Eclipse 2017

After a full day at the Newport Art Festival at 6pm I drove from Newport, WA to just Southeast of Silverton, OR.  Made short stop at home to shower and load the cameras. Left home at 9:00pm and arrived at Silverton site at 11:50pm I set up my night camp in the back of my 2016 Rav4 and was in bed at 12:30am. 

At 6:04am I woke to light pink clouds on the horizon as the sun got ready to rise at 6:12am. Setting up my Canon 6D to shoot at 24mm so sun would be centered over a rolling hill of recently mowed wheat field.  My 7D was set to photograph with just the sun centered (that was a little bit of a challenge) in the frame.  I viewed the eclipse solely via live view on the cameras back screen.

I haven't had a chance to process the 6D photos yet, Those to come soon, but here are a few from the 7D.  Shots done with Canon EF 400mm f1:5.6 L with Quantaray 2x AF doubler and Hitech 100x100mm ND 4.8 16 stop filter for an effective 1,280mm.

 

Shortly after start of moons incursion onto Sun 

 

 Sun covered at approximately 50% by Moon

 

 30 seconds into Totality

 

 1st shot of end of Totality

 
My drive to Silverton took approximately 3 hours (from home).  My drive home (left site at 12:30pm. Arrived home at 8:56pm) you can do the math. I saw more back roads (love waze taking me around traffic backups) than I ever thought I would.

I will say that the trip was more than worth the time invested. Truly a once in a lifetime experience and I'm so glad that I decided to make the trip.

Have a wonderful rest of the week.  Weekend is only 2 days away.  Don't forget your Camera.

Aloha,
Aaron

Town of Joseph, OR has statues on almost all of their street corners. Quaint little town with local shops, restaurants & Coffee shops.

View of Snow-caped Mnt peaks surrounding Joseph

Windy Day Lady 

 

Closeup of Windy Day Lady

  Iron Bike next to planter box

 Another view of Snow-caped Mnt. surrounding Joseph

 Cowboy riding bronco in front of City Hall & Sheriffs Office

 Dignity Statue in center of town

Just some of the beauty of Joseph, OR.  Well worth a stop.  Weekend is almost here.  Don't forget to take your camera.

Aloha, 

Aaron

Last nights 4th of July Celebration at Wallowa Lake, OR. One of the best shows I've seen in years.  

We started getting our spaces and setting up 2.5 hours before the show started at 10pm PST Golden hours across Wallowa Lake hillside.

 Some people even brought their own fireworks to start early and compete with the professionals. This was about 8:25pm.  1.5 hours before the actual show started.

Beautiful evening. No wind, 68° and people everywhere. 22 minutes of solid fireworks with one of the best finales I've seen in years. Will post some more tonight or tomorrow morning.

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th. Have a productive week and don't forget the camera.

Alha,

Aaron

Spending the week in Wallowa Valley doing some Landscape & Nature Photography.  2,500-6,000
 ft. elevation.

Made a few stops along the Columbia River Gorge. 

First Lookout pull off along the Gorge

Visa House overlooking the Gorge

 Shepard's Dell Waterfall, Upper section

 Arched bridge at Shepard's Dell

 Mid section of the Shepard's Dell Falls

Next post will be the town of Joseph. Beautiful little town with quaint shops and brass & Metal statues on every corner.  Processing tonight and will post tomorrow.  Fireworks tomorrow night.

Have a great 4th. Be safe and don't forget the camera.

Aloha
Aaron

Sand & Sawdust Festival

Have put the camera away for the week and been processing, proofing, Matting & Framing new Art for the Sand & Sawdust Festival at Ocean Shores, WA next week June 23rd-25th.

If your in the area, do stop by and see some of my new work, and visit all the booths and activities during the festival.

Here is some of the work I've been doing this past week. Most of these will be available in both Framed and Matted only.

Hope to see you at the festival. Have a great Summer week (21st is official start of Summer) and don't forget your Camera's.

Happy Shooting,

Aaron

Driving thru Hoquiam today there was a BNSF train stopped on the tracks along the road past Home Depot and I decided to take some pictures.  Wasn't the best time of day 2:00pm, but it was cloudy so not to harsh sunlight.  

Here is one shop processed as color and two B&W.

At the Grays Harbor Expo last week they had an antique car show.  Here's a couple of shots I took during one of my short breaks. I experimented with some new techniques, what do you think? 

Here is the actual color of the car.

 Here is my finished product

Hope you enjoy these as much as I did taking & processing them.  Have a great rest of the weekend and don't forget your camera.

Aloha,

Aaron

Grays Harbor Expo & Fine Art Show

Today is the last day of the Grays Harbor Expo at Ocean Shores, WA.  Antique Car Show, Wood & Ice Carving Contest, Food Stands, giant slide for the kids in all of us.

If your in the area come by and see our Fine Art Booth.  Booths 107-108 in the Convention Center Lobby

 

    

 

Have a great Memorial Weekend and don't forget your Camera

Aloha:

E Aaron Schosso

Finally in a location where I was able to get close enough to get some shots of ducks. These are American Wigeon that were hanging out at a pond on a golf course in Orting Washington.

Very pleased with how these turned out.  Sigma 70-200mm w/2x extender on Canon 7D so 640mm. ISO 800, 1/320 sec @ f/5.6.  Post processing in Lightroom, Cropping, Vignette and Signature in PhotoshopCC.

Half way to Weekend. Have a great rest of the week and don't forget you Camera.

Aloha,

Aaron