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.
The best laid plans of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Robert Burns August full moon and I was ready! It was a beautiful night in Oshkosh - just perfect! Temp was around 80, modest humidity and there was music playing at Waterfest. I arrived on time and set up the perfect shot. I would capture the full moon rising between the girders of the rail road bridge across the Fox River. This would be an awesome shot with the diagonal bridge outlined acaings the darkening sky. I used…
The firefly population is growing in the Town of Neenah. They seem to like warm Summer nights. This is a long exposure shot taken on a tripod near my home. Canon 7D | Rokinon 16-35mm | 16mm | 6s at f/3.2
A kind of boring building can become magical at night with the right lighting. Maybe its the same with people; if we see them in the proper light we find out who they really are... Maybe that thought is too deep for a Wednesday morning... Anyhow, this photo is kind of extraordinary in a way. Not too many years ago this photo would have been impossible. I took this handheld at 1/30s and ISO 4000. Big deal you might say. Well, only a few years ago ISO 4000 was impossible - no film (at least available to a normal person)…
My neighbors out for a walk on the first night of May. You see them, don't you? Dead center at the bottom of the frame. I did not see them when I took this either - too busy enjoying the glory of a beautiful sunset. Life is like that sometimes. You look at one thing and miss another. That is the joy, and the problem with photographs. You capture a moment in time it all its detail and beauty and imperfection. You also create an image that might interfere with your memory. I only remember the sunet but there were…
A chilly Friday night at Asylum Point, Lake Winnebago, for the moonrise. We caught some really nice pictures so it was worth freezing! These shots were captured by my "Guest Photographer" Lily. Excellent job!
Hanging out at on the deck on a Saturday night. Taken with Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. Not my favorite lens as I do not use it much, but when it's dark the large aperture comes in handy for keeping the ISO (and noise) down. This picture is right out of the camera with minimal processing. Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 50mm f/1.4 | 1/40s at f/1.4
It was the night before Easter and I was practicing music for the sunrise service. As I left St. mark's I was struck by how beautiful the scene was! The altar was bathed in a single light and all was prepared for Easter morning. Kind of like the original Easter. All creation waited on the night before the resurrection - was the plan a failure? What was going to happen? The followers of Jesus waited too, for what they did not know... This is a composition of two pictures to catch the range of brightnesses. The top of the…
Thunder and Lightning last night as we get a warm beginning to March. The main part of the storm was over Oshkosh and we actually had clear skies overhead. You can see Saturn on the right and a bunch of stars. This photo was taken with a 10 second exposure and at 200 ISO. I just kept taking pictures and a few worked out well. Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 16-35 f/4 L | 35mm | 10 sec at f/4
We celebrated the Lantern Festival last night with dear friends. Unfortunately there were too many clouds to seen the full moon so this shot from the last full moon will have to do. The Lantern Festival occurs on the first full moon after Chinese New Year and is a time for celebration, family and friends Lantern Festival. The moon is especially hard to shoot as it is so bright! Your camera wants to overexpose so you usually have to set the camera to manual. This shot was taken at 200mm on a tripod with a 10 second delay to minimize…
Saturday night was pizza and sushi night! The fire rolled out the top of the oven as we got up to 900 degrees. First time running the oven at night and I though it was so beautiful! Amazingly the 5d creanked up to 10,000 ISO for this shot and the noise is so minimal! What a wonderful machine - I am so blessed to be able to use it! You can see my video of the construction of the oven on Vimeo.com Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 16-35 f/4 L | 35mm | 1/30 sec at f/5
A huge solar disturbance caused the Aurora to be visible from Neenah last night.