My Photo Guides

Abandoned Stamp Mill It's nice to find a historical site so remote that it's not heavily vandalized, shot full of bullet holes!  This was a single 30 second exposure.  I lit the outside then ducked under the pipe in the doorway and somehow missed the holes in the floor as I lit the inside red and green. I used a 3-color LED flashlight offering separate red, green and blue LEDs: What Lights Are in Your Light Painting Bag? http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-lights-are-in-your-light-painting.html It's available for around $40 on Amazon.com.  These are some of the lights I've bought lately:  http://astore.amazon.com/jeffsulliphot-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=21 http://activesole.blogspot.com/ #lightpainting   #nightphotography   #Nevada   #travelnevada   #nvmag

CBS Segment on America's Ghost Towns Their 7-minute video aired Sunday has a lot of interesting historical photos and information from Bodie.  I couldn't find a the video on the CBS This Morning G+ page to share, so I embedded the video in a blog post along with some photos from Bodie:  http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/cbs-features-bodie-americas-best-ghost-towns.html Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography CBS Features Bodie With America's Best Ghost Towns I've embedded their video in a post on my blog: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/cbs-features-bodie-americas-best-ghost-towns.html #bodiestatehistoricpark   #ghosttown   #history   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

CBS Features Bodie With America's Best Ghost Towns I've embedded their video in a post on my blog: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/cbs-features-bodie-americas-best-ghost-towns.html #bodiestatehistoricpark   #ghosttown   #history   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

America's Favorite "Ghost Town" With Fall colors, the solar eclipse and the Orionid meteor shower all packed into October, not to mention wrapping up my guidebook, I haven't had much time to look at photos from our workshops in Bodie earlier this month, but here are a few.  Lori Hibbett and I mostly stayed out of buildings so our customers could access 14 of them.  We do run cameras during many of the night shots to monitor exposure and light painting effects. We're done for the 2014 season after 6 sunset/night and 5 sunrise/interior access sessions.  When the 2015 dates are available, we'll publish them here:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/ #bodiestatehistoricpark   #ghosttown   #photoworkshops  

Antares Rocket Explodes! Wow.  Failure of the private resupply launch for the International Space Station earlier today. #space   #news   #Antares   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMmMgdcOSU&feature=share

Orionid Meteor Shower in Central Nevada Captured under the ultra-dark skies of the Tonopah Star Trails area, which USA TODAY  rated as America's #1 destination for stargazing. More photos from my home state of Nevada: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/sets/72157616817427926/ #orionidmeteorshower   #nightphotography   #astrophotography   #starrynights   #nevada   #nvmag

Abandoned Mine in Nevada I probably don't want to know what's in this mustard-colored sludge, but it had a nice texture to it. #roadtrip   #travelnevada   #nvmag   #abandoned   #photography   https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/sets/72157616817427926/

Light Painting Bodie on a Moonlit Night We like to offer night photography workshops with a variety of moonlight scenarios.  Our latest October 4 access offered a mostly-full moon which reduces the number of visible stars, but the stronger lighting on the town enables shooting at lower ISO settings and smaller apertures.  In this 30 second exposure I lit the headlights and gas pumps while one of my customers lit the truck bed and rear window. #lightpainting   #nightphotography   #photoworkshops   #Bodie   Bodie night photography workshops: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/bodie-night-photography-workshops/

AFTERGLOW - Lightsuit skiing! This looks like so much fun.  I would love to combine skiing with night photography and light painting! via Ski.com  http://www.ski.com/blog/afterglow-sweetgrass/ #skiing   #nightphotography   #lightpainting  Vimeo  http://vimeo.com/108679294

Friends of Nevada Wilderness 2015 Calendar Congrats Lori Hibbett for having your photo "Central Nevada Night Sky" selected for the Friends of Nevada Wilderness 2015 Calendar! https://www.flickr.com/photos/50091407@N04/14134426263/ The calendar is available for only $13 at http://www.nevadawilderness.org/shop#!/2015-Wild-Nevada-Calendar/p/27707136/category=0 More of Lori Hibbett's work on Flickr:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/50091407@N04/ #wilderness   #Nevada   #nightphotography   https://www.flickr.com/photos/50091407@N04/14134426263

