Another shot from inside Antelope Canyon. Besides the light shafts, one of the main attraction was shooting long exposures of the sand cascading over the rocks. We all had to jockey for position on this one, but I decided to grab a shot from a little off center to include the contrast of the purples and oranges of the different walls.
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Posted in Arizona, Canon 17-40mm 4L USM, Canon 5D Mark II, Landscape, Long Exposure, Nature, Page, Uncategorized
Tagged Antelope Canyon, Sand
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Pensacola is known as the ‘Cradle of Naval Aviation’ and also for the Blue Angels, but it is probably most famous for it’s “sugar sand” beaches. There is no coral reef on the gulf coast, so in the summers, the water is shallow and turns a beautiful shade of green, blue, and teal. I was driving home a couple weeks ago and the water was too good to pass up for a few shots. When I saw the sail boat coming towards where I was shooting I made sure to include that. A perfect early summer’s day in Pensacola… I sure am spoiled here!
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Posted in Canon 17-40mm 4L USM, Canon 5D Mark II, Florida, Landscape, NAS Pensacola, Nature, Pensacola
Tagged Beach, Gulf, Lake Frederick, Ocean, Sail boat
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Keeping with “The Company We Keep” theme from my photog trips – I wanted to share some candid and portrait images of the guys from our trip to Page and Sedona back in April. This trip started off like my last 2 photo trips – by pure chance… A band that I am really into, “A Day To Remember” released their concert schedule and of course there were no tour dates in my area here in Florida. As I was checking, I was also chatting with my buddy Mike and also noticed that they were playing in Tempe at the end of April. I had mentioned that I would love to do another trip out there and then stay for the concert. That’s when Mike mentioned that Jesse, Brian, and Heath were coming out out to shoot a wedding with a follow on trip to Page and Sedona. Luck would have it that I also had a airline voucher expiring at the end of the month, so I booked the trip!
This was a little different than the last 2 trips I took in there was less focus on shooting landscapes and more on shooting portraits. All these guys are fantastic wedding and lifestyle photographers, so I guess it is natural for them 
What’s insane is that I have spent a few days with each of them but getting together feel like we have been friends for years. Ain’t social networking amazing?
We shot a ton of pictures, laughed, cannonballed, listened to tunes, made fun of Canada, drank beers, and had an absolute blast; even if we were going on less than 4 hours of sleep! Can’t wait for the next adventure!
PS – These guys are hams – especially Pafundi…
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Samantha, the minivan of legends...
Selfie in a tanker truck
Heath is not impressed
Mike Olbinski - NOT Johnny Ramone
Zero Gravity
Mike in Antelope Canyon
Heath in Antelope Canyon
Jesse in Antelope Canyon
Horseshoe Bend
Sedona, before everything closed down (The ice cream shop was still open)
Here is another shot from when we were chasing the Milky Way out in Sedona. We were lucky to not only catch a cloudless night, but it was also the peak of the Lyrid Meteor shower. I had set up for this shot to get the pine tree silhouetted against the Milky Way and was able to catch 3 meteors during my 30 second exposure! It was pretty amazing sitting out in the complete darkness and seeing these little streaks of light fly across the sky. Definitely hope to shoot in a place like this again in the future!
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Posted in Arizona, Astrophotography, Canon 5D Mark II, Landscape, Long Exposure, Nature, Night, Sedona, Sigma 15mm EX DG Fisheye
Tagged Lyrid, Meteor, Milky Way
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A storm was rolling into Pensacola a few weeks back and I had scouted a few new spots to shoot. There are tons of tall pine trees up here in the pan-handle which obstructs the view of skies, storms, and lightning, so really, the best place to shoot is over the water. I feel like I have been shooting beaches way to often, so I decided to use the dock at a local restaurant, the Sunset Grille, as my location. This is a great little eatery on Perdido Key and people just pull up in their boats to grab a burger or Po’ Boy and a beer. Luckily there were no boats to obstruct my view that evening.
D and I headed out and set up a few shots then I put my fisheye on for this particular scene. My son kept walking into my shot, but I got a winner here in the end. This was an “ominous ending” not only for the storm, but because my wireless remote fell out of my pocket while I was setting up and right into the bay! I was able to get it back, but it was already dead. 
It’s always something with me and gear!!!
Posted in Canon 5D Mark II, Florida, Landscape, Nature, Pensacola, Perdido Key, Sigma 15mm EX DG Fisheye, Storms and Weather
Tagged Clouds, dock, Innerarity Channel, island, Rain, Reflection, Sunset, Sunset Grille, Water
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