Posts Tagged ‘fall’
One Fall Day at the Park
This is Kristina and Glen’s video from their engagement shoot this fall. I’m really excited to show this to you since it’s something I’m very proud of. It’s the newest thing in content – a fusion mixture of images and what I call ‘long images’ – short video clips+sound. It adds another dimension to a slide show that really brings it to life. Their love and their spunky personalities really shine through on the footage in a way that just isn’t possible with images alone. I still smile every time I watch this even after hours of editing! I’m so happy that Kristina and Glen gave me the opportunity to create this memory of their love.
This video was filmed on a chilly October morning at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. We shot the video clips after we completed the engagement shoot since they were relaxed in front of the camera by that point. Once we started rolling, the were great sports and started to play around without a lot of coaching. Kristina and Glen showed this video on the big screen at their beautiful wedding reception in December, 2009.
All footage was shot with the Canon 5D Mark II. Lenses used: Canon 24-105 f/4L, Canon 17-40 f/4L, Canon 135mm f/2L. The sound was captured with the R0de VideoMic. Editing of the footage was done with Pinnacle Studio 14.
The Goose is Loose
This ugly duckling is called the Galloping Goose. It was a contraption created by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad for passenger service on the narrow gauge railways in southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico. It’s the crazy love child of a box car, a bus, and a Packard V12 motor. Today, there are a few that remain and have been restored. They run them for special passenger and photo charters on the tourist railroads like the Toltec and Cumbres Scenic Railroad as shown here. This picture was taken just outside of Chama, NM as the Goose was pulling out of town on a private tourist run.
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Canon 70-200mm f/4L @ 70mm ISO 400, f/11, 1/125 sec.
To Hell You Ride
Back in the day.. and I mean the late 19th century day.. it was pretty difficult to get to the mining town of Telluride, CO. The mule teams would haul you over Black Bear pass – a scenic but treacherous route through the San Juan mountains. Today, that route is considered expert 4×4 terrain that should only be traversed by short wheelbase vehicles driven by competent pilots. Mistakes involve a several hundred foot freefall – and a possible violation of your rental agreement. Before the town sprung up, the locals would tell people about to set off on Black Bear pass that it’s “To Hell You Ride”.. thus the name “Telluride”!
This shot was taken way above the town on the last section of the Black Bear pass route. It goes sharply up the side of a cliff with multiple switchbacks ultimately leading to the top of Bridal Veil falls. This wasn’t the tough part yet – but it had already scared away some larger SUVs that had parked lower and their occupants were walking to the top.
Vital Stats. Canon 5D Mark II w/Canon 24-105 f/4L IS @ 24mm ISO 400, f/16, 1/80 sec.
Autumn at the Black Canyon
This shoot was inspired by a true giant in the landscape photography world – Ron Niebrugge. Ron posted some gorgeous shots taken at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison on his photo blog about two weeks before my trip to Colorado. Since my route from Silverton to Denver would take me right through that area, I insisted on stopping to take some shots along the way.
It was a strange shoot because it consisted of me running out of the van at every overlook and throwing up the tripod in 40-50mph winds. Since dad was waiting for me in the van, I didn’t want to make him wait too long. I’d fire off three bracketed shots, recompose a couple of times, shoot again, then run back to the van to move to the next shot. It was more like carpet bombing than photography – but we had some miles to get in that day and didn’t have the luxury of waiting for ideal light.
It’s really a spectacular location – incredibly deep and crazy rock detail everywhere you look. The hardest thing from a photographers point of view is that there is so much to take in that it’s actually difficult to compose a shot that doesn’t try to show too much. Again, I relied on taking three shots and blending them to deal with some very bad lighting conditions that day. I really didn’t know if I had anything usable until we got to the hotel that night in Gunnison (which is actually about two hours away from the canyon!) and I started to blend them in Photomatix Pro.
Vital Stats: Canon 5D Mark II w/Canon 17-40 f/4L @21mm ISO 800, f/22, 1/30 sec.
The Fall Glow
One of my favorite location is on the backwaters of the Mississippi just across from downtown Minneapolis. This spot is on the iron railroad bridge leading from Nicollet Island to Boom Island. This was taken on a gray fall day over my lunch hour – and I was on a photowalk with my co-workers. This shot was processed with Photomatix to boost the skies and the color so that it has a surreal look.
Vital Stats: Canon 40D w/Canon 10-22mm @ 22mm ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/200 sec.