Squaw Peak @ Sunset

While my wife was out doing a little shopping, she called me up and said to go look outside at the beautiful sunset on the mountains. I grabbed my camera and wide-angle lense and ran outside. The light was Awesome and the color was so vibrant! After I fired off some hand held pix I decided to run back in and switch to the long lense, dumb...on my part! If there's one thing I have learned about light, especially with sunsets, It's that you never leave the light!! It will be gone every time, I promise.

1D Mark III, 24-70mm 2.8L, 1/125 @ f 4.0, +1/3 compensation, 640 ISO, AWB.

Low Angle Shooting

Low angle shooting has always had a bad wrap, it's typically discouraged especially with people. Here's an example of a low angle image that works. The key is not to see "up the nose" or add "chins." You have to get the angle of the image plane just right. It's tricky but you can do it. I'm about 3 feet below them, with the camera bracket in hand.

I really like to shoot very low angle when possible. I will literally put the feet of my camera bracket on the ground and track the subject by turning the camera left and right until I feel the shot and "wham", it's there. Auto focus is best but manual focus works great especially if the subject matter is in a consistent spot.

Happy Turkey Day

We all know that Thanksgiving is so much more than turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. It's a time to stop and be thankful for all that we have been blessed with! I am so grateful for a day to really stop and do this and be with loved ones. I can honestly say that I stopped thinking about the troubles of our daily lives, like our economy and the uncertain future of our so amazing country. I somehow just let it all go and I am so grateful for that today. I am also so grateful for my family, my passion/job and good health. I hope that you have had a real chance to stop and take stock in your many blessings and riches!

Sincerely,
Michael Lloyd

Meet The Crockett's

Meet The Reynold's Family

I love the contrast of the green foreground and the red bushes. I cross processed this image to give it a little color & contrast snap. I nailed this one within 5 minutes, that seems to happen to me allot :D

What a doll!