Set the alarm clock for 1:30 am, and take your chances!
Shooting Data: Sony A1 ILCE-1, Sony FE 24mm F1.4 GM at 24 mm, 25.00 at f/1.4, Manual Mode, 0 EV, ISO 2500, Tripod.
On this particular morning, or night, depending on how you look at it, I was hoping to capture the Milky Way close to the Teton Range with calm water to add some interest to the lower portion of the image. I suppose you could say that was THE primary goal.
I was also interested in seeing how well I could do capturing the night skies on a Sony A1 and a Sony 24mm F/1.4 lens. I knew it would be a challenging shoot knowing I am still not 100% familiar with all of the menus on a new camera. The last time, or the first time, I went out with the gear, my experience was testy at best. I got a couple of shots, but realized I had a learning curve ahead of me.
You might think that setting a camera in full manual mode, controlling the shutter speed, ISO, and aperture would be the easy part. As it turned out, I couldn’t set the shutter speed any slower than roughly 1/5th of a second. Standing alone in the dark, and trying to understand what was going on, I texted a friend. He replied that I needed to switch from the electronic shutter to the mechanical shutter. Bingo! That solved that problem. There were a few other “speed bumps” on my first night out that I had hoped to work through for my next night time shoot.
Continue reading "Go into the Night – Stay til Morning!"
June is a special month. Everything is turning green and the park has finally “come to life” as the summer season officially kicks off. Preparedness and tons of patience is the name of the game! Expect large crowds in Jackson Hole all year as people head to the wide open spaces after a tough year of uncertainty. Get out early!
The last couple of weeks of April often feels like the park is revving its engine, and May 1st is the day the brake is released and the park takes off! It seems May is even more busy this year than any other year and 2021 is projected to set a lot of records. There’s pent up demand from a year of Covid-19 to go with Wyomings big outdoors and fresh air. If you throw in the attraction of 399 and her four cubs and other bears, it’s easy to understand why people are coming here this year.
May 1st marks the opening of the center section of the Moose-Wilson Road, along with the middle section of the Teton Park Road (Inner Loop Road). May 1st also opens up a lot of the Bridger Teton National Forests. Inside GTNP, several of the Visitors Centers are opening, along with several of the campgrounds. The list of openings in and around Jackson Hole would be a long one!
Even with the list of openings, there are numerous roads that remain closed. Continue reading "May 2021 Daily Journal For GTNP & JH" 
I told my wife I was going to Star Valley hoping for find a Snowshoe Hare. On several previous attempts this Winter/Spring, I came up empty. This morning, Easter morning, I wanted to see if “the photography gods” would pay off. Figuratively speaking, I’ve already put in a few quarters in the slot machine. My lucky day?