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July 2010
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07-28-10 Night Photos Shoot
Announced |
NIGHT PHOTO SESSION
WITH
MICHAEL RIPLEY
At the Georgetown Loop Railroad®
September 2, 2010 6:45PM
6:45 Introductory training session
by Michael Ripley.
1st session will be “Golden Glow” of locomotive #12
on Devils Gate High Bridge
2nd session NO lights with dark blue sky.
3rd session #12 on Devils Gate High Bridge
with lights.
Locomotive #12 and a consist of one reefer, one cattle
car, and a caboose will be positioned on the Devil’s
Gate High Bridge for a first ever night photo session
with a special introduction and training session by
Michael Ripley.
FOR RESERVATION 888-456-6777
PRICE $49.00
LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 PHOTOGRAPHERS
Here is what I feel
people will need to get the shots that I am sure
they will expect to get.
1: Tripod. Without this do not expect to get
anything worth while as you cannot handhold your
camera for the length of time the shutter will
be open.
2: Cable Release. An important accessory,
however if your camera does not have the
capability to accept one and your camera has a
self timer we can make that work.
3: Adjustable camera. The camera has to have the
capability to select a manual shutter speed, in
this case the "BULB" setting and also have the
ability to select a manual aperture (f/stop). If
you do not have a "BULB" setting but have the
ability to select an exposure of up to 30
seconds, then we can make this work as well.
4: Wide Angle Lens. Any lens will work but a
wide angle (at least 35mm) will give you more of
the trestle but realize that with digital you
might have an amplification of your focal length
due to the size chip you have.
These are the minimums needed to be able to get
the shots that I anticipate folks are going to
want to walk away with.
Michael |
Photography has been my passion since I can remember, in
fact I cannot remember not having a camera in my hand. I
was year book photographer for Jr. High, High school and
even in college, even my time in the service found me
with a camera recording images.
After retiring from the service I started my own
successful Commercial/Industrial photography company
specializing in Aviation/Aerospace that would last over
twenty years.
Companies such as Bell Helicopter, Hughes Helicopters,
McDonnell Douglas, NASA, U.S. Air Force, Aviation Week
magazine to name just a few as well as many other
non-aviation related companies.
Aviation photography was incredible exciting, but was
not my first love, that was saved for railroading and
the railroad that kept my attention was the D&RGW and
specifically the "Narrow Gauge".
After I retired from my photography business I started
to travel again, back to the narrow gauge, and for these
past many years I have been recording images by riding
the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec. This led
to a large inventory of images that friends (as well as
casual acquaintances) started suggesting that I should
put in a book.
After some thought and encouragement of two people I
decided to proceed. The project encompasses the
remaining narrow gauge locomotives that stretches east
from Southern California to Colorado, New Mexico and
finally Flint Michigan.
Titled "Narrow Gauge Ghosts of the Rio Grande" the
D&RGW's Narrow Gauge Legacy, it features my original
photography that I have painstakingly tried to create a
look, the likes of Otto Perry, Robert W. Richardson,
George Beam, Jackson Thode, John Maxwell and the many
other great photographers who have shot the D&RGW while
still operating, but are now contained in an amusement
park, a museum, a country village and the two largest
settings, the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres &
Toltec Scenic.
I have been very fortunate for many years to have my
services requested by the Durango & Silverton for
special night photography sessions and now that request
has been extended to me by the Cumbres & Toltec through
Roger Hogan, Alan Loomis and Soni Honneger to do for
them what I have done for the D&S by creating night
photography for a group that would not otherwise have
the opportunity to record what is the magic of night
photography.
Michael
Sample Photos
From A Michael Ripley Night Shoot
Photos By Roger Hogan
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