I shot this picture on Tuesday March 13th. In the picture I captured the end of a passing freight train for the Alaska Railroad. I wanted to capture the locomotive with a slower shutter speed, but I didn't have time to get my camera settings right before it had passed. Using a slower shutter speed would allow me to capture the movement of the train and the blowing snow around it. I instead settled for the the end of the train, hoping that a caboose would be the last train car. With the light and color of the setting sun I felt that the scene was very surreal. Sadly the beauty of this image is ruined by what happened less than an hour afterwards. At or around the railroad crossing of Arctic boulevard this freight train struck and killed a pedestrian that was on the tracks. I captured the beauty of the scenery around the end of the train. The same train that was soon to be the end of someones life.
This shot is similar to one that i took last week along the Seward Highway. Like that shot this shot has the same three sources of light. The northern lights on the left, the milky way in the center, and the city lights of Anchorage on the right. The mountain in the middle is Pioneer Peak located along Knik River.
Eagle River Nature Center - Winter 2018
Going back over old pitures from last winter. This one was taking on the boardwalk at the Eagle River Nature Center
It's been a while since I went out shooting during the daytime. I decided to drive down Seward Highway. I didn't have a destination or composition in mind. Instread I chose to stop at almost every pull out and look for a creative compositon. This particular shot is a 15 shot panorama. It was taken just south of Girdwood, Alaska.
Friday Night on the Knik River
Friday night on the Knik River. A group of teens hanging out around a bonfire. Shooting off fireworks while the Northern Lights dance overhead. This shot was actually somewhat challenging. I had my camera settings set to take pictures of the northern lights on a moonless night. Then the teens starting shooting off fireworks. I had to scramble to change my settings for the difference in light.