Thanks for sharing this Death Valley adventure, Lewis! Great captures and a nice little taste of a place I have always wanted to go, but have not made it yet. During the early drive in 'fast forwards' I was reminiscing of a fall 1985 workshop I attended given by you and William Neill and another fellow whose name I could not recall -- and then you mentioned him -- Jeff Nixon. I remember his forte at the time was B&W with a view camera. An embarrassing moment from the workshop I still remember was having my tripod-mounted 35mm SLR and framing some iconic valley view and pressing the shutter and Jeff leaned in to view the frame and said, "Yep, you got 'im" (or something similar) --- noting the jet trail I had in one corner for my composition. 🙂 It is a lesson I never forgot about checking the frame corner to corner for any unwanted things. My other takeaway was the lesson in getting a 'custom ISO' for each slide film brand/speed matched to one's camera/meter combo by making a 'test strip' of exposures and checking for where the best detail was retained across the gamut. That helped me for many years to be able to shoot knowing pretty well what the image on the slide (or later, 6x7 strip) would look like once processed. Thanks for that too!
Thanks for the video. Always enjoy seeing your work. I get the desire to include more video, but seeing the end product is always the payoff! Be healthy and safe travels.
Great! Nice to see this, two of our favorite areas.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing this Death Valley adventure, Lewis! Great captures and a nice little taste of a place I have always wanted to go, but have not made it yet.
During the early drive in 'fast forwards' I was reminiscing of a fall 1985 workshop I attended given by you and William Neill and another fellow whose name I could not recall -- and then you mentioned him -- Jeff Nixon. I remember his forte at the time was B&W with a view camera. An embarrassing moment from the workshop I still remember was having my tripod-mounted 35mm SLR and framing some iconic valley view and pressing the shutter and Jeff leaned in to view the frame and said, "Yep, you got 'im" (or something similar) --- noting the jet trail I had in one corner for my composition. 🙂 It is a lesson I never forgot about checking the frame corner to corner for any unwanted things. My other takeaway was the lesson in getting a 'custom ISO' for each slide film brand/speed matched to one's camera/meter combo by making a 'test strip' of exposures and checking for where the best detail was retained across the gamut. That helped me for many years to be able to shoot knowing pretty well what the image on the slide (or later, 6x7 strip) would look like once processed. Thanks for that too!
Woodrow thanks for the great comment. I am so glad the three of us were able to help you advance your journey as a photographer!
Thanks for the video. Always enjoy seeing your work. I get the desire to include more video, but seeing the end product is always the payoff! Be healthy and safe travels.
Thanks Scott and safe travels to you too!