Photo Elan Blog » Personal http://photoelan.com/blog This is your one day for great photography... let us make it happen. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:12:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mount Rainier http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/05/25/mount-rainier/ http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/05/25/mount-rainier/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 23:42:59 +0000 Brian http://photoelan.com/blog/?p=4438 Last Fall, I hiked to a mountain range next to Mount Rainier that gave us this spectacular view of the mountain. My friend Patrick, a fellow photographer, and I made an overnight trek that yielded some mighty fine still images and as you are about to see, motion pictures. I’ve been to Mount Rainier many times but this was very unique in that the weather was absolutely perfect for photography when we arrived as the sun went down and when we woke in the morning. I set my 5D Mark II on tripod, aimed it at Rainier and walked out to catch a glimpse of the rising sun. It was priceless. If you listen closely you can hear the rocks crunch beneath my boots, it was that still and quite out there. I know it looks like I shot this in front of a green screen and dropped the mountain in in post, but sadly I had to work really hard climbing up the mountain, sleeping in 20 degree weather just to get this great shot!

]]> http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/05/25/mount-rainier/feed/ 1 coastal get-a-way http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/04/08/coastal-get-a-way/ http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/04/08/coastal-get-a-way/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:19:04 +0000 jennifer http://photoelan.com/blog/?p=4249 This past weekend we decided to head out of town for a couple of days for some R&R! The three of us along with several of a our great friends headed to the coast.

Cole got to run…

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This is how your images turn out when you slooowww the shutter down. Looks kinda cool! Nice jump Emily!

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]]> http://photoelan.com/blog/2010/02/12/our-new-website-is-live/feed/ 2 My other passion | Mt. Rainier Nature Photography http://photoelan.com/blog/2009/11/26/my-other-passion-mt-rainer-nature-photography/ http://photoelan.com/blog/2009/11/26/my-other-passion-mt-rainer-nature-photography/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:31 +0000 Brian http://photoelan.com/blog/?p=3928 We had an amazing hike the other week when we climbed Mt. Rainier’s Tatoosh Range. When we pitched our tents it was dark and roughly 35 degrees out… Fahrenheit.  Then after a while in front of our fake LED candle fire, the temp dropped to roughly 25 degrees, and………. we climbed into our sleeping bags and froze most of the night. By now you are wondering who this other individual was hiking and by the powers of deductive reasoning (it would have been too cold for Jen) you’ve come to the conclusion that in fact Jen and Cole where snug at home in Seattle enjoying hot chocolate in front of the LED candle fire at a Hawaii like 75 degrees.  Patrick and I did this thing and knocked out some amazing images. Patrick is our associate photographer and can wrangle a serious pixel. He has also back packed into the wilderness over 100 times (at least that’s what he told me) and assured me that he had the survival skills necessary that I wouldn’t have to carry him out of the wilderness should things go south. (Go ahead and leave a comment below, Patrick).  Anyway, when we reached this area, it was overcast and we couldn’t see the sky or the Mountain, and after about 5 minutes passed the clouds parted and the sun and earth created twilight and a sliver of light slashed through the atmosphere and well….. we got kind of excited. I took this shot with my beloved Canon 5D Mark II at the full 21 megapixels, so if you’d like to buy a billboard sized fine art print, I can accommodate you. Patrick on the other hand was shooting with a Nikon. On the way down the next day we picked wild huckleberries in the meadows of Rainier (first and last time, since it’s against the rules) which made for excellent pancake topping.
© Brian Hartman, Mt. Rainer

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Cole went tandem with the guide on two of the highest zip lines, but zipped alone on all the others.  His favorite was when he got to zip across upside down.  He loved it!
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On our way up and back down from Whistler, we stopped at Brohm Lake for a quick dip.
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]]> http://photoelan.com/blog/2009/03/09/etsy-kids-hats/feed/ 0 brian on sax http://photoelan.com/blog/2008/12/31/brian-on-sax/ http://photoelan.com/blog/2008/12/31/brian-on-sax/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:50:27 +0000 jennifer http://photoelan.com/blog/?p=1701 Not many people know this, but Brian has been playing music professionally since the age of 12. While here in Billings he sat in on a gig at Walkers, one of our favorite restaurants in Billings. Here’s a clip of him doing his thing on the sax.

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