Spring Storm in Boise, Idaho

May 16, 2010

Here are the photos, mostly panoramics, from my shooting session in Boise, Idaho. As mentioned previously, a rain storm provided some wonderfully dramatic skies to go along with a setting sun over the city of Boise. I headed up to Camel’s Back Park to get a vantage point overlooking the city and spent some time shooting panoramics. Click on images for larger versions, though the panos can be printed huge. The web doesn’t portray the detail in the shots. The above photograph was created by merging nine photos together to form a huge panoramic. It was very tough to get my tripod level and to get everything lined up to get this shot to work out but I am glad that I made the effort. It’s my favorite shot from the series and captures the storm front as it moved in over Boise. The above photograph is a merging of seven photos that have been stitched together using Photoshop. It captures the storm as it continues to pass over Boise and the rainbow adds a wonderful touch of color to the shot. The above photograph consists of five photos stitched together to create a panoramic image. It was taken much later in the evening than [...]

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Spring Shooting in Boise, Idaho

May 15, 2010

I just returned from a business trip to Boise, Idaho and I packed my camera along for the trip. I sure was glad I did because, as I was eating dinner one of the nights, I noticed a nice storm rolling in that might allow for dramatic skies and great lighting during the sunset. I jumped in the car and headed to a spot I had “scouted” on Google Earth called Camel’s Back Park. I was looking for a good panoramic of the downtown area and this looked like it might hold promise. As I pulled up and saw the hill within the park I got pretty excited. It would allow me an unobstructed view of downtown from a location that was not too close and not too far away, thus allowing for good panoramic-friendly focal lengths. I hiked up the hill and spent the rest of the evening there shooting panos as the weather changed. I eventually got pounded with wind and rain but I stuck it out and was rewarded with some very dramatic skies over downtown Boise and a well-lit sunset. The most difficult thing with the outing was having to deal with the wind. The wind was strong enough to jostle [...]

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Henry’s Lake in Island Park, Idaho

December 21, 2009

This photograph was taken on a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park and was near the cabin in which we were staying. The weather was awful nearly the entire trip but for a few hours in the evening of one of the days. As we were driving around taking in the scenery I noticed that this location had some real promise, especially considering the clouds in the sky and the angle of the sun. I decided to stop and shoot photos rather than continue driving and my wonderful family (especially my fabulous wife) were accommodating. This shot was one of the last in the series from that location, with most of the shots being in a horizontal frame and including some mountains to the right of the frame. I ended up not really liking any of the other shots but really liked this one, probably due to the somewhat empty space on the right of the frame isolating the trees to the left.

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