I got a great question via email while I was en route home tonight about the pending photo shoot in RMNP tomorrow, asking “What and how do you pack for such environments?” Great question and since I was packing tonight anyway, I figured this would be a good opportunity to put a little video together to share with the viewers and readers exactly what I pack for this type of shoot! So, here’s a bonus post for Friday – what I pack for a cold weather shoot:
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Makes for a great opportunity to shoot sunrises in Rocky Mountain National Park! And that’s where the Denver Photo Walk Meetup group is headed again tomorrow. You’ve seen the video here on the blog for a few months now and for those of you that have watched it, you know the light wasn’t as good as we had hoped. Tomorrow morning, we’re hoping for a different set of lighting conditions. About 14 of us have made the commitment (so we’re committed!), so it should be a pretty good sized group.
Sunrise is predicted for around 6am, which means about a 5am arrival. Since it’s about 2 hours away from Denver, we are heading out about 3 tomorrow morning. So, wish us luck of the light, and have a great weekend. Don’t forget, the new contest thread is also up for the month of March over on Flickr and a fun subject will make for some great photo ops – ANIMALS! So don’t forget to take out your camera and get some shots. Happy Shooting and we’ll see you back here again on Monday.
P.S. Also, don’t forget that the comments are image upload enabled (if your photo is already hosted on a website somewhere of course)…so if you have any sunrise shots you’d like to share from your own neck of the woods, by all means, post away – after all, what fun is photography without sharing? 🙂
Wanna know why they rock? I’ll tell you! As you already know, the February contest has ended and the winner was announced yesterday here on the blog. Well, due to some extenuating circumstances, the gallery print was unavailable as the prize. Please stop over to Rich Charpentier’s blog for his details and give him a little shout out of support.
Thankfully though, as I had already been in communication with the folks over at ExpoImaging regarding sponsoring a future contest, they generously agreed to move things up a few months so that the contest winner will not walk away empty-handed! Major kudos and shout outs to the folks at ExpoImaging for their generosity! As you may recall, I had reviewed the RayFlash and the ExpoDisc a while back. Not only are these excellent products, but the company is clearly top notch and you can be proud of any products you own, knowing they are really the kind of company that supports their products and customers to the Nth degree!
Please also check out their website for more product information and consider supporting them with your next purchase as well, since they really came through in a clutch for LDP and its readers! They were absolutely amazing!
Congratulations and kudos go out to the winner for the February contest – the theme was Height and the winning image came from Sue90ca! To see all the images submitted for February, check out the thread here with all the images. Some really great ones were included, and as always, it was a tough decision. Nevertheless, Sue90ca’s “Crayons” was selected as the winner.
You can see the rest of Sue’s portfolio on her Flickr stream here…
Before anyone asks, the March contest info is not up on FLickr yet, but I should have an announcement for that later on tonight. I’ll give you a WILD hint though about the subject and the prize! Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow!
P.S. Sue, if you could email me at jason <at> canonblogger <dot> com or message me on Flickr, I need to get in touch with you about the prize delivery for February…congrats again! 🙂
I’d been waiting for the time to put together all the videos, audio, and pictures for this review for a while and I’ve finally caught up on other projects so am getting this out for the listening and reading audiences to enjoy! For those that subscribe and read via RSS, sorry because this is a video-heavy post and you’re just going to have to visit the blog to get the content today! Trust me though, it’s worth it as I take a look at how the Drobo performs in a real world environment with hot swapping drives, and the perils and pitfalls that surround storage area networks…
Enjoy!
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I had the unique pleasure of connecting with none other than Nicole Young (Nicolesy) from TWIP fame recently. We chatted things up quite a bit on Skype, and as luck would have it, the recording was running! 🙂 So, for LDP episode #41, please welcome Nicole to the show by stopping over and giving her a big thanks. The show notes follow below. Continue reading “Talk about cool!”
