I'm all about country. If it has horses, cowboys, cowgirls, bulls, country musicians, or traveling in or out in the country (any country), I’m interested in photographing it! I also have a love of teaching. I am based in Phoenix in the wonderful state of Arizona. I invite you to visit my links below.
Combine the
breathtaking beauty of Sedona’s Red Rock Country, three lovely models, and the
able guidance of photographer Bruce
Dorn and Gina and Adam from Canon. What do you get? Hard work that paid off and a lot of fun. But oh my, the next day I was sure sore!
Alex and Erin at Play
There are no
easy footpaths to the locations we wanted to photograph. Often we made our own trails. It was either loose rocks or slippery creek
beds and several on our trip succumbed to the moss-bottomed creek; one lady even
dunked her Canon camera, which later would not turn on. If that ever happens to you, try to get it
dry immediately. Use a hair dryer
carefully when you get back to civilization.
Give it a good night sleep to try to dry out. Here’s another idea: put the camera in a bag of rice. Rice sucks up moisture like nothing
else.
Erin in the Oak Creek Rocks
Arizona sun
makes for crazy shadows. So I used both
available light and at times used fill flash on the models. My Canon 7D supports infrared wireless Canon
flash. I used the 580EX. I also brought a flash cord along too,
because sometimes the IR connection doesn’t work in bright sunlight. By the way, salutes go to Erin, Alex, and
Britt. They were good sports through a
very long day. I tend not to pose models
very often. I’d rather catch them doing
something interesting in a sort of “photojournalistic” style. I also like to capture a person’s
personality.
Sexy Alex
I was happy
I made a last minute decision not to take off my shoes and socks and wade into
the Oak Creek. I saw several people go
in with the camera equipment and slip and fall.
NO THANKS. Camera equipment is
just too expensive for that. I still
think I got some good shots from along the shore.
Britt off of Schnebly Hill Road
After lunch,
we headed up Schnebly Hill Road. Now
that was an adventure. Warning... don’t
try this road unless you have a four-wheel drive jeep-like vehicle. It was about 45 minutes of non-stop throwing
you around the cabin of the vehicle. But
the scenery was worth it.
Alex WAAAY Up High
Next up for
me is the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop.
Then in mid-July off to Prague and down the Danube River!
