Scott Shots Photography Blog: 07/01/2025

Sunday, July 27, 2025

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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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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.