrast and general mood.
Tags: fine art photography, Photography Prints, photography technique, Redwood Forest Photography, Redwood Trees, southern oregon photographer, southern oregon photography, William Neil
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