A Blast of Colour Today’s post features an array of flowers photographed in our yards, back and front. The selection is limited to those presently in bloom. I expect to capture more as the month progresses. The photographs were all taken with a macro lens. For those unfamiliar with this term, this lens is designed…
Author: shotsbyp
Milky Way from the Apache Trail
First Water Creek Bridge Last Sunday morning, I travelled east of Phoenix along Route 88, the Apache Trail. I was accompanied by Alex Skoczen, in search of good site to photograph the Milky Way. We found a good location just short of the small settlement of Tortilla Flat, where the road crosses First Water Creek…
Wonky House
Vulture City In a recent post, entitled Vulture City , I included two photographs that my friend Harv has since aptly named the “Wonky House”. In that post, I offered very little information about the house because I failed to find any. Thankfully, Harv found some information I overlooked. He discovered this image among some…
Roosevelt Lake, AZ
Daytime, Evening and Night Last week, I travelled with two other photographers, Alex Skoczen and Paul Staley to Roosevelt Lake, situated southeast of our home. It’s a little over 100 miles (165km), a two hour trip. The purpose of our trip was twofold; to scout the location as a site for photographing the Milky Way…
Vulture City Vehicles
GHOST TOWN As I indicated at the end of my last post “Vulture City”, I am including two vehicles that we photographed after dark. We photographed them using a technique know as “light painting”. At the end of the post, I will explain the creation of the image, an interesting process with very cool results….