I just wanted to share my final self-portrait for Movember of 2012. I try to do at least one of these a week during the event. Last week’s was a little more special since I made it on top of a rocky cliff 😉
So far, my team has raised over $2,000 during the month, and I think that’s awesome! So thank you for those of you who supported. If you are feeling generous, there’s still some time to donate some money at my MoSpace page.
Every year, my family picks a spot to spend Thanksgiving and we all come together to eat and enjoy a beautiful and/or fantastic location. This year we ventured to Hanging Rock State Park in North Carolina.
Now, I’ve fashioned myself as a people photographer over the past couple of years, but it’s fun every once in a while to slow down and shoot some scenery.
Waking up at 5:30AM to catch the sunrise is not something I usually have to do, but if you want to get a shot like this, you’re going to have to hike up a mountain in the dark:
I still managed to take some shots of my family as well. Here’s my wife with her brothers and sister under a waterfall:
And here’s my kids at another waterfall. The park has 5 different waterfalls you can hike to.
There’s a reason why this waterfall is called “Window Falls”, as illustrated in the following shot:
Taking portraits with a very slow shutter speed is quite the challenge. It felt akin to old school portraiture where the subject had to hold perfectly still to get the proper exposure. Here, we’re trying to get the falls to look smooth while keeping ourselves sharp. This is a self-portrait with my son:
Speaking of self-portraits, here’s one I made while we played with light painting at night:
And here’s a self-portrait I made up on the Hanging Rock:
I leave you with one last shot from underneath the rock. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving as well!
You can check out all of my vacation photos on this set on Flickr.