I met up with Dani and Cole in the North Woods of Wisconsin. After we captured our main image (for my Shoot-a-Month Project) we had some fun. We found a bunch of interesting, and strange, rock formations on the trial. They provided a backdrop for this gallery Dani and Cole in The North Woods Back to my Blog
One of my plans for 2020 was to complete a monthly creative shoot. Could be a model shoot or a video shoot or anything at all. This month I worked with Dreamera Marie (Instagram @dreamera.marie). We did an evening shoot in the woods in Fox Crossing. It was a great chance to work with color, lighting and a little smoke. At least until the smoke machine plugged up! As I get older I believe more and more that God love us to create. We are an expression of that love of creation and we were made to follow the footsteps…
It was a rare 50's weather and sunny week in Central Oregon and the coast. While a busy week we did have a little time for site seeing especially on the beautiful central Oregon coastal area. Video is on the way!
It was cold, and snowy, and dark (one of the longest nights of the year). But out we went anyway to make some beautiful portraits. I like to say every day is an adventure and this day certainly was. Jump out of the warm truck and grab some photos and then back to the warmth to thaw out my numb hands. My beautiful model didn't mind the cold at all - oh, to be young again! Technically, these are a mix of natural light portraits along with some fill light portraits with a softbox. All were taken with either a…
What are you waiting for? Seems like a whole bunch of life is standing around and waiting for something. That is not going to really change - there will always be time. The question is what do you do with the time spent waiting? Do you spend the time in anticipation of what you are waiting for? Most people probably do. Maybe we should spent the time living in the moment. Look around. There is a big beautiful wonderful world full of interesting people. Maybe one of them can become your friend. Maybe one of them is an old friend…
It was a beautiful July 4th in Neenah & Menasha. We watched the fireworks from Neenah this year and watched both shows (Menasha in the background to the right). I did not really even try this year to get a great picture. I just set my camera up and turned on the intervalometer and let the camera take pictures. This way I grabbed some nice photos while enjoying the show. Enjoying the show is a good thing because it passes so quickly. Good words for life - enjoy the show because before you know it the show is over!…
The first full moon of 2017 and Winter. It was a cold and windy night. I was thinking I must me either dedicated or crazy (of course, both could be true). To properly expose both the moon (which is very bright) and the light house I used a 5 step bracket, set for +/- 3 stops. I then used 2 photos to make the picture - one of the moon and the other for the lighthouse. Below is another taken at 400mm.
Even on the coldest nights you can still find a fire to keep warm. The fire is in you and you have to keep it going. I know, its hard sometimes. The world seems out to get you and everything seems wrong, or bent, or even sinister. That is when you need to look deep and find that something that burns inside of you. God put it there. All you need to do is open your heart and you will find it!
It was a beautiful night on Monday and the clouds were very interesting. The lower layer was moving one direction and the higher layer was moving another. I shot a 40 minute time lapse and here is the video. Halloween at Midnight from Jalanlee on Vimeo.