by Sherri on August 24, 2010
Fishing on Lake Almanor with Mount Lassen in the background, Plumas County, Northern California. This lake is well-known as a fishing hot spot!
Most people love to photograph landscapes and nature and so do I, but when possible I shoot the scene both with and without people. Including people in your photographs can increase their marketability. Quite often, images of people interacting with nature are published over images of nature alone.
Many landscape and nature photographers go out of their way to eliminate human beings from their photos. That’s cool, but why not shoot a couple of extra frames which include people, while you have this great scene in front of you?
Last month, we visited Plumas County in Northeastern California. While we were there, my goal was to capture photos of Mount Lassen with and without people. While I really love this photo of Mount Lassen and this one, the photo featured above is more likely to get published. It illustrates people enjoying the area and what it has to offer.
On the other hand, this photo would not likely bring in any print sales. The one exception might be to the people in the boats!
What do you think? I’m all ears!!!
Thanks for visiting!
~Sherri
by Sherri on October 29, 2008
Family canoeing at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, California.
This family was spending part of their summer vacation canoe camping at Ahjumawi. They and 2 fishermen in a boat were the only people we saw that day.
It was just enough people to make it interesting and they made great models for my stock photography!
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by Sherri on May 15, 2008
Jeff and Blue Thunder climbing out of Little Gold Valley, near Gold Lake, Sierra County, California
Of all the off-road adventures we have taken in Blue Thunder, climbing the hill in this photo left the biggest impact. [click to continue…]
Silhouette of a couple canoeing on Blue Lake, Tahoe National Forest, California
There are several Blue Lakes in California. But, the one in the photo above has been a favorite of ours for many years. In fact, we have kept it a “secret” up until now. I won’t tell exactly how to get there, other than it’s the Blue Lake near Lake Spaulding, in the Tahoe National Forest.
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by Sherri on April 3, 2008
Man and son fishing on Gold Lake, Sierra County, California
I have been going through our collection of slides lately, many which have not been added to our on-line galleries yet. I came across this image and decided to post it as the photo of the day.
When I took this photograph, I didn’t know who the man and his son were and still don’t. Since that day, this image landed on the cover of Tom Stienstra’s California Fishing Guidebook. I figured they would eventually stumble upon it in a bookstore, or perhaps someone they know might.
It never happened.
Now, they would have to stumble upon it in a library, as there has been a couple revisions of this book since then. Or maybe they will see it on this Blog.
Here is what this photo looks like as a cover.
Cover of the California Fishing Guidebook
by Sherri on October 8, 2007
Photo – Woman kayak fishing on Lava Lake with Mt. Bachelor in the background
We took a scenic drive on the Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway and stopped at picturesque Lava Lake for lunch. Not only is it beautiful, but apparently it’s well known for it’s great fishing.
by Sherri on October 7, 2007
Photo – Young man fly fishing on the Deschutes River
One of the subjects I wanted to photograph while in Central Oregon was of someone fly fishing. During our hike along the Deschutes River in Sunriver, the opportunity presented itself.
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