Photographing Indian Creek

Baby Boomer Steve Hadley photographing Indian Creek, Taylorsville, California

While I was down capturing a few early morning shots of Indian Creek, our friend Steve decided to join me. That was perfect timing, because all the photos I had taken up until then had been void of people, which is really unusual for me. More importantly, he is a “Baby Boomer!” Photographing “Baby Boomers” is one of my top priorities when shooting for stock.

Here is another tip I will throw out there to the universe. When photographing a landscape, try shooting the scene both with and without people. I generally shoot with the people in the scene first, because those shots are most important to me. But, if your speciality happens to be landscapes, you would most likely do it in reverse. This is most important if you are a Stock Photographer shooting for publication.

I will be including more photo tips in future posts from our recent Northeastern California Road Trip, so stay tuned to www.sherrimeyer.com/Blog.

Cover Photo of Indian Creek

Indian Creek, Taylorsville, California shot on Nikon D-300 with Tokina 12-24mm lens.

It’s a lot easier to Blog about our Northeastern California Road Trip, now that we are home and with power. Read more »

Mt. Tallac Trail

View of Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe, from the Mt. Tallac Trail, South Lake Tahoe, California

Our final destination during our road trip was Fallen Leaf Lake Campground, in South Lake Tahoe, California. We live less than 2 hours away from the most popular lake in the country (also known as “Lake in the sky”), but we usually avoid it because of the crowds. Read more »

Back Home in Auburn

Blue Lake Shoreline, Modoc National Forest, California

Some of you have been reading our Photo Blog during the last couple of weeks, during our Northeastern California Road Trip.

We are now back home in Auburn. Last night, we completed a 1150-mile loop, covering some of the most beautiful and less traveled to areas of Northern California.

We had a great trip, but as always, it’s good to be home! We returned with lots of photos and now the fun (I mean the not-so-glamorous work) begins. Our images will get organized into folders, edited, keyworded, captioned and the list goes on.

Over the next few weeks, we will also be posting many more photos from our road trip. So, please be sure to check back often to see what’s new.

Northeastern California Road Trip Update

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Shasta County, California

Greetings from the road everyone,

We apologize for the long gaps between posts, but Blogging from the road has been very challenging. We have set up camp in 3 different locations since leaving home, all without power. To download our images to our laptop, we are using a power inverter that converts battery power to AC power. For checking our e-mail and posting to our Photo Blog, we have to drive to the nearest town, which has been as far away as 35-miles (today in Alturas). Boy, have we learned a lot on this trip! Read more »

Indian Creek, Taylorsville, California

Indian Creek, Taylorsville, California

Our first 3 nights were spent in Taylorsville, a little “Po Dunk” town in Plumas County, southeast of Lake Almanor.

We camped on 10 acres of private property with our friends, along beautiful Indian Creek. The photo above was taken right next to our campsite.

While we were there, we did a day trip to Lasen National Park. Now, we have moved on to McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park.

We hope to write again in a few days, but we have found out that Blogging while on the road is harder than we thought.

Adios,

Jeff & Sherri (Cocoa too!)

Our Travel Plans

Horse in rural Auburn, California, shot with Nikon D-300 and Tokina super wide-angle lens.

The photo of this horse doesn’t really have anything to do with our travel plans, but I needed to “test drive” my new equiptment, before leaving on our 15-day road trip, which begins tomorrow.

Our travel/photo plans (subject to flexibility) are as follows:

Counties:

California - Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, Modoc, El Dorado

Nevada - Washoe, Douglas

Subjects: (partial list)

State Parks, Lassen National Park, Lake Tahoe, hiking, kayaking, hot springs, scenics and much more.

We hope you will follow along with us during our travels. Since much of our trip will be off-the-beaten-path, we won’t always have Internet access (Wifi). So we are not sure how often we will be able to post on our Photo Blog. We are hoping to keep you updated as to where we are and what we are doing every 2-3 days.

Cheers,

Jeff & Sherri

Donna & Maya

Baby Boomer Donna Bussinger and her daughter, Maya.

This past weekend, I had a blast photographing my friend and Baby Boomer model, Donna and her 3 year old daughter, Maya.

For as long as I’ve known Donna (23 years), she has stayed in shape by putting fitness high on her priority list.

She was a Professional Raft Guide in Coloma, California, for more than a dozen years. She also runs, mountain bikes, gardens, hikes, snowshoes, cross-country skis and teaches high school physical education, to name just a few.

Donna recently added one more way to stay in shape to the long list of activities she participates in. She plays in the new family swimming pool with her daughter, Maya. I was amazed at how much exercise they got (see photo above), during the hour or so I was photographing them.

You can bet, Maya will stay in shape just like her Mom!

Interview with Richard Wong

Morning walk in rural Auburn, California

In my recent post “Exciting News,” I mentioned my upcoming interview with Professional Photographer and Writer Richard Wong.

It is now live and you can check it out over at Fieldnotes: The Non-Glamorous Side of Photography.

About the photo: This is another shot taken with my new 12-24mm super wide-angle Tokina lens.

While out for a morning walk recently, I did a little experimenting with my new super wide-angle lens. My goal was to shoot photos using a unique perspective, that would illustrate “walking for fitness.”  For this one, I also left plenty of empty space on the left for text. I was very pleased with the results.

Out of the couple of dozen or so frames I took during this shoot, I will probably keep about 25% of them. This one was one of my favorites.

“Gearing Up” for Upcoming Road Trip

 
Our living room shot with my new Tokina 12-24mm super wide-angle lens.

Wow! Our living room never looked so big! This was the first photo taken with my new super wide- angle lens. So far so good!

Jeff and I will be leaving soon on a “Road Trip,” exploring and photographing new territory in Northeastern California and the Lake Tahoe Region.

I would have eventually purchased this lens along with my new Nikon D-300, but just before a trip like this seemed like the time to take the plunge. I have been experimenting with this lens and I’m loving it, but I haven’t really tried out the camera yet. That is on the agenda for this weekend.

After comparison shopping on the Internet, I found the best deals through B&H Photo in New York.  Not only were their prices lower than anywhere else, their service was impeccable.

I will be writing more about our upcoming trip in a future post, as well as posting a photo or two taken on the D-300.