Balancing Rocks Oregon

Canon 7D, 8mm, f4.5, 65sec, iso4000

This summer I seem to be obsessed with photographing the night sky. There is something refreshing about attempting a type of photography that you know very little about and watching your own progression as you get better. Night photography also intrigues me because it almost forces you to be creative. Once you figure out how to properly expose the sky then you need to find something for the foreground to make the image more interesting. So in search of something interesting I decided that heading out to Lake Billy Chinook in central Oregon would be a good idea because of the balancing rocks that overlook the lake.

Portland Timbers Internship Part Two

As of right now it looks like my internship with the Portland Timbers Football Club is coming to an end in the next few weeks because I'm moving back to central Oregon for the summer and I'm not sure how much driving to Portland I want to do. I've learned a lot and managed to take a few images that I think I will be able to keep in a portfolio of some kind for a while. 

Whether I am done or not at the end of the month I can safely say that the most important lesson I learned is that photos of game action pale in comparison to photos that show the emotion and atmosphere of the event. I have always known this but when you are forced to look for new ways of showing essentially the same story every game you end up noticing the little details and find unique ways for photographing them. 

Hopefully I will be able to continue through the summer and maybe the end of the season but if that doesn't pan out no big deal. It was fun and totally worth the long hours. 

Reflections

About 10 months ago I bought a lens and it has pretty much given me a signature photo to shoot whenever I the conditions are right. If your friends with me on facebook you see a lot of these reflection photos and I mean A LOT them. It all started with the photo below. I saw a small puddle of water on a manhole cover in front of Reser stadium. Looking at the photo you can see how small the puddle really is and because the lens I bought was an 8-16mm it is wide enough to produce this look when placed right at the edge of a puddle. Since then whenever I see a puddle that small I know I can take one of these reflections along with more typical reflection photos using lakes and such. So here is a post of some of the these photos which I apparently am know for in my small world of photography up here in the northwest.  

2012 Civil War Series

This year the Beavers were host to the Civil War series against Oregon. Leading up to the weekend I wasn't really looking forward to shooting any of the games because OSU has been hot and cold all season and seemed to always be cold when I was around to shoot. Add in that last year the ducks beat the beavers three games to none in Eugene and it just didn't look real promising. OSU proved my fears wrong  though and dismantled the ducks baseball team throughout the weekend. Go Beavs! Due to a Timbers game on Saturday I was only able to shoot two of the games over the weekend. The light for Friday night's game was perfect which was the opposite of the gray and super ugly light that Sunday provided. Good for creating some variety I guess.