The Bell Diamond Mine is one of my favorite mines to photograph. It’s easy to access, scenic and has the look of a remote place. Things have changed in the past few months. The dirt road is now paved and even has lines. This is great for tourism, but not quite as great for photographs. …
Once again, my favorite and most common place to shoot didn’t disappoint me! The bell diamond looked beautiful with a moon ring of ice crystals around it. Supposedly it can signify bad weather coming. I would explain but I don’t totally get it. Read this link to find out more about it. Also, there’s a …
It was a struggle for me to figure out a unique angle to photograph the Bell Diamond Mine. Why? Because I photograph it ALL the time! I stuck my camera through the fence for the wide-angle and low shot. The sun was coming from the East, which back lit this photograph beautifully. It has this …
Brrrrrr….I should have had my hobo mittens with me while taking these photos. There was a chilly wind. I used my flash off-camera to light up the footprints.
This is the Bell Diamond Mine at Sunset. The clouds and color you are actually seeing are basically South, but for some reason the sunset colors reflect in that direction, and some to the East as well. The first photo is three photos combines so I can blow the photo up larger. The second photo …
This is an old breaker box in the BDM hoist house.
This is a diptych (two photos next to one another) of the Bell Diamond Mine. I miss being able to take photos at this time of day! It was at about 3:45 or so, when the light is at its best…In the summer it was at 8 p.m. It was perfect in the summer, because …
This is the Bell Diamond mine yard , with random wheels scattered around. I’m not sure what the technical name is for those.
I spent my Friday night up at my studio until 2 a.m. reorganizing things for a portrait session I have on Sunday. Then I woke up at 6 a.m. for sunrise photos. Well, there wasn’t a spectacular sunrise. The sky was covered in clouds, with nowhere for the sun to shine through and create a …
I have a portable power pack for my studio lights, and decided to finally test it out tonight. It lit up the machinery next to the Bell Diamond Mine all right, but not as much as I’d hoped. I set it off at full power four times during the 30-second exposure, and probably should have …