Wyoming Fall

Wyoming Fall

I packed up my camera bags and headed to Jackson Hole at the end of September. This was my 3rd time with the Jeff Clow Photo Tours and my second time in Jackson Hole. The fall leaves where just changing and we had some very beautiful skies, clouds and scenery. Not much wildlife to look at over the 4 days, but there was still lots of shooting to be had. Wyoming Fall's are incredibly beautiful and you get a different experience each time you go there.

Here is a selection of images from the tour.

Cameras used: Pentax 645z, 35mm and 80-160mm.

Nikon D800: 24-70, 70-200mm

Nikon D4s: Sigma 150-600mm Sport Lens.

Wisdom Summer

Wisdom Summer

I packed up my Pentax 645z and headed to Wisdom yesterday. The winds where blowing, but the light was pretty good for the most part. I unfortunately forgot my tripod at home and found myself attempting to slow down my shutter to try and capture the movement of the grass, clouds and water.  I found out quickly however, that handholding a Medium Format camera at 1/6th of a second with the mirror locked up, proved to not be the best method.

Here are some images that I took yesterday evening. Its everything from Landscapes to horses to hiking in a burn area.

Equipment used:

-Pentax 645z

-Pentax 35mm f3.5

-Pentax 80-160mm f4

My attempt at a long exposure hand held. Not so easy with a Medium format camera!

And one more attempt at hand holding 1/6th of a sec!

Sagebrush

Sagebrush

Under the wide open skies of Wisdom Montana are fields and fields full of Sagebrush. For the non-allergenic type, the smell is very pleasant and calming while driving through the fields. I snapped some shots on our last Sunday afternoon day trip up to the Big Hole. We got to explore the mountain side and have a picnic with friends. Here are some images from the day trek.

Images: Pentax 645z, 80-160mm f4.5 and 35mm f3.5

Taken with the iPhone 5, edited in the photoshop app.

Saddling Up

Saddling Up

Last week I traveled down to Salmon Idaho to visit with some friends and snapped some pics of Richie Outfitters Getting there stock all ready for the 2015 Spring Hunting Season.

So naturally this week, we headed down to the opposite side of Idaho to help Richie Outfitters get there Stock loaded up and Saddled Up and on there way out to Moose Creek, along the Selway River.  The first night we camped over night, sleeping out under the stars; while the Stocked roamed free eating up grass and enjoying some freedom.  That next morning I snapped some pics and said good bye to the Pack string as they started their 10 hour journey up the Selway River.

Here are some pics. Shot on a Pentax 645z and 35mm f3.5 lens with a Pentax 645 FA 80-160mm f4 lens as well.

The Pentax 645 A 35mm 3.5 lens is manual focus, thus a bit harder to hit your mark when trying to capture a moment, but I find if I have Live View on then I can use focus peaking to hit my mark and it really makes life a lot easier when trying to manual focus.

Moab

Moab

Moab is truly an incredible place. Last week I headed out to the small city to photograph on the Jeff Clow Photo Tour (AKA: Dirt Cheap Photo Tour). Shooting in such a beautiful place was the easy part. The Physical and Environmental elements are what challenged me on this trip.  The High Winds, elevation and a small bout of food posining threatened my participation in the tour, but in the end I was able to photograph some amazing landscapes in all sorts of light and weather. The Landscape in Moab is unlike any other place I have travelled too. I shot well over 300GB worth of images in the 4 day tour. The Pentax 645z was my main camera along with a Nikon D4s and Nikon D800. It was hard to change lenses out in the field due to high winds and pelting red sand and rocks, so I tried to just shoot with what was on my cameras and use my feet as my zoom.

Moab is a selection of reds, blues, yellows, green's and every other colour you can imagine. You can photograph in all different forms of light, clouds, times of day and you will always come up with a different image.

Here is a small selection of images. I will be editing more in the coming week or so.

"Wisdom Tree" This moment was one of the most peaceful photographic experiences I have ever had. The lighting was unreal!!! Nikon D800 24-70mm 2.8

Flying into Moab in the 310

Wing tips over Arches National Park

Coming in on Final at Canyonlands Airport, Moab.

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park. Pentax 645z 35mm 3.5 Lens

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park. Nikon D4s 14-24mm 2.8 Lens

Professor Valley, Nikon D800

Arches National Park, Pentax 645z 35mm 2.8 Manual focused.

Nikon D800, 70-200mm

Nikon D4s South Windows looking at the Turret Arch.

Nikon D4s

12 Image Pentax 645z Panorama. Shot with the 35mm 3.5 lens and laced together with Auto Pan. The original file size is MASSIVE!!!

Nikon D800 24-70mm 2.8, Jag!!!

13 Stacked images to create the star trails.

JAG...Painting with light night photography. Nikon D4s 14-24mm

Canyonlands National Park

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5  Canyonlands National Park.

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5.

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5 Arches National Park.

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5 Arches National Park.

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5 Arches National Park.

Pentax 645z, 35mm 3.5 Professor Valley.