Looking Back at the iPhone 5S Sometimes I pull out my cell phone to capture a shot, either to take advantage of the depth of field, to capture a simple panorama with no extra steps, to use a fish eye or macro lens, or simply to record a place, thing or moment conveniently without having to get out a DSLR.  My iPhone 5S has been close to full for a few months now, so I can either clear out many of the images and videos, or I can (delete them all and) trade up to an iPhone 6.  I'm looking into reviews to see if the camera quality is all that much better, and I'll write a blog post on what I decide and why. www.activesole.blogspot.com #iphoneography   #iphone5s   #landscapephotography  

The Other Side of the White Mountains On Saturday night Lori Hibbett and I determined from the top of the White Mountains on Saturday night that Comet Siding Spring was really faint and would be difficult to pick up as it passed Mars the next day.  So we explored the area on Sunday and ended up here, where we could watch Mars set behind the White Mountains Sunday night, with or without the comet, and catch this nice sunrise on Monday.   #whitemountains   #Nevada   #landscapephotography   #BoundaryPeakWilderness   www.MyPhotoGuides.com Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography Belt of Venus Over Nevada's 13,146-foot Boundary Peak (right) Second dawn in last week's 1100-mile lap of Nevada. #landscapephotography   #Nevada   #nvmag   #travelphotography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Fall Colors in Nevada Last Weekend It was great seeing Swee Oh Cynthia Pyun Mitchell Weinstock Tim Gupta Bob Bowman Larry Nienkark Sam Breach and others on our way out of town last weekend.  Lori Hibbett and I ended up doing an 1100-mile photography tour of Nevada, and like other trips through, we barely scratched the surface.  We'll take more trips through and around our home state, including some slower ones where we can  explore the the great sites we discovered in more detail. More of my Nevada photos on G+:  https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/5712642035357745425/6073846941716180962?pid=6073846941716180962&oid=107459220492917008623 #Nevada   #landscapephotography   #fallcolors   #roadtrip   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Belt of Venus Over Nevada's 13,146-foot Boundary Peak (right) Second dawn in last week's 1100-mile lap of Nevada. #landscapephotography   #Nevada   #nvmag   #travelphotography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

On a Dry Lake Bed Somewhere in Nevada Lori Hibbett and I woke up and packed our camp near this dry lake bed earlier this week.  We were in the middle of nowhere, over an hour's drive from the nearest town big enough to have a gas station, but we saw a nondescript white pickup truck drive out onto this dry lake bed.  Three men got out and started setting something up.  We started driving out the long dirt road back towards the highway, but another white pickup truck was coming down the one lane road, so we pulled over.  The driver stopped his truck next to us, and asked if the other men had talked to us.  They hadn't.  He said that they were doing something for the military and he advised that we not go towards the far end of the lake bed.  We asked if he could tell us why.  He couldn't. We thanked him for his advice and went on our way.  The second vehicle parked at the turnoff from the dirt road to the dry lake bed, as if to guard it.  Of course we were curious now, but wh

Solar Eclipse at 640mm Effective Focal Length I was able to catch a sharper image this time around by putting my Canon EF 70-200 mm lens and 2X teleconverter on a Canon 70D "crop sensor" camera, which increased the 400 mm focal length 1.6X to 640 mm effective.  I also used a solar filter to cut the sun's radiation enough to be able to focus using 10X magnification in Live View without frying my camera sensor. I was pleased to see that my camera sensor was able to pick up variations across the surface of the sun.   #solareclipseoctober2014   #solareclipse   #science   #news   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Today's Solar Eclipse is Underway The eclipse is underway here in the American West, peaking at 2:45 in Carson City, Nevada. Check your local eclipse schedule on this site: http://earthsky.org/tonight/partial-solar-eclipse-for-north-america-on-october-23 Don't fry your eyes looking at it directly.  If you don't have protective eyewear specifically made for watching solar eclipses, watch it online now, here at Slooh: http://live.slooh.com/stadium/live/highlight-partial-solar-eclipse-2014 I captured this photo using a special solar filter, during the solar eclipse on May 20, 2012 www.MyPhotoGuides.com #solareclipse   #october2014   #astrophotography

