[Travel Photography] DesertLypse

It’s been a while since I “lypsed” (is that really a word?). My last istock event was last summer in Toronto and I’m excited to be visiting some place new this time. My friend Ethan Myerson is putting on DesertLypse 4 in November and fortunately, I made it off the standby list.

This will be my first time to “the desert” region so it should be fun. I’ve been to Las Vegas on a previous trip, but I never made it off the strip. So it wasn’t much different then any city.

Time to get my thinking cap on and start visualizing what I’m capturing!

Photo Studio Available in Harrisburg?

Earlier this year I decided not to renew my studio space. It was a tough call, but I really couldn’t justify at this time. It turns out it has been a good thing for me. It’s been the type of thing that juices your creativity a bit. You have to come up with creative solutions to pull off the shoots. So, I’ve been shooting more locations or outdoor shoots.

As I head into winter, I’m wishing I had a nice space that I could just close the door on and do some work. Finding a photography studio for rent in the Harrisburg area is a little bit of a task though. If only I could hit the lottery and I could buy my own commercial real estate and make that “daydream” I’ve always thought about happen.

Solution Options

1) I’m hoping that someone will stumble on this post and leave a comment of a space that is available to rent for a short term basis to shoot in. It can be a day rate or week/month rate.

2) Create an artistic group that combine resources to retain a photo studio space that “members” can schedule time for use. I think a group of as small as 4 Harrisburg Area Photographers could even make this option easily financially viable.

Taking a hike (and taking a few pictures)

I was out taking some shots tonight scouting for an upcoming shoot and was having a good time playing nature photographer. It's fun to take the time and play with another discipline of photography and use some different techniques. You really get an appreciation for the people who can do that style well, and make it look easy.

Best Camera – According to Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis has long preached that the best camera is the one you have with you. It’s hard to argue that point. It is really hard to take a photograph without a camera. Chase has been advocating the iphone camera for sharing and exploring images around you. It’s actually not a bad little system. I take SOME pics with my iphone here and there, but I certainly forget about using it as a serious artistic tool and it ends up being a "snapshot tool".

motoed iPhone Gallery - see entire gallery

Joe Edelman even mentioned on a recent LightSource Podcast over at StudioLighting.net that he even uses his iphone photos for backgrounds in high-res compositions. I find that amazing and I’m curious to see one of these style images full size (sounds like a weekend test project to me.)

If you haven’t heard from one of the million sources already publishing it, Chase released a new iphone app today that coincides with the announcement of a new photo community, bestcamera.com and an iphone photo book, The Best Camera Is The One That's With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis (Voices That Matter)

One of the big things about the best camera iphone app that interest me is the single button upload to a bunch of sites (does it use flickr too? If not, why not? I hope it’s not because flickr could be viewed as a competitor for bestcamera.com!)

Update on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:50PM by Ed Hidden

I guess I wasn't thinking at first when I posted this. Flickr lets you upload photos via email, which is how you can post to flickr from this app.

What Moves Me (A Strobist: Boot Camp Assignment)

Ok.. well, it wasn't a full on boot camp assignment shot. I did it before I technically knew about the assignment. So, I'll be reshooting another idea I have in mind, but I thought I'd share these pics in the meantime and it can be a comparison after "trying" to do something a little more creative.