Flint Hills Photo Shoot

This past weekend dad and I explored the Flint Hills in Kansas on a photo trip with our local camera store.

There was rain in the forecast for the entire weekend.  Luckily it didn't rain on Saturday and we got some interesting clouds though out the day.

They brought some extra equipment and I got to play with a 10-22mm lens.  This is the widest lens I've used and I really liked it.  Which is strange, because I'm usually drawn to close up/macro shots.  Looks like I have another lens on my wish list.

We also played with filters.  In this shot we used a neutral density filter which darkened the shot and allowed us to pick up the motion in the windmill.

After dinner we went back out to capture the motion in water and work on some night photography.

The night photography was probably my favorite part of the trip.  It looks like a sunset is occurring in this photo, but in fact, it was pitch black outside.  The light on the horizon is the glow from the city.  I opened the shutter for 15-20 seconds and our instructor lit up the church with a flashlight.  This was the end result.  SO COOL!!!

I loved capturing the stars.  I definitely want to explore this a little more and see what kind of photos I can capture.

We were going to get up at 5am the next morning to shoot the sunrise and get morning shots in the prairie, but the storms finally came and we were greeted with thunderstorms instead.  Sunrise photos are definitely going on my bucket list.

This trip was awesome and I learned so much!  I hope I can apply what I learned into my regular documenting.