Last week I travelled to the eastern limit of Scottsdale to an area near Granite Mountain to capture some early morning, desert scenes. I was accompanied by Bill McAdam and we agree that the conditions were fabulous. The first light was warm, soft and casting some beautiful long shadows. The area is quite special as…
Category: Arizona
Converts to Black & White
I’ve been trying to appreciate black and white photography a little more. I’ve been experimenting with some software that includes a very good module for converting colour pictures to black and white. Today, I’m presenting a few pictures from my archive that I’ve chosen as good subjects for conversion. I’m not trying to be Ansel…
Moonset
I went out this morning to capture the setting of the moon. I’ve been trying to get some good shots of the full moon for a few days, but some uncharacteristic weather has thwarted me until now. It was a beautiful clear morning today with the moon nicely visible in the northwestern sky. All the pictures…
Desert Sunset
Last evening, I ventured out into the desert for some sunset scenes. I was accompanied by Bill McAdam for what proved to be a productive shoot. We didn’t have far to go, the desert is all around us. We travelled about 10 minutes to a location where I had scouted some good scenery and spent about…
Full Moon
Photographing a full moon scene after dark can be challenging. The difficulty results from the brilliance of the moon relative to its darker surroundings. A camera cannot manage the strong contrast, leaving the photographer with three choices: expose the moon to see it as would the human eye, or expose the rest of the scene to see it…