Photolog

My random life, infront of the lens.

Sunset Saturday... Is that a real thing?

No, I really don't think it is. I have decided to start culling though some of my older images and popping them up on here from time to time. This was from a little trip I made to San Francisco. 16 photos taken in portrait orientation and stitched together in Photoshop. Most photographers ask right away if this was an HDR, it was not. The image was put together in Photoshop and edited in Lightroom.

San Francisco sunset. 

The original plan was to snag a couple shots of the bridge and all the blah blah blah tourist stuff.  The sunset stole the show! More shots of the sunset were taken than the bridge, and i can honestly say that if it was not for the sunset I would not have remembered much about being there.

As a bonus I threw in my final sunset photo that ended up being one of my all time favorite photos that I call "beauty loves company". 


Jon

Beauty Loves Company... 

Dust Storm...

AMAZING!!!! I am still trying to pick my jaw up off the ground. While on a business trip in Tempe, AZ this crazy dust storm; known as a Haboob, rolled in. Granted this is an iPhone pano, but its all I could grab to get the image. Still in awe of the power of this spectacle.

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single file please...

here is a shot i did on the same day as 40/52...

literally a short walk on my local bike path, led to many beautiful photos. this one is not HDR, the wind was too high for me to get a decent bracketed exposure. so i shot to the left and really underexposed the sky. the sun was shining directly on the trees so that helped a ton. all post was done with lightroom. i added a graduated filter to the bottom to lighten it up a bit, and boosted the vibrancy and saturation a little. probably one of the most simple photos i have taken in a while, but it turned out amazing.

thanks again for reading.

jon

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A rare view...

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Here is a view I the famous State Theatre sign. This is a view that not many people get to see, let alone photograph. I have been lucky enough to shoot it twice. The first time was with my phone, on a quick sneak attack with my son. We snuck up to the top, exploring the theater while it was open for construction. This time I was able to get a nice private tour from Bruce Eide. He showed me the amazing work that is going into restoring the building. Even from the last time I was up there, so much work has been done!

I can not wait to see many movies, and performances in this building. Again though, they are in need of your help. They still need well over 2 million in private donations to get the job done. Please think about giving to an amazing project.

Visit siouxfallsstatetheatre.org to view the history of the theatre. If you are able, please donate to restore the last jewel in the crown of downtown Sioux Falls, SD.

Thank you

Jon

Drive to nowhere....

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Here is the photo I set out to take, when I also took 24/52... I literally just took off in my car, and drove until I found something beautiful. I knew it would be a sunset photo, and that I would probably try an HDR shot. What I don't know is how many fun shots, and experiences would come of this drive.

The skull on the fence in 24/52... Was what got me to stop, and the field with the beautiful view, and power lines got me to stay. I sat in the ditch takin photos for over 2 hours. In that time I spoke with the owner of the farm, got attacked by some ants, and had a deer jump the fence 15ft from where I was standing.

I watched that deer run through the field for a good half hour. I tried my best to get a photo of him, but I was too slow changing lenses. I got a few shots with him about 100 yards out. I was not prepared for something that far away, but couldn't resist trying.

I don't care how long you have lived somewhere, or of you know every nook and cranny of a place. Go shoot anyway! Think of a different angle, drive an extra 10 minuets, or go without a plan. Those have always helped me with any block of creativity, or in my case, helped me think through things.

Thanks again for looking.