May 13, 2010

Welcome!

        



Welcome!

  This is the first posting of a new blog for Wayde Carroll Photography. I look forward to sharing my images, techniques, thoughts, and inspirations here. Any comments, critiques, questions, or wise cracks are welcome!

 I'm a photographer based in Anchorage, Alaska and I do a wide variety of work to keep paying the bills! From one posting to the next you may find photos from an exotic location or you may find a pair of bare feet photographed for a local hospital brochure. I'll try and limit the foot postings, promise!
  I want to extend a special welcome and thank you to the people who followed me on my Chatalaska blog for so long. I was sad to see it shut down but feel I can share a wider range of topics here.

 This first image of the Chugach Mountains was taken just down the street from my home. I was locking up the house before hitting the sack and looked out the window to find this amazing orange glow filling the sky! I quickly grabbed my Canon 5D and a 24-70mm lens, made sure there was a card and a battery in the camera (I have actually driven out to a spot in the past to catch some amazing light only to discover my battery was still at home charging, just in case, you know, I might need to leave at a moments notice...), and ran down the street to a local park with a nice clearing.
 I was in aperture priority at  F6.3 and had a shutter speed of 1/125 at ISO 400. Because the lens was zoomed out to 24mm I wasn't too worried about depth of field and the 1/125th shutter speed allowed me to hand hold the camera and not worry about a tripod. I knew the color wouldn't last long and after shooting about 15 images the sun was gone and the clouds were grey/ blue. Made it!
 I would have liked a bit more of the mountain range in the image but I was eliminating some distracting homes that were directly in front of me. Not bad for a mere ten minutes work!

8 comments:

  1. No, not bad at all, Wayde - it's a gorgeous shot. Thanks for sharing the shot, the settings, and the reminder to keep the camera loaded. Congratulations on this new blog.

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  2. Sunset in AK..boy do I miss that...what time was it...11pm, lol!

    Another example of your talented eye!

    Scott Dowd

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  3. Nice blog Wayde! I am so exited for this blog!

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  4. Great stuff Wayde. Thank you for sharing...

    Dave Pena

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  5. Wayde, great to see you back on line! Looking forward to your wonderful pix's and great advise

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  6. Hey Scott! You need to get back up here! That was around 10pm, not quite summer yet!

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  7. Thanks Joan, Brian, Dave, Glen!
    Good to hear from you!

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  8. Thanks for posting these great pics! My wife used to live in that part of Alaska and enjoys seeing them.

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