Shooting and Shooting in Nevada Yesterday

I helped a friend with a chore near Lovelock, Nevada yesterday. I brought my camera and my friend brought a shotgun and some clay targets, so some fun was had while we were out there! The clouds were looking incredible. After shooting at targets, I shot this old nearby "home" with the amazing clouds in the sky.

Shot with a Canon R5 MarkII and a 24-105mm lens, set at 24mm. The ISO was 400, the shutter speed was 1/200 of a second, and the lens aperture was f/16 in order to get the foreground and the clouds in the background in focus. A polarizing filter was used on the front of the lens in order to bring out even more detail in the dynamic clouds.

I am very much out of practice when in comes to shooting clay targets, I didn't hit many of them. Fortunately, I'm a bit better at shooting photos...

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Scott Thompson
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New Fun Las Vegas Photos!

I recently had a great time visiting my son Kane where he now lives - Las Vegas, Nevada! We went on many little adventures around the Vegas area, one of the evenings we hit the strip, of course. And I, of course, brought my camera...

Kane watched my back while I got into photography mode, where I am able to shoot and completely ignore the thousands of people around me. Thank you, Kane!

ICM (intentional camera movement) is my technique of choice when around bright fun city lights. There are millions of regular photos of the strip out there, I wanted to capture something somewhat different.

These photos below were shot with a Canon R5 Mark II and a 24-105mm lens. The camera's ISO was 50, the lens aperture was around f/5.0, and the photos were about a half a second long. The longer exposure allows me time to zoom the lens in or out, and move the camera a bit. When dialed in, it can create an artsy acid trip look that I have a great time shooting. And I love the way these look as large fine art prints.

They are all currently available as prints and photo gift items on my website: www.truckeetahoephotos.com/las-vegas-lights-gallery

Thank you for looking, I hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as I enjoyed shooting them!

Scott Thompson
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New Snowy Wildflower Photo (and a Lake Tahoe shot)

There was some wild weather up here in Tahoe yesterday. My brother was in town, and we got out for some Lake Tahoe shoreline hiking and photography fun. It was beautiful out! Until it wasn't... The wind, rain, then snow came in fast and seemingly out of nowhere. Tragically, some boats capsized on the lake and about six people lost their lives (the news story).

This is how the lake look prior to the bad weather. When it started getting windy and rainy, we hiked back to our car.



On our drive back home, it started snowing! I asked my brother to turn up a rough road that I knew went up to a very high elevation. The snow was actually sticking to the ground up there. We went to a Mule Ears wildflower grove that I know about. The flowers were in bloom, and they were covered in a thin layer of snow. Perfect! I got out the camera and went to work. This shot below was my favorite.

Shot with a Canon R5 MarkII and a 24-105mm lens, set at 43mm. It was a handheld shot so the shutter speed was fast, 1/200 of a second. The lens aperture was as small as it could be so I could get the best depth of field as possible, f/22. This led to the ISO being a bit higher than I usually prefer, ISO 2000.

Now available as large fine art prints on my website, HERE.

Thank you for looking, and I hope you all have a safe and great day!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
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New Book Release! - Docks of Donner Lake

I've been working hard the last couple of years, compiling a collection of images of the "Docks of Donner Lake". I finally completed the book, and it is now available on Amazon!

The book is a photographic study of the docks along the north shore of Donner Lake in Truckee, California. Here is a little look at the book.

10"x8" image wrap hard cover, 53 pages, premium paper, photo paper finish. Printed by Blurb, sold through Amazon.

ORDER "Docks Of Donner Lake" ON AMAZON.COM, CLICK HERE

I'm very excited about this! Thank you for looking!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
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