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My friends and I are fixing to head to Park Cities, UT for a snowboarding trip. This is one reason I have been quiet lately. I didn’t want to start anything new till I was sure I would have enough time to setup everything and also to edit everything. So I’ve just been relaxing since the new year and waiting.

I’ve set aside a couple days on the trip to just head out and take some landscape pictures. I’m hoping to really capture the beauty of the mountains and the area. It’s been snowing a lot up there so hopefully I can get some great winter shots. Unfortunately I don’t have any models lined up to do any shoots out there or that would really make the trip that much better! In any case it should be a fun trip and I hope to come back with a lot of photos for the landscape section of my portfolio. If anyone knows of any good areas to get some shots please feel free to email me and let me know.

The moon turned orange after it was completely in the Earth's shadow. View is from Dallas, TX

Tonight I had the opportunity to witness a very special treat. There was a total lunar eclipse. Although they aren’t that rare, for one to occur during the winter solstice is. The last time one occurred was said to be on December 21, 1638. It was a beautiful event. I also used this opportunity to expand upon my photography. With my camera and tripod in hand, I headed up to the roof of my apartment complex and setup for the night.

The eclipse began close to 1am. The whole event lasted till about 4am in the morning. Unfortunately there were clouds that effected the quality of the images. I think overall they were pretty good. I could have used a little more zoom on my lens, but it did the job.

I shot the pics with a Canon 5D Mark II with the EF 70-200mm L lens. The shots were a little difficult because the moon was almost directly overhead. Luckily I was able to use a fast enough shutter speed in the beginning to take the pics by hand. Once the sun was completely blocked from the moon there wasn’t much light. I was forced to use a tripod and my remote shutter release to capture the moon going orange. It was well worth it.

I want to eventually do something artistic with the composition of the pics, but in the mean time I posted the pics on my personal blog (Fedil’s Blog). They are pretty much straight from the camera. The only processing done was to crop them. I hope you enjoy!!!