Archive for August, 2011
Time Trolley
So, I’ve been working on a bit of time-lapse stuff lately with the eventual goal of putting together a short film. I’ve shot a variety of stuff so far, but last night’s shoot was one of the coolest. A good friend and I have been spending nights riding the McKinney Ave Trolleys and capturing it [...]
Life On Mars
This was the reward for hiking nearly 5 miles down a horrible dry river bed to the Wahweap Hoodoos. The Hoodoos are lit in the background and there is another shot in this gallery of the hoodoos closeup, but I really like the scene from standing back aways too. This place felt like it was [...]
Leaning Tower of Britten
This is a landmark that I’ve wanted to shoot for awhile. I actually made it through the area one night and failed to locate it. I was pretty upset for not being able to find it and felt that I just had to make it a mission to find and shoot. Believe it or not, [...]
God’s Drive-in
These were two abandoned Volkswagen Bugs that I found out in a field. I was amazed by the great condition they were in and under the amazing skies that night, I felt like I was in an old drive-in movie theater.
Fire Portal
This is a shot that I’ve wanted to try for a long time. It involves spinning lit steel wool and creates an awesome display for the camera to capture. This setting was just perfect for this type of shot and I was not disappointed with the results that came from it.
Death and Taxes
Death and Taxes, both are unavoidable. I found this home outside of a very small ghost town south of Abilene and I knew when I found it, that it would make for a striking image telling a story of the dreams lost out on the plains of America. This is perhaps one of my most [...]
Close Encounters
I passed this section of road on my way to another target one night and as I passed I was struck by how much it reminded my from a scene from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Hence the title of this image.
Stars Over Bomarton
This the abandoned church in the abandoned ghost town of Bomarton. It is a beautiful church that is almost nearly intact, only missing it’s pews. The altar and other sections of the church are all still in very good shape, as are the stained glass windows. On this night, the beauty of the church was [...]
Arches At Night
This was a shot that I was pleased that it turned out as I was afraid the night was going to be a bust. When I arrived back at the park at night, I found the area heavily covered in clouds and feared that the night would be a loss. However, the ambient light pollution [...]
Arches at Dusk
This was one of my favorite (and rare) daytime shots while at Arches National Park. This was right as the sun was going down and the glow was just unbelievable. This place is just perfection, it’s so beautiful – it’s like everything was placed there by hand.
Star Blossom
These are actually 25ft telephone poles believe it or not. These are all lined up as a weird piece of sculpture out in the middle of nowhere. The lighting on the poles was produced by a passing truck – which I noticed, but missed the first time it went by. I waited for another half [...]
Electrifying Evening
I’ve never had much success capturing lightning but I keep trying. On this particular evening I finally got a bit lucky and captured three really nice shots with this one being the best. This was show with a 24mm lens, so you know I was pretty close in order to capture this. It actually “snapped” so [...]
Moab Glows
The glow of Moab works to create a nice interesting backlight behind Turret Arch in Arches National Park. It’s very dark here but I was pretty surprised by the amount of light pollution put off by the nearby town of Moab, UT. The milky way was rather impressive, rising over this beautiful location and kept [...]
High Five
The interchange of the I635 and I75 is often referred to as the “High Five”. The interchange comprises 37 bridges distributed across 5 levels (thus the name “High Five”), with the highest ramps 120 feet above ground. This was shot at about 10 p.m. at night and there was still plenty of traffic to capture here. In [...]
Clarendon Nights
There’s not much night life in the small town of Clarendon but nature sure puts on a show above the town.
Cadillac Ranch
Ah, the infamous Cadillac Ranch… This was my first visit to the venerable road-side oddity outside of Amarillo, TX. I’d wanted to shoot a night shot here for some time and when I eventually got my chance I wanted to do something a bit different. What you see here is actually a lot of work! [...]
Tree Mirror
This was a shot I sort of took by accident. I’d arrived at this lake with the intention of doing some night time light painting work and particularly some work with spinning, lit steel wool. Because of the fire hazard and the extremely dry conditions that idea was scrapped. I shot some sunset shots and [...]
Moonflowers
These are part of a road-side art display outside of a little town called St. Jo. To this day, nobody knows who the actual artist is. These “Moonflowers” are actually old Pratt Whitney engines from an airplane, mounted on old oil field pipes. I’d shot this scene a few times but I’ve always had very [...]
Time Tree
This was a tree that I sort of stumbled upon while hiking around in Arches National Park, in the dark. I saw it’s silhouette against the light pollution of Moab in the background and coupled with the rising Milky Way on the horizon, I knew it would make for a dramatic scene. I’d battled fast [...]