One of my favorite photographers, who's such an inspiration to me, shoots mostly at night in the Cali & Nevada deserts / Ghost Towns. I would love to get a trip together with as many DPCers as possible to go camping and try to learn his technique.
The only catch is, we have to go out during the full moon, and the first weekend that we have a full moon in 2005 is August 19th (Friday night). So, that's the weekend we'd go.
Cant say I can join the party, but I can vouch for Troys work... I have the Book "Lost America" and I really enjoy it. You might be interested in these these guys . They are based out of Cali I believe.
I love "Lost America". I have it on my coffee table for all to see. It's so inspiring! It's what's inspired me to do this trip actually! I have been wanting to do this for about 2 years now, but never have really gone out and done it. So, I am hoping to gather some people by next autumn and have a really fun time with night photography!!!
Funny I found that site a while back doing a search for the Phoenix Trotter Park. On my visits to see my Mom just outside of Phoenix, I wandered over to the abandoned site and shot some pictures of it, then had to go find out what it was. Little is known about it and wanted to portray something thousands of people see.
I did a theme on TrekEarth on it with 10 pictures: The Phoenix Trotter Park Now these were more snapshots than what is found in the Lost America Collection, but interesting anyway.
Funny I found that site a while back doing a search for the Phoenix Trotter Park. On my visits to see my Mom just outside of Phoenix, I wandered over to the abandoned site and shot some pictures of it, then had to go find out what it was. Little is known about it and wanted to portray something thousands of people see.
I did a theme on TrekEarth on it with 10 pictures: The Phoenix Trotter Park Now these were more snapshots than what is found in the Lost America Collection, but interesting anyway.
I am familiar with this site and will be driving by it later today, no photos though, but you never know. :)
I've had that site bookmarked in my inspiration folder for quite some time. I went out to the desert last year, I was attending a conference in Las Vegas, but never found the time/energy to get out into the desert at night. I did make some colored transparencies for my flash and spotlights in anticipation of doing so though.
I've had that site bookmarked in my inspiration folder for quite some time. I went out to the desert last year, I was attending a conference in Las Vegas, but never found the time/energy to get out into the desert at night. I did make some colored transparencies for my flash and spotlights in anticipation of doing so though.
I went out and bought cellophane and flashlights, but the cellophane is really weak. Even when I triple layered it, it was still not giving off the correct color light. How did you make yours?
I went out and bought cellophane and flashlights, but the cellophane is really weak. Even when I triple layered it, it was still not giving off the correct color light. How did you make yours?
I looked at cellophane at the stores but as you found they are pretty light in color. What I did for my spotlights was take tranparency sheets, the type you use for presentations, and printed them on my inkjet. I then made cardboard holders for them. For my flash I got Rosco gels. You can get a sample pack from B&H for a penny. These are a little smaller than the 550's head but some tape takes care of the light at the edges.
Sounds interesting, I might be able to go if we can stay at a motel (sorry not into sleeping out in a desert with no bathroom and with rattle snaked and the sort).
Plus it's gonna be hot as hell in AZ during August.
I don't think snakes will be much of a bother, but scorpion can be a real problem. I ran into a couple of them out there. There are some great places along route 66 near Geoffs and needles on Hwy 40. It's not too far off the beaten path to AZ. If you wanted to go north instead, there are a bunch of places to shoot along 95 north of las Vegas. I didn't do very much night shooting out there, but I'll be posting more of the shots into my portfolio this week if anyone is interested in them. Goldfield and the town of Tonopah and some of the surrounding places are great for the type of shots you are trying to capture mirdonamy. Once you get up that far, The town of Bodie isn't much farther at that point. It's a heck of a hike in the snow. Make sure the road is open before you make the drive if you are thinking about going that way. The loop is a worthwhile photo adventure for sure. I could have spent several more weeks out there.
August 19th... it's a Friday. We should consider taking off work Friday and leaving Thursday (so we don't have traffic). Then, we can rest on Friday, get set up and take photos all night on Friday night (full moon). Then, we'll wander around on Saturday morning and head back in the afternoon. My sister's birthday is Sunday... so, I have to be back Saturday night for her party.
So, we can get a cheap motel and sleeping bags for the floor or get cots or something for Thurs & Friday nights.
August 19th... it's a Friday. We should consider taking off work Friday and leaving Thursday (so we don't have traffic). Then, we can rest on Friday, get set up and take photos all night on Friday night (full moon). Then, we'll wander around on Saturday morning and head back in the afternoon. My sister's birthday is Sunday... so, I have to be back Saturday night for her party.
So, we can get a cheap motel and sleeping bags for the floor or get cots or something for Thurs & Friday nights.
Who's in?
Do you know what John is up to :).. we can tuff it out in the great outdoors again.. then we can see that beautiful Canon of his... *drowl*
I'll have to see if they will give me that friday off since i've asked for 3 days in July... I don't usually ask for this many days off in a year.. Feels like i'm begging :)...
*pplleeaseee mmaa'ammm... may i have some moreee??*
You see i work for the "WO-man" not the "MAN".. big difference :)
Sounds good to me, exactly where is it that we are going to and do we need to bring cellophane? I've a 6 D cell flashlight and a spotlight that can be plugged into a car if we need to bring flashlights. No cellophane though.
Can someone find us a really cheap hotel for Friday night? Who's going with me for this? We need to get some gear ready too. After my exam (providing I pass), I'll have more time to devote to organizing this.
I need a preliminary head-count for this trip or I won't be able to book a hotel. At Anza, we had a lot of people bail. Raul & I ended up covering the camping fees. It wasn't terrible, but it'd be nice if we could have more of a show for this event. Plus, this will be a learning experience. You all like learning, right? :)
Let me know if you are interested. We could probably get a hotel for $50 to split.
I think leaving mid-day Friday would be best to get there by Friday night. Staying only one night. I don't know where to go... I was hoping some of the locals could recommend some ghost towns or places of the like. Maybe we need to write to get permission to photograph the ghost towns at night. Not sure... I really can't think about this til after my exam next weekened, so any help would be great!!!
Okay, now that we are getting closer to the date, does anyone still want to do this? I can't afford much (just about $10 a night) so we need a few people to split a room with... anyone anyone... :)
