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Ashley and I went to Hood River with our friends Riann and Jamon this past weekend. The point of the trip was initially for pumpkins and apples since both are in abundance around the Colombia River Valley; however we ended up visiting two orchards, two wineries and a brewery, so clearly the bearing of the day changed. I don’t feel like I have really made progress in the photography realm as of late. I know it’s my nature, but I feel most of my recent photos are mundane and lack symptoms of progress. As I dialed through my shots on the camera yesterday I was again disappointed. That was until I got home and started to process the photos. I really feel like these photos represent my best processing work to date. I’m really thrilled by the “feel” I think I got out each shot, most of which is not from the frame itself, but by the post processing work.
The photo on the right is of a sunflower. While most of the ones at the orchard were on borrowed time they still have an amazing design. I know I’m from the Sunflower State, but I forgot how large the flowers can grow. Ashley is standing under one in the middle photo and it towers over her. I would guess some reached to nearly 6ft when they were in full bloom! The photo on the right is in the style of HDR photography or High Dramatic Range. Basically it’s combining several images that were exposed at different levels to give it a 3 dimensional and saturated look. If you have ever used your point and click camera on a bright sunny day often the sky looks white. That is because your camera is selecting an exposure to properly expose the image you’re pointing the camera at; while the person (or in this case a pumpkin) is properly exposed the sky is blown out. Now imagine taking two photos, one of the sky and one of the objects and combining them; basically that is what HDR imaging is. It is actually more in tune with how our eyes truly see color. In this photo I only took one photo, however because I shoot in RAW format I am able to tweak my highlights and shadows to create the look. Technical? I swear I won’t do it any more in this post.
I noticed these chairs outside of the orchard. My grandparents had two chairs similar to these outside their cabin. I’m sure they are long gone, but I wish we still had them. I guess they just suggest a simpler time to me.
The grapes were from Cathedral Ridge Winery. I didn’t sample any wine there since I was eager to get down the road to the brewery, but according to Ashley the Reserve Pinot Noir was good. We also tasted at Pheasant Valley Vineyards; I think the all-around favorite there was the Red Zinfandel
If I had to title this shot of Elli it would be Folsom Prison Blues. She spent a portion of the day locked up in the car as we stopped of at our various destinations. This was taken outside of the brewery as we got some needed and deserved exercise. Don’t feel too bad for her… she just chewed up one of my shoes.