Entries in USVI (2)

Thursday
Mar252010

I'm no landscape photographer. In fact, I'm pretty bad at landscape photography, but I'm not sure anyone could mess this view up. This view here features Cinnamon Beach and the British Virgin Islands - I mean, serious, how much better does it get? The view is so massive, you have to turn your head to see the whole thing, it's just incredible. 

I just like these next two shots.

Sunday
Jan242010

What a view, right? Shooting here was amazing - the view never got old.

See, what makes this shot work so well is the sunset. You're probably saying to yourself, 'I don't see a sunset', and you'd be correct - you don't see it, but it's still there. The actual sun set way-off to my left (you can tell by the variety in the blue sky, left to right). But we're still not talking about why the sunset made this picture yet - it's the pink in the clouds. That color was created by the setting sun and lasted literally 2 minutes - then it was gone. The shot only took a few seconds to create (bracketed 7 frames for exposure fusion in post-production), but the setup was hefty. Setting up the camera and tripod, filling the pool to the infinity-edge (it previously was down about 4 inches), cleaning the pool, cleaning the area, wetting-down the stone, and last but not least, waiting for that magic moment.

This one wasn't as magical, but it was still pretty neat-lookin'. Shooting four mansions in 10-days doesn't sound like hard work, but when one of those mansions is booked year-round, it means I get to shoot between rentals. Yeah - 8,000 square feet and 14 different views between 10 AM and 3 PM - following the housekeepers after they finish each room. I'm just lucky that turnover day brought me a nice blue sky to work with.