Jim Larson Photography

The post for today will be somewhat different than normal.  Instead of a regular still image I’ve added a video that I shot this past weekend.  What is interesting about this video is that I shot it with my still camera.  The camera was set up on a tripod with a timer attached to the trigger.  I set the timer to take a photo once every 10 seconds.  6 1/2 hours later I had captured the day in 2,335 photos.  These photos were put together using Apple’s Quicktime Pro software to display 30 photos a second.  That works out to 6 1/2 hours of shooting being shown in 78 seconds.

This technique is referred to as “Time Lapse Photography.

The day starts out quite foggy, but soon breaks in to sunshine with clouds rolling in over the valley.

Enjoy!

My wife and I got to spend the weekend with my sister and brother-in-law helping them build their new house. The objective of the weekend was to get the roof weather tight in preparation for winter.  We were just wrapping up the job when my brother-in-law stopped to get a drink.  The sun was directly behind him and it looked like a potentially cool shot.  I had my wife grab the camera and she took a few shots and I got off the roof to take a couple myself.  This was the one that I liked the best of the bunch.

Keep that camera close by, as you never know when you’ll have a good photo op.

When I looked outside this evening I saw the full moon with some very interesting light clouds that were dancing in the moonlight.  I grabbed the camera and 200mm lens and took a few shots.  I tried several exposures because with the very dark sky and the very bright moon the light meter in the camera gets confused.  This one turned out the best of the bunch.

I did have to do some editing in Adobe Lightroom to bring up the clouds and to tone down the brightness of the moon just a bit, but this is about what I saw with my naked eye.  I also cropped the image to about 1/6 of the frame to make the moon larger in the image.

I’ve been gathering “theme” shots for while on “Life Through a Dog’s Eyes.” The photo to the right may not be too exciting to a human (from a human’s perspective), but put yourself down low and that hydrant looks pretty good against the blue sky. Not only that, but it smells…. well, never mind.  I didn’t get that close.  :-)  To do it right (from a dog’s eye), I should have probably converted the photo to black and white.  Maybe if I get around to putting a book together, I’ll do that.

It is amazing how different the world looks from a slightly different point of view.  Do you have a 2 year old running round the house?  Well, maybe you should hold your camera knee high and see what they see.  It would be fun to make a picture book from your child’s perspective at various ages.

Keep on shooting!

Sometimes when we wake up after sleeping on our boat we are treated to a very still morning. This was the case earlier this summer. There were very few people around and the only traffic on this part of the lake was this kayaker.

I like this particular image as this woman cuts through the still water of the morning, leaving a v of ripples in her wake.  Her bright colors contrast nicely against the reflection of the dark cliffs.

Alle is keeping her eyes open in hopes of seeing the great pumpkin.