Category Archives: photography
Fire Dragon Follow Up
Thank you to everyone that participated in my fundraising effort for Colorado wildfire relief by liking, sharing, and linking to my photo and blog post. I was able to send $550 to the Colorado Chapters of the American Red Cross today as a result of your support and the generous matching provided by my employer.
An especially HUGE thanks goes to those of you that purchased prints.
Anyone interested in buying a print can do so here.
100% of the money after printing and shipping costs goes to the Red Cross.
Thank you!
The Agile Fox Friday Foto – 07.13.2012
After a year and a half of including a ‘pic of the week’ at the end of my weekly training summary, I’ve decided to let it stand as a post of its own. I’m also implementing a rule that the Friday Foto needs to have been taken sometime in the last week. No recycling. I am doing this to keep me engaged in building my photography skills, and to make me work harder to get fresh shots. Click here to see my previous Friday Foto posts.
While enduring triple-digit temps at the amusement park on Monday, I walked past this scene just as the fountain shut off. I knew it would be a good photo op so I set up to catch the action the next time the fountain started. I only had my 35mm prime for the day, so I couldn’t rely on any zoom capability for the composition. I was careful not to cut off the arc of the water at the top of the frame, cranked the shutter speed very high to freeze the individual drops, and fired off the shot – knowing the backlit water spray would make it a keeper.
Staying Cool
1/2000, f/5.8, 35mm @ ISO 200
The Agile Fox Friday Foto – 07.06.2012
After a year and a half of including a ‘pic of the week’ at the end of my weekly training summary, I’ve decided to let it stand as a post of its own. I’m also implementing a rule that the Friday Foto needs to have been taken sometime in the last week. No recycling. I am doing this to keep me engaged in building my photography skills, and to make me work harder to get fresh shots. Click here to see my previous Friday Foto posts.
After spending the afternoon doing a 5.5 hour hike with the kids in Bryce Canyon, I went for a walk from the hotel to see if I could get any interesting sunset shots. The western sky was filled with smoke from the day-old Shingle Fire, creating an intense orange curtain hanging over the edge of the plateau. There was a rodeo arena two blocks away and I headed over there even though there was not an event schedule for the evening. I lucked out and happened to get there as a guy was getting ready for the next night’s rodeo with a few friends helping and cheering him on. I hung out and enjoyed the show.
Sunset Rodeo
f/8, 10mm, 1/80 @ 250 ISO
The Scene Begins 