Monday, October 29, 2012

Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm 2012

All these pictures are taken with natural light (obviously the flood lights are an artificial light source, I did not use flash or any other light source) at Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm. In the first image the pumkins were quite a distance from the flood lights, but I like how you can see in to the store. The bottom two images the pumkins were closer to the light source. All the images are HDR taken dusk.




Friday, October 26, 2012

Toppenish Junkyard (Garages)

I have passed past by this junkyard for all my life it is located in Toppenish Washington. Many times when I have passed it was lit with the sun side lighting the cars you can see from highway 97. I finally decided to stop. When I pulled in my wife asked my to leave because it has a house next to it that someone lives in. After we left I told her I was going to stop and ask permission on the way home. On the way home when I stopped nobody answered the door so I drove further onto the property and found a man holding a shotgun. I shouted hello very quickly and got out of the car to ask for permission. He asked can you help me get rid of the birds as he waved the shotgun. I was thinking I would do anything to get you put down that shotgun. He had cherries that he was trying to protect from the birds. He agreed and said that many photographers come by.

I saw the garage with a car peaking out  with a pair of antlers on the hood and a AAA emblem on the grill. I like the AAA emblem rather than the stickers they have today. It shows the sense of pride the motor club had. I saw an old truck at the Pacific Coast Dream Machines  that had a AAA emblem. I wanted a shot of the car in the garage but could not get a straight on shot due to the piles of car parts strewn in front of the garage. You can see the challenge I faced in the third image in this post. The second image shows the image as shot (it has been cropped a little as you can tell if you compare the first and second image). The head on my tripod slipped that's why the image is cockeyed. So I had to correct the perspective in Photoshop in post.




I loved how the garages had hundreds if not thousands of parts hanging from the rafters.



I have more of the cars out in the open that I will show in other posts. I shot out here for about two hours before my wife and kids got impatient and wanted to leave. I could of shot a lot longer and plan to return if I am welcome. The cars were in heavy brush and the owner neglected to tell me there were goats out there which lead to a little excitement for me. All of a sudden the brush started to move and I figured out I was between mama and baby. I backed up and let them reunite and continued shooting. Keep an eye out for more posts from this location.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Fleet Week 2012

I watched the airshow from Treasure Island because of the traffic and so many things going on in the city. It was not the greatest place to be but the Blue Angels put on a great show for all locations including Treasure Island. I try a different location every time I go. I have been on the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, Angel Island and Crissy Field. When I went to Angel Island I was lucky enough to be on the ferry when four of the Blue Angels buzzed us two were inverted.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One of the Blue Angels flew straight up and stalled and when he came out of the smoke it looked like he was coming right into the lens of the camera and then pulled out of it and flew right over me shown in the next two photos.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geico had a sky righter right different messages in the sky. It looked like 5 remote control planes flying very close to each other.
 
 
Here is a link to my Fleet Week 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Tamsen Donner Band and Guests @ Tuolumne Blues 2012


The Tamsen Donner Band at Tuolumne Blues 2012 with Phil Coffin filling in on drums for Dave Rogers. The band is J.D. Dills (guitar), Dave Rogers (drums), Chris Rogers (guitar) and Jim Vermeys (bass).
 
 
Liz Hackney on the fiddle and vocals.
 
 
 
 
Aram Boyd on "The amazing space horn"
 
 
 
Phil Coffin on drums.
 
 
Jim Vermeys on acoustic bass.
 
 
John Skeels (Jimmy V's uncle) on bass.
 
 
 Nicole DeLancie on vocals.
 
 
JD on guitar Lauren Pinnella also on vocals.
 
 
Doug Clark on cajón and keyboards.
 
 
 
 Rob Van Wandelen on vocals.