Colorado blew out UW at the Events Center last night. It was a great basketball game to photograph.
Author: Derek Regensburger
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Gallery Showing at MSU
I hung my show last for the opening on February 5. It should be a great show. The metal prints look luminescent! Hope to see everyone at the opening between 4 and 7 pm.
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Mayflower Gulch Snowshoe
Mayflower Gulch near Copper Mountain is one of my favorite spots to snowshoe. The climb isn’t particularly taxing and the views and splendid in the basin. The old mine buildings give the place a uniquely Colorado feel. One of these years, I’ll get there near sunset to capture better light.
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King Ranch
I recently returned from a family trip to Texas. While there, we took a birding tour on the King Ranch near Kingsville. We saw a wide variety of birds on the tour including cara caras, vermillion flycatchers, stilts, and green jays. I also saw my first javelina. It was a fun tour and interesting to see the inside of a working ranch. The tour runs for about 4 hours. Despite the rain, it was an informative and enjoyable experience. A trained biologist lead the tour which really helped with identification and his knowledge of the birds and wildlife was extensive.
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Sigma DP3 Merrill in Rocky Mountain National Park
I’ve owned a Sigma DP2 Merrill for about a year now. I was so impressed with the image quality that I jumped at the chance to grab its bigger brother, the DP3 Merrill, when they went on sale recently. I had a chance to try out the DP3 during a recent visit to Rocky Mountain National Park. The camera layout is much the same as the other two Merrill compacts. A couple of cosmetic changes have been made. The lens cap is a better pinch design and of course the camera is physically bigger due to the longer focal length (75mm equivalent vs 45mm). The camera still takes forever to write a RAW file but its autofocus does seem a bit quicker. The camera can focus much closer than the DP2 to allow for macro closeups. Image quality is again stellar on the DP3. Color correction is a little tricky in the Sigma software but can easily be done in post using Lightroom or Photoshop.
I tried out several subjects on my trip to Estes Park. I shot an old barn in Longmont on the way up.
I then hiked to Dream Lake in the park. Clouds obscured the sunrise but interesting patterns were everywhere in the ice and snow. The wind was howling, too! I walked around Bear Lake and found some interesting ice flows. Finally, I hiked to Alberta Falls. Not much to look at in the winter, but there were some cool animal tracks in the snow.
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Colorado KU Basketball
Colorado KU Basketball game
I photographed the Colorado KU men’s basketball game. It was exciting to see Colorado beat Kansas for the first time 19 tries yesterday in Boulder. The fans stormed the court after a last second heave went in. Andrew Wiggins for Kansas also didn’t disappoint as he poured in 22 points.
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Natural Light Senior Portraits
I love shooting senior portraits outdoors. I get to take advantage of some beautiful scenery in Colorado and wonderful light. In this portrait shoot, I chose a lake by my house. The lake features a short nature trail through a grove of cottonwoods before reaching the lake. The trees were also in full color which helped add interest to the background.
But sometimes, the light isn’t so wonderful. This session had to be shot in the early afternoon. Shooting near midday can be a real challenge. Sunlight can cast nasty shadows, or worse, put hot spots on my subject’s face. I live in Colorado, after all, so waiting for an overcast day isn’t a realistic option. So what to do? First, I try and take advantage of shade in the area. I try and place the subject with his back to the sun and find a tree or bush to help shade his face. I then use flash to fill in the shadows. If that doesn’t work, I try to use a reflector or other object to shade my subject’s face. In this shot, I had the subject’s mother hold a reflector near his head to take away the hot spots. We were shooting on a pier out over a lake so there was no shade in sight. I used a flash to fill in the shadow.
I also try and make sure I thoroughly cover a location to find what works. Then, I experiment. This shot was taken with no hot spots hitting my subject. A step to the left or right, and he looked like he had sun spots.
Regensburger Photography is a full service photography studio providing innovative and stylish portraits, senior portraits, weddings, and more in the Denver metro area. If you are looking for someone to capture memories that last a lifetime, contact Regensburger Photography today at 303 478 -7586.
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Colorado Wyoming Basketball
A physical game between Colorado and Wyoming last night at the Coors Events Center. Colorado pulled out a close one. I got some photos of good battles underneath the basket.
Regensburger Photography is a full service photography studio providing innovative and stylish portraits, senior portraits, weddings, and more in the Denver metro area. If you are looking for someone to capture memories that last a lifetime, contact Regensburger Photography today at 303 478 -7586.
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Colorado State Boise State Football
Colorado State hung in the game against Boise for most of the first half and then staged a late rally but couldn’t pull it out as they threw an interception after recovering an onside kick.
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Colorado Arizona Football
Colorado hung tough until the fourth quarter but lost big to Arizona, 44-20. Paul Richardson had another big day for the Buffs but it wasn’t enough.