On the Galapagos Islands, the weather varies dramatically from the coast to the volcanic interior. The center of the islands, known as The Highlands, are normally shrouded by misty clouds. We headed into the Highlands to check out some volcanic terrain, as well as to check out some of the famous Galapagos tortoises. El Rancho...
We arrived in the Galapagos eager to experience a truly epic trip of a lifetime. Be began by traversing Isla Santa Cruz, from the airport on Isla Baltra to the north, across the misty highlands in the middle and down to Punta Aroya on the southern coast. Cactus are prolific in the arid lowlands, while...
Ryan van Duzer is always posting iPhone sunrise photos on his Facebook page. His condo in north Boulder has some spectacular views of town and the Flatirons. I decided that his roof would be a great location to shoot some portraits. As it turns out, the sunrise happened a little earlier than I had hoped,...
Happy Monday on the Steve Z Blog! When we last left off I was in San Antonio at the photography convention. After that I headed west across the giant state of Texas en route back to Colorado. My next stop on the Great American Road Trip was to check out Big Bend National Park. I...
Color photos of nature, landscapes, structures from a winter road trip across southern Louisiana. Ferry ride, bridge, moss covered tree, shrimp boat.
After a quick visit in New Orleans, I headed southwest into the heart of Louisiana. The bayou is an area of the country where I’ve never been, and in the spirit of random exploration, I wanted to head down there and sight-see. For some reason, I couldn’t get Creedence Clearwater Revival out of my head....
One of the great things about being a member of the Digital Wedding Forum, is that I have a network of photographer friends all over the world. I’ve been traveling around the country, and everywhere I go there are people to drink beers with, talk shop, assist with shoot, couch surf, and in this case,...
So yesterday I went on another adventure on my Florida vacation! My dad has gotten into kayaking over the last couple years, so we loaded up the kayaks and drove north to Crystal River. The river is spring fed, and has perfectly clear water at the main spring sources. The water that comes out is...
Life is like learning to ride a wheelie. There are many things in life that we wish that we could do, or that we could do better. I’ve always wanted to learn to ride a wheelie, ever since I was a little BMX punk in the 80s. Why didn’t I know how? Simple. I never...
When I come down to Florida, I’m always intrigued by the Spanish Moss. I love how it looks when it’s backlit by the sun. I’ve been on the lookout for a good place to shoot a model in the woods while I’ve been out mountain biking. On a recent ride, I came around a corner,...
I went to Salida to shoot a wedding. At the end of town is a large cone like hill with a big S on it. There is a road called Spiral Drive where you can drive to the top. Once at the top, there is a white, empty building with a view.
I haven’t gone out of my way to take pictures of the Four Mile Canyon Fire in Boulder. There are so many amazing and terrible image out there on the web, I haven’t felt the need. However, on the first day, I did climb on my room to snap some shots near sunset. So terrible....
After my wedding on Wednesday I got out for a quick hike from the town of Telluride. The weather was unbelievably schizophrenic, and it would change from sun to rain about every 3 minutes. I walked with only my 45mm Tilt Shift Lens, always looking to tie together compositional elements. Steve-Z.com = perspective misalignment!
If you drive to Ouray, there is an overlook over town, where you can take the same photo that 8 million other people have already taken. 7,999,999 of them do not have the focal plane aligned with Main Street, however.
Aw. A sunset. Isn’t that special? Well, it was pretty schweet. I took these photos from the deck of a shirtless tattooed dude. He offered us snow peas that were growing on the deck along with a lot of tomatoes. He showed us the shelves where he started them in March. He says that he...
So, while I was at Mount Rainier, I couldn’t resist taking some tourist shots. It really is quite an impressive chunk of ice, towering 10,000 feet above most of the other mountains in the Cascade Range. We were blessed with incredible clear blue skies the entire weekend.
We watched the sun set from the Paradise area of Mt. Rainier National Park. Apparently Paradise is the snowiest place on Earth, of the places that regularly measure that sort of thing. That’s cool. The light on the mountain at that time of day was pretty washed out, which is less than cool. So to...
After leaving Seattle and the coast, we headed up to Mt. Rainier National Park. George needed to get out of the car and stretch his legs at a rest stop, and agreed to pose for a quick photo.
When camping, I’m captivated by the primal power of fire. I can spend hours collecting, building, tending, arranging, contemplating, and generally zoning out in peaceful zen.
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