I took these photographs of the newly remodeled Reno hotel suites at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Lighting is key to taking good hotel room photography. I had 2 profoto flashes and 4 continuous remote light units spread across [...]
The unusual dry landscape that surrounds Pyramid Lake seems strange to hold such a big body of water. Pyramid Lake is a remnant of an ancient lake called Lake Lahanton, a giant inland sea which use to cover a big part of Nevada. The surrounding landscapes of dry lake beds, playas and shoreline contours [...]
Travel Nevada, an outlet for the Nevada Commission on Tourism, recently included some of my photography in a blog article name "Finding Your Nevada Spirit Animal" by Sydney Martinez. One selected photo was of a chukar ridge-lined on a rock with a cool looking juniper tree in the frame. I spotted this chukar from far [...]
This time lapse video is a journey through the Nevada desert. It includes glimpses into the dramatic weather and lighting at Pyramid Lake, a small part of what remains of the once mighty ancient Lake Lahontan. Music Time by Hans Zimmer Gear used: - Canon 7D & 5D3 with EF 24-70mm and 100-400mm. - Dynamic [...]
This logo was part of a re-design for the launch of The Fowl Life TV show on the Outdoor Channel.
One of the re-branding goals of The Grand Sierra Resort and Casino was to design a clean, easy-to-read, and bold logo that can standout from the other Reno Casinos. I actually liked the previous logo design but we constantly received comments how hard it was to read the logo in marketing materials and on [...]
Getting the right exposure with the correct shutter speed so the stars don't look blurred is just one of the challenging aspects of taking night time-lapse videos. It takes long exposures and a big chunk of overall time to get but the view is spectacular capturing the Milky Way and stars roll across the sky.
