This past July, I spent time traveling around Iceland. Full field notes are posted here.
During the trip, I kept both my Apple iPhone 4 and my Canon EOS 5Dmk2 cameras close by. The iPhone4 has an excellent 5 megapixel camera in it, geotags each photo, and is small and pocket-able – it was perfect for carrying around everywhere and pulling out in any situation – especially when being discreet was important for getting the candid shot. The Canon 5Dmk2 was also a pleasure to travel with. I had the somewhat large Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens on it, as well as my Benro carbon fiber travel tripod. As large as it was, it’s surprisingly easy to travel with, and very durable – it held up perfectly to the rigors of being knocked around daily, slung over my shoulder, and dangled into volcanic fissures. I synchronized the clocks on each camera before departing, so the photos in the overall photoset should be sequential, no matter which camera was used to take it.
This past weekend I was shooting in Lizard Head Wilderness in the San Juan Forrest outside of Telluride, Colorado. This is a 30 second exposure, and if you look closely you can see that the stars are actually little streaks, since the earth moved during the 30 second exposure. View the full photo set from this Telluride 2010.
Photos from portrait night are more or less set – not too much post processing for these – I like the raw feel keeping not-perfect skin, more character in there. Tells more. Also, the portrait gallery has been updated with a few of these.
This week I did a shoot for Guest of a Guest at the School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball at the Koch Theater at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Mostly doing party groups and pairings, although there were a couple interior shot opportunities as well. Shooting on the Canon 5DmkII w/ 24-70mm. Paul McCartney made an appearance too, and honestly, it’s the first time I’ve been somewhat starstruck in a while.
Shooting on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, USA with the EMS Climbing School was an especially good challenge. With windchill of -20 degrees F, and supercooled fog condensing into rime ice on my equipment and directly on the lens, it was a constant struggle to keep the gear working.
