One Minute of Cave Creek Canyon

A time lapse spanning several hours compressed into one minute from the Friends of Cave Creek Canyon.  Taken from the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon in the Chirichua mountains just above the Portal Store this iconic view of the canyon is what most people think about when visiting the canyon.

Something New From Price Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains

The GoPro Hero is a small light weight sports camera that records in HD and is ideal for aerial videography, but also works well for ground based photography.  The wide angle lens allows the capture of "the big picture" and was used to record the hike up Price Canyon.  Instead of video, the camera was set to time lapse, taking wide angle photographs every 2 seconds along the route, collecting about 1400 images along the trail.  The camera sat at chest level and was held in place with an elastic harness which allowed free movement and did not interfere with hiking.   There is no view finder so it is easier to operate than an Instamatic camera and the settings chosen before starting so it simply a matter of turning it on and letting it run.  The 1400 images translated into about 4.5 minutes of video.  Traditional Irish music was chosen to accompany the time lapse video for 2 reasons.  One, in honor of the upcoming Irish music camp in Portal, it seemed appropriate to use Irish music and secondly the music fits quite well with the time lapse photography.

The results are presented below and contrary to popular opinion it does not make people or body parts look big.  In fact, a wide angle lens tends to push subjects away from viewer making things look smaller.

Painting the Painted Pony Resort

Always work to get done at PPR (Painted Pony Resort). Finished re-staining all the exposed exterior woodwork on the bungalow. The original finish weathered quickly and the exposed wood needed to be resealed.  About 5 gallons of Bear premium stain was used to cover the exposed wood and lots of time spent going up and down the ladder.