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a minute to enjoy the day

andystenz — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:53:23 +0000

I had a few minutes after a photo shoot the other day to sit and enjoy the amazing day. I grabbed some video of the clouds dancing above me (need to edit those still) and I grabbed my fisheye lens to try to capture everything I could in one shot.

I could have laid there all day…

Vegas

andystenz — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:10:27 +0000

I have been horrible with blogging lately. I’ve got a few sessions and weddings to post and I plan to get those up over the next month or so. Life is flying by and it’s been a lot of fun!

A few weeks ago, my dad’s side of the family went out and celebrated what would have been my Grandpa’s birthday. Grandpa and Grandma Stenz loved Vegas and spent a lot of time there, so it was fitting to have a gathering to celebrate there. I decided before we went that there were a few shots I wanted to get. I’m happy to say that I was able to get all of them, and then some. I wanted to go out early one morning (so I headed into the desert at 4am one day), I wanted a nighttime shot of the strip (which allowed for a day shot as I was scoping out locations), and I wanted to get to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam to get some shots.

As a bonus, when we got near Lake Mead, we decided to take a short helicopter ride (Jess, my sisters and I). I’ve been in helicopters before, yet they hadn’t, so it was great chance to get a little taste of it.

All in all, it was a great few days with the family.

what i did this weekend…

andystenz — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:31:56 +0000

Took pictures! Actually, I put my camera down for most of the weekend to spend time with my lovely wife, a good book, and nature. We have had some absolutely amazing weather the past few days and Jess and I took every advantage of it we could. Long walks, kayaking on three lakes, laying on a dock looking up at the stars – it was a truly beautiful weekend.

Here’s to a beautiful fall! May you get every chance to enjoy it!

360 panoramic sunrise

andystenz — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:02:23 +0000

I’ve been playing around with 360 virtual panoramic photography in the last few days and wanted to share one with you. Below is a full panoramic shot from the sunrise this morning. As you can see, it’s not perfect by any means. Yet I’m excited to be making these so I wanted to show one off ;-)

If it’s not working, make sure you have QuickTime installed. You can hold “Ctrl” to zoom out and “Shift” to zoom in. You can click and drag it around to see a full 360 degrees.

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

christmas eve

andystenz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:26:31 +0000

We spent Christmas Eve this year with my step-dad’s family in Oshkosh. An Italian family where the food and laughs never run out. It was cold and snowy outside but inside we had a great time. We finished the night playing the annual game of Tombola (Italian Bingo). This Tombola set has been used every year for eighty some years or so.

butterfly mountain at sunset

andystenz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:13:59 +0000

Another photo from Arizona. We headed west from Chandler onto a reservation to get close to Butterfly Mountain. We got too close and the sun set too fast so we drove back east and that’s when I got this shot. A fun note: we saw a roadrunner dart out in front of us that night (no coyote was following though).

relaxing at the canyon

andystenz — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:23:40 +0000

So Jess and I just returned from a trip to Arizona. My first time there, and our first time to the Grand Canyon together. We packed so much into this day (starting with a hot air balloon ride – photos to come) that we only had 1.5hrs at the Canyon. We found a spot, relaxed and watched the sun slowly disappear. This is vacation.