Shooting with limited timelines

I’m sure I’m not alone when I say ” I wish I had more time to shoot or I time that perfect sunrise, or sunset!!” Finally I found a way to make this a reality.  Thanks to ‘The Photographer’s Ephemeris”  I’m able to choose my location, find out when, where and at what time the moon or the sun will be at any particular day.  This past weekend I had the opportunity to utilize and test this software and the new Canon Mark IV on loan to me.

Every few weeks, with my wife and kids, we head up to the mountains to the family cabin in Big Trees village in Stanislaus National forest.  Since I want to enjoy the weekend with the family and all the amazing activities in the region,  I prefer to pick a couple hours during the weekend to photograph and hope to capture some great imagery…the key word…HOPE.   I was going to have TPE tell me at what time and what direction to make my shot.  To my pleasant surprise, TPE showed that the moon was going to be near 100% and rising around sunset…..perfect !!! If I showed up and was ready to shoot at 7:30 I would get my shot.  and WOW did I !!!!.  This is such a great tool.

The only challenge was the clouds, I anticipated they would add impact, however there was only a small window before I lost the sunlight.

Moon Rising over The Three Chimneys

Looking East, The moon rises over The Three Chimneys in Stanislaus National Forest. Mandatory Credit: Dinno Kovic / Dinno Kovic Photography

TPE details of the image

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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

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Shooting high ISO with the 7D

After my hockey game on Tuesday, (yeah we won!) I decided to take advantage of testing my new 7D with horrible lighting.  I Shot this at ISO 6400 using my 70-200 at 2.8 shutter 800 ms.

Making the save

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Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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Welcome to SouthCreek Global Media

I’m totally excited to be accepted on the team of photographers with Southcreek Media. Looking forward to shooting the San Francisco Giants this season and I’m sure some other fun events.  www.Southcreekglobal.com

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Thursday, March 25th, 2010

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Stanislaus National Forest: Winter Snow Shoe Hike

My goal for the day was to find the easiest route to hike down to the Stanislaus river so I can take some unique images of the River on a beautiful winter day.
Beautiful views while hiking in towards Stanislaus River on Saturday with the Snow-shoes.  Unfortunately, under estimated the amount of work to hike through un-trecked powder, and over estimated my conditioning.  Never made it to the river, and was ecstatic to make it back to the car.  (personal note: not to bring my heavy tripod for such a hike EVER again!)
The over all hike was only a mile from my start point however I felt relatively at ease thinking the excursion would be a mile.  The two factors that completely derailed this amazing opportunity to photograph the river in all it’s glory with the snow covered trees was the depth of the snow and the altitude.  Each step took so much effort, especially lugging 30lbs of gear, with less oxygen.

My goal for the day was to find the easiest route to hike down to the Stanislaus river so I can take some unique images of this amazing body of water on a beautiful winter day. Nothing too outrageous but a challange that   I was willing and ready to take on.  I had the key components for what I needed, My Lowpro hip bag, packed with all my  equipment, a backpack with snacks and extra storage, and finally my reliable sturdy heavy (did I emphasis HEAVY)  tripod.

The views were spectacular,  I stopped at various points to photograph the snow covered landscape. To hike in the back country with only my GPS as guidance and trekking through on marked snow was such an incredible feeling.  Unfortunately I under estimated the amount of work it would take to hike through un-trecked powder, and over estimated my state of athleticism.  After making some calculations on my GPS, I realized that I only had 30 minutes left to the river however hiking out back to the truck would be the challenge and based on the light of day and how tiring it was up to this point.  I decided to turn around so I Never made it to the river, and quite frankly was ecstatic to make it back to the truck.  (personal note: not to bring my heavy tripod for such a hike EVER again!)

Gear:

Lowpro hip Bag:

Canon 5D

Lenses: 70-200 2.8, fish-eye, 17-35mm, 24-70mm 2.8

SnowShoes: Atlas: Easy to get in and out, light and very easy to hike with

Boots:  Keen- This was the key, They kept me dry and warm

Clothing: Quicksilver.

GPS: Garmen Trek

I’ll soon update with the GPS map and trek.

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

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