I hope everyones doing well and had a enjoyalbe time with family and loved ones in the Holidays they celebrate....
I have been shooting....A few days before Christmas I did a road trip to Bow and Edison Washington and then Christmas day i was on the road EARLY and tripped to Duval, Carnation and Fall City shooting all day....Both trips did not gain me any images that impressed me. Very frustating and a good showing of the crap i can readily produce with a camera. Couple days after Christmas i did a road trip through Stanwood and the Silvana area and then up to Mt. Vernon again not getting a good solid shot.
Today, New Years I was on the road at 5:30 am....This time taking my mom with me as she doesnt get out much being the victim of a serious stroke. I headed out on State highway 2 going over the mountains to Leavenworth stopping briefly in the Icicle Creek Canyon for a few shots. I drove out to Euphrata and thats when my shots started to fall into place...
Between Leavenworth and Euphrata is desert like land and big rolling his and orchards, lots of orchards...There was a touch of snow 10 to 12 inches leaving the sage and taller dead yellowish grass poking through the white snow making for some awesome shots. Heading down Route 28 just outside of Quincy i just decided to take this side road. No real reason other then wanting to get off the main road to see what i could see...
I hit a gold mine...A large propety with barns and farm equipment...Two teen were leaving in a truck and i talked to them telling them i want to take pictures of the barns, it was his grandfathers and he said it would be no problem...Golden i had permission... 2 barns in the state of falling down and 3 old buildings, the snow and the sage just made for great shots as well as a piece of old farming equipment....The worest thing was i had to pee so bad lol...And i waited as long as i could shooting as fast as i could. Leaving i saw in ther front yard of the place down the road a old wagon...I mean one with wooden wheels. This was not a replica so i had to grab a few shots of that.
The more i headed east the more fog i hit and the snow was disappearing. So i just called it a day.By the time i got back home i had covered 360 miles on the day. But i got my shots fineally and am really excited about some of the barn shots although if i was not under a certain amount of pressure lol having to pee really bad i could of gotten some much better shots of of the barns but over all i didnt do bad... The images are down loading now. I also met two really cute girls that i set up to shoot with my next time over there. Both Hispanic and i want to do a tradional Mexican dress series like i did with Jordans Heritage series.
I came home and just slept right away. When i go on a raod trip like that its all business. I drive constantly looking for my shot and when i find it i run or walk quickly to it, get the shot and move on to find my next shot to make the most of my time and cover as much ground as i can. Also I was up messing with files and didnt get much sleep.
Very annoying my light meter on my camera was off all day that or my LCD so i had to bracket all my shots which i dont like to do, not on every shot. Usually my meter is dead on. This is not like my camera at all...I shot most all my shots at F11 some at F9.5....Thats usually what i shoot at and at times F16. On the light meter issue i shot everything over exsposed according to my light meter but shooting it dead on it was too dark. As a rule i shoot under exsposed but today it was just oof be it the meter or LCD i will have to check this when i have time....Also when i went to down load my one memory cards it said i had 174 images on it.The card at best holds or is suppose to hold 139 images and thats what it said when i put the SD card in. So how do i come out with 174???
I am off...I am going to be up tomorrow early to go shooting more.Trying to get 2010 off to a solid start which after today 1-1 its a very good start..........
This is of my first shots of 2010....From my road trip January 1st.....I'm thinking so far from what people have said that i'll be the only one to like this shot....It was taken right off Route 28 on the way to Euphrata....I saw it as i was going down the road at 55 mph lol had to turn around go back and scale the slippery bank to get it....
Erik Jonas: Untitled
Snow Scene January 2010 Route 28
The shot is kind of dark an dreary as thats just the way it was that day....I rather like the feel of it.....Anyway...My new 2010 image.....
I have been shooting....A few days before Christmas I did a road trip to Bow and Edison Washington and then Christmas day i was on the road EARLY and tripped to Duval, Carnation and Fall City shooting all day....Both trips did not gain me any images that impressed me. Very frustating and a good showing of the crap i can readily produce with a camera. Couple days after Christmas i did a road trip through Stanwood and the Silvana area and then up to Mt. Vernon again not getting a good solid shot.
Today, New Years I was on the road at 5:30 am....This time taking my mom with me as she doesnt get out much being the victim of a serious stroke. I headed out on State highway 2 going over the mountains to Leavenworth stopping briefly in the Icicle Creek Canyon for a few shots. I drove out to Euphrata and thats when my shots started to fall into place...
Between Leavenworth and Euphrata is desert like land and big rolling his and orchards, lots of orchards...There was a touch of snow 10 to 12 inches leaving the sage and taller dead yellowish grass poking through the white snow making for some awesome shots. Heading down Route 28 just outside of Quincy i just decided to take this side road. No real reason other then wanting to get off the main road to see what i could see...
I hit a gold mine...A large propety with barns and farm equipment...Two teen were leaving in a truck and i talked to them telling them i want to take pictures of the barns, it was his grandfathers and he said it would be no problem...Golden i had permission... 2 barns in the state of falling down and 3 old buildings, the snow and the sage just made for great shots as well as a piece of old farming equipment....The worest thing was i had to pee so bad lol...And i waited as long as i could shooting as fast as i could. Leaving i saw in ther front yard of the place down the road a old wagon...I mean one with wooden wheels. This was not a replica so i had to grab a few shots of that.
The more i headed east the more fog i hit and the snow was disappearing. So i just called it a day.By the time i got back home i had covered 360 miles on the day. But i got my shots fineally and am really excited about some of the barn shots although if i was not under a certain amount of pressure lol having to pee really bad i could of gotten some much better shots of of the barns but over all i didnt do bad... The images are down loading now. I also met two really cute girls that i set up to shoot with my next time over there. Both Hispanic and i want to do a tradional Mexican dress series like i did with Jordans Heritage series.
I came home and just slept right away. When i go on a raod trip like that its all business. I drive constantly looking for my shot and when i find it i run or walk quickly to it, get the shot and move on to find my next shot to make the most of my time and cover as much ground as i can. Also I was up messing with files and didnt get much sleep.
Very annoying my light meter on my camera was off all day that or my LCD so i had to bracket all my shots which i dont like to do, not on every shot. Usually my meter is dead on. This is not like my camera at all...I shot most all my shots at F11 some at F9.5....Thats usually what i shoot at and at times F16. On the light meter issue i shot everything over exsposed according to my light meter but shooting it dead on it was too dark. As a rule i shoot under exsposed but today it was just oof be it the meter or LCD i will have to check this when i have time....Also when i went to down load my one memory cards it said i had 174 images on it.The card at best holds or is suppose to hold 139 images and thats what it said when i put the SD card in. So how do i come out with 174???
I am off...I am going to be up tomorrow early to go shooting more.Trying to get 2010 off to a solid start which after today 1-1 its a very good start..........
This is of my first shots of 2010....From my road trip January 1st.....I'm thinking so far from what people have said that i'll be the only one to like this shot....It was taken right off Route 28 on the way to Euphrata....I saw it as i was going down the road at 55 mph lol had to turn around go back and scale the slippery bank to get it....
Erik Jonas: Untitled
Snow Scene January 2010 Route 28
The shot is kind of dark an dreary as thats just the way it was that day....I rather like the feel of it.....Anyway...My new 2010 image.....
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