A Little More From The Desert

A few more images from my time in Valley Of Fire.

Painting in the Desert

It wouldn't be right to spend time in the desert at night without doing a little painting.

Stars and Red Rocks

This past week, I was in Las Vegas for work.  I usually try to get out to the desert to do some shooting while in Vegas, and this time was not exception.  The last night we were there, the skies were finally clear, so I headed out with a few friends to shoot some stars.  Shooting stars with the almost full moon can be tricky.  The upside is that the moon really brought out the color of the rocks.

And, just for fun, here's a black and white version.

Painting in the Desert - Round Two

Got lucky this time around and was able to make a second trip out to the desert for a little more light painting.  This time there were three of us, myself and a couple of friends from Canon.  We had only planned on staying in this spot for a few minutes, but ended up being there all night.

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

459.00 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

653.00 Sec - f/4 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

699 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

655.00 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

396 Sec - f/7.1 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

285.00 Sec - f/8 - ISO 160 - 14 mm

Painting in the Desert

It wouldn't be a trip to Vegas if we didn't make it out to Valley Of Fire for some light painting.  This time, a good portion of my team joined us so there were about ten of us out this night.  As always, it was a fantastic time.

Canon EOS 6D - EF17-40mm f/4L USM

20.00 Sec - f/22 - ISO 100 - 19 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF17-40mm f/4L USM

30 Sec - f/11 - ISO 320 - 19 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

368 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 320 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

476 Sec - f/8 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

358 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

465 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

A Bit Of Painting

Back in Vegas this week for work, so, out to the desert we went. Here's a few of my favorite images from this evening.

   

Canon EOS 6D - EF17-40mm f/4L USM

30 Sec - f/11 - ISO 320 - 19 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

465 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

Canon EOS 6D - EF14mm f/2.8L II USM

476 Sec - f/8 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

Valley Of Fire

Valley Of Fire is one of my favorite places to shoot.  It doesn't matter what time of day you visit, there are amazing images to be made everywhere.  On a recent trip to Vegas for work, one of my reps and I went in a day early so that we could spend a bit of time shooting.  I shot these images while Drew and I were checking out some new places to do light painting.  

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/2000 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/1600 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/400 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/250 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/1250 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon PowerShot S120 - 5.2-26.0 mm

1/2000 Sec - f/2 - ISO 80 - 5.2 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/160 Sec - f/8 - ISO 100 - 70 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/80 Sec - f/8 - ISO 100 - 24 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

1/250 Sec - f/8 - ISO 100 - 28 mm

Canon EOS-1D X - EF17-40mm f/4L USM

1/13 Sec - f/22 - ISO 400 - 19 mm

Painting In The Desert

Wouldn't be right to visit Valley Of Fire without doing some light painting.  And, if you are going to do it once, you might as well do it twice.  While working in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do just that.  One of my team members met me a day early and we camped out and spent the night doing some painting and shooting some stars (images to come).  These cabins worked out to be a great backdrop for painting.

597.00 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

465 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 640 - 14 mm

340 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

Later in the week, we managed to get a few more of my team members out to the desert with us for some more painting.  Drew and I had found this spot on our first excursion and it turned out to be a pretty decent spot.

48 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

216 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

242.00 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

259.00 Sec - f/6.3 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

248.00 Sec - f/4 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

361.00 Sec - f/5.6 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

239 Sec - f/2.8 - ISO 400 - 14 mm

426 Sec - f/4 - ISO 400 - 14 mm