How to Photograph Comet Siding Spring by Mars This Weekend Comet Siding Spring is approaching and passing Mars this weekend, October 18-19.   I've placed some notes and sample images on my blog to help you pursue photos of the event: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-photograph-comet-siding-spring-by-Mars.html #CometSidingSpring   #Mars   #space   #nightphotography   #astrophotography   #astronomy   #news

Photographing Comets Comet Siding Spring will approach Mars tonight and pass the red planet tomorrow, Sunday October 19, 2014. I performed many lens and exposure tests on Comet Lovejoy in late 2013 and early 2014, with and without a star-tracking mount. Here are some of the results, rendered as time-lapse video. The music used for this clip is "My Celestial Spacesuit" by 2Placid: https://www.facebook.com/abstraktprizmuk See my YouTube channel for more night photography: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSullivanPhoto I'm processing time-lapse video from the total lunar eclipse last week, and the Orionid meteor shower is active this week, so I'll probably upload videos from those events later this week. I hope to also capture some footage of Comet Siding Spring near Mars, weather permitting. You can see a cool NASA visualization of how Comet Siding Spring will pass Mars in this video: http://youtu.be/FG4KsatjFeI #comet #Mars #cometsidingspring #astronomy #astropho

Photograph Comet Siding Spring Near Mars This Weekend I'm working on a blog post to help you select a decent lens and exposure for your camera... www.MyPhotoGuides.com #cometsidingspring   #mars   #conjunction   #astronomy   #science   #news   #astrophotography   #nightphotography

Eastern Sierra Fall Colors Report October 16, 2014 for Mono County Fall colors have survived the recent winds better than expected, so come on up!  More information and and photos on my blog: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-colors-report-eastern-sierra-October-16-2014-mono-county.html #fallcolors   #easternsierra   #fallcolorsphotography  #2014 #monocounty  

Orionid Meteor Shower Underway, Peaks October 20-21 If you'd like to see some shooting stars, you'll have an excellent chance on the next few nights as the Orionid meteor shower increases in intensity, peaking on the night of October 20-21.  Orionid meteors are created from the dust left behind from Halley's Comet as it orbits the sun.  They meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but they appear to radiate out from the constellation Orion, which rises to the east around 11-11:30 local time. There's a possible minor peak in the shower reported on October 17-18 as well, so I'll go out tonight in a couple of hours when Orion has cleared the horizon, and see if I can see any activity. I created this image tonight from a sequence of a few hundred photos I captured on the night of October 20-21, 2012.  The constellation Orion rose above the horizon near the lower left corner of this 14 mm view, and it traveled to the upper right corner before dawn arrived.  I created a t

Eastern Sierra Fall Colors Report October 16, 2014 for Mono County Fall colors have survived the recent winds better than expected, so come on up! More information and and photos on my blog: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-colors-report-eastern-sierra-October-16-2014-mono-county.html #fallcolorsreport   #easternsierra   #monocounty  #2014 #fallcolors

Prime Fall Colors in Mono County This Week As of last night, the latest reports are saying that many locations survived this week's wind storms better expected, and although there are many many bare trees at higher elevations, there are also colorful ones and others which still have green and will continue to change over the next 1-2 weeks.   and I hope to get out to check current conditions further south in the county later today or tomorrow. Here in Antelope Valley at 5000 feet elevation in the northern end of Mono County, the cottonwood trees are just starting to turn, so the Walker/Coleville/Topaz area could be nice for those in 1-3 weeks.  (This shot of aspen trees was taken in Mono County last week October 9, before the winds.) Blog: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-colors-report-eastern-sierra-October-16-2014-mono-county.html #fallcolorsreport   #EasternSierra   #MonoCounty   #fallcolors2014   Originally shared by Eastern Sierra Nevada Workshops Eastern Si