Three Five Photography » Weekend Edition http://threefivephotography.com Photography for the new Pro, BY a new Pro Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The apex … jackpot. http://threefivephotography.com/2010/02/the-apex-jackpot/ http://threefivephotography.com/2010/02/the-apex-jackpot/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:19:30 +0000 Walt http://threefivephotography.com/?p=221 Usually, blogs about Photography are all about gear, glass, upgrades, critiques, and the endless Canon/Nikon/Other debates. I, like yourself, strive from day to day to enhance my craft. To hone the ability to draw with light wherever that light might be. You give it your heart, your soul, your eyes, and time. Forever with the time. Tweaking the light and exposure for minutes just to make those small snaps of time, when the shutter is open less than a second, pay off.

Occasionally, however, photography can land you in a spot where you have reached an apex. A point in time and space where the cosmos/nature are prepared to give you a rare Jackpot payout. To send a message, as if to say, “We’re watching you, keep up the good work.” For me, this happened yesterday.


After driving through No Where, South Eastern Kentucky for over an hour we arrived at the top of a small mountain. 2200 feet in elevation. Small by Rockies’ standards, but approaching the top of the world in this area of the country. Last time we were here we got to see the elusive elk that meander around these parts. This time there were no elk, but the wild horses that roam the area were hanging out for a mid-morning snack. We snuck around leaving quite a distance so as not to spook them.

After a few minutes the “Alpha” male amongst them began to make his way towards us. His actions weren’t hostile so we stayed put. He came up to my friend first, putting his nose into the hood of my friends 400mm Canon lens. The horse noticed me taking a few shots of him and my friend, and came over to me. Highlight of my day. Petting him for those few moments, I felt connected to something WAY bigger than me. Miles from civilization, in the wild, 2200 feet up, 360 degrees views, super cold, and windy. Just us and our new friend. Don’t worry nature … I got the message, loud and clear.

Photo by Daniel Boggs

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So if you’ve been following my blog you will remember my post Light and the Magic hours. I know not all of us can, or will, get up before sunrise on the weekend. Or even take the time to get shots at sunset. So, this weekend’s shooting assignment is to find some interesting shadows. Trees, people, cars, buildings, it doesn’t matter what it is,just get some awesome images capturing interesting shadows. Then leave a comment with a link to the image. OR, if you are a flickr user, I invite you to join the newly formed threefivephoto flickr group. Pictures should be taken between Sunrise on Sat. and Sunset on Sun … no EXIF cheating! :P I look forward to seeing the results of this little experiment. Don’t let me down!

Have a great weekend!

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