Photo Of The Week (Shenandoah Valley Sunset)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 I was trying to think of what would be a good first post on my new blog. After pondering for a while, I thought, hey what do I like to read on my favorite blogs. Well, I like to read how photographers created their pictures. So I would like to start with explaining how I created some of my images. If I leave anything out that you have questions on, please let me know. So here I go!
Canon Rebel XTi Canon 17-85mm f4-5.6 is USM ISO 100 17mm 1/80 f6.3
I took this picture one breezy, cold evening over looking the Shenandoah Valley in the beautiful state of Virgina. I remember driving for awhile, trying to find the perfect spot for the sunset because I knew I would only have one or maybe two tries to get a great sunset image. See, it was October and I knew the weather was not going to play nice on the whole trip. Well, it did end up that the weather turned out to be great for October, but the one thing you learn fast in photography is getting the shot when you can because you may not get a second chance. We were driving on the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway a few miles from our cabin and there were overlooks every few miles so we had plenty of choices and picking the right one was proving to be very difficult. I kept going to the next one hoping it would be a better view and most of the time it was. I don't remember which overlook we were at for this image, there were so many, Brown Gap, Rockytop, Big Run, Naked Creek and on and on. So after finally picking one overlook because we were running out of time, I parked the car and set 
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Hey Rob, the website looks great!!! Looking forward to more of your posts and learning how your took some of your great shots. Looking forward to working with you this wedding season too!!!
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