August Photos by Erik
This week’s featured photographer is Erik Turner. He recently climbed Mt St Helens and brought back these beauties. He also wrote an article about his Mt St Helens trip. You can see more of his photos there as well.
Articles by: Erik Turner
Climbing Mt St Helens
Now onto the fun facts: there are two main climbing trail heads, Marble Mountain snowpark and Climber’s Bivouac map here. The latter cuts off a good chunk of elevation again, but requires that you wait until later in the year when it is opened (as of the writing of this article, it is not yet open for 2011). In my opinion it’s much better to climb when there is consistent snow- easier to kick steps and fun to glissade (or ski!) down.
Night Photography on the Trail
For star trails, I will typically make an initial exposure with a wide open aperture and a high ISO (making the shutter speed rather fast- around 30 seconds). This image just helps me to see if the sky is dark or blown out.
Backpacking Cameras – Which camera to carry?
… I’ll convey some functions and features which are useful and suggest some models to look at. First off, I am a Canon shooter myself, so I will primarily be suggesting those models, only because I know them better, but the important items will be a discussion of features that are useful in the back country, which will apply to all cameras.
Photography Planning
Knowing sunrise and sunset times are a must, finding scenic campsites allows you to sleep longer and lets you wake up your (potentially non enthusiastic) partner that much later.
Light
The most fundamental idea to grasp about photography has almost nothing to do with a camera
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