Estes Park

Another posting of an outing with my parents and Kirk. At some point when I learn more about the settings I'll start including them.

On 04/01/2012, I was lucky enough to photograph a wedding for someone that I have known for a while.  I took over 1,000 photos and this one has to be my favorite!  It's the bride's bouquet with their wedding rings.  I used Photoshop to enhance the colors.

Oh, I posted this pic because Kirk has also been begging! LOL just kidding!

Stanley Hotel - Estes Park - Ghost Tour

Joey, my in-laws and I went up to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park for the afternoon.  We took one of ghost tours they offer.  Now I wasn't as lucky as some of the people in our group, as I didn't get any orbs, silhouettes or funny shadows, but what I did get was some good pictures of the hotel.  This picture was taken of the grand staircase from the lobby of the hotel up into the second floor rooms.  Rumor has it that CO Stanley and his wife have been seen several times walking up and down this staircase.  I took the picture because I love old wooden staircases, but you can see a picture of CO in the upper left side of the photograph, along with his reflection in the adjacent mirror.  I decided to post this picture out of the almost 400 that I took because I like the classical setting that it represents and of course the lighting is excellent in this image.  I had my Canon on auto (again) and it captures just enough light to bring the image to life.  I'll post some more from my outing and I know that Joey will be posting one or two of his own.

I know nothing about the settings of my camera when I took this picture since I am totally new to all of this but Kirk's been begging that I post something so here it is. As I learn I'll tell more about my pic and what I did.

My New Toy

I just purchased a new toy, the Canon 600D.  I was really excited to use it for the first time.  The photo is from a shoot I did on March 31, 2012 with my beatiful friend, Chelsea.  I was playing with different settings during our shoot, so I don't remember what settings I used for this photo.  This was one of my favorite photos from that day. Yes, Chelsea gave me permission to post her picture =).

Eldorado Canyon State Park - Shooting Day Two with Joey (Image 2)

Here is another picture of our visit to the Eldorado Canyon State Park.  This picture is one of the many inlet caves that are all over the park.  This area was once inhabited by the Ute Indians and they used these caves as shelter from the harsh Colorado winters.  Gold was discovered in these parts in the early 19th century and because of the significant amount of recreational activities that this canyon provides and is known for, including tight rope walking and rock climbing, it is now a state park and can be enjoyed by everyone.  This picture was taken at 2:30 p.m. with a resolution of 72 dpi, f/4 1/80 sec. exposure time with a 75mm focal length.  I loved this picture because it came out so clear and detailed and really accents the caves dimension - no flash was used, because of the exposure time it came out perfectly.

Eldorado Canyon State Park - Shooting Day Two with Joey

Taken at 2:54 PM at at Eldorado Canyon Sate Park here in Colorado this picture is just one of the many great pics I took today.  This was was with a resolution of 72 dpi / f'6.3, exposure of 1/250 sec and 170 mm focal length.  I was standing in the middle of the road that takes you through the park.  I really liked that separation of the rock formations and the accent of the evergreens from top to bottom.  For those of you who don't know, the Eldorado Canyon State Park just southwest of Boulder, CO is primarily a recreational rock climbing park, which you will see in my next posting.  Please enjoy this picture as I did not put any sunscreen on and got a really bad sunburn obtaining it and the others of that day.