Montana Portraits

Miss Sharon

Look my very first post! What an incredible time I had. Yes, the location was great, the food was great (what they had left of it), our room was great (shh-hh), the critiques and photoshop help were great but for me the BEST part were all of you!! It was the smugmuggers that made the trip for me. I already miss all of you!!

Nik, you did such a great job with posting all of the people shots. I really don't have that much to add that would not be a repeat. But here are a few shots that are my favorites for various reasons.

Here is one for you Nik...


Fellow SmugMuggers...


Kate & DaveV being way to cute together...


I just really liked the two split directions of these
smugmuggers...


This is of Tony and April on our last sunrise...


Doesn't Nick look like he should be photographing
for National Geographic??? We might be saying
someday, "We knew him when..."


And April has one of the most beautiful smiles...


Take care all and can't wait to post more next year!!

Nikolai

Sharon,
welcome to Dgrin!

Looks like your gallery is not set up for the external links, I only see the red crosses...

gluwater

Great images Sharon. I looked at them on your site because they are not showing up here. You need to turn on External Links in that gallery. I had a lot of fun shooting with you and Jack. I'm looking forward to seeing you again next year.

ShepsMom

Ohh what fun!! I wish i lived there and joined in, wow. Awesome shots, nice to see all the faces of Dgriners. Thank you for sharing this amazing experience. clap

CalfeeRider

gluwater wrote:

What did you do, wait for me to go climb the treacherous trail to the falls I couldn't reach and then take the group shot?

Yeah, we thought it'd be a shot of the "survivors" and for a while we didn't think you'd make it back!

gluwater wrote:

It was really nice to see you again Jack. I don't know what Sharon sees in ya but I'm glad she does , I had a great time shooting with the two of you. I'm looking forward to seeing Sharon's shots.

Yep, us too! We had a blast and anxiously await the '08 trip.

Pssst... I heard there may be an "eagle" fest in Mineysoda this Winter so keep your ears open for that too!

gluwater

CalfeeRider wrote:

Yeah, we thought it'd be a shot of the "survivors" and for a while we didn't think you'd make it back!



Yep, us too! We had a blast and anxiously await the '08 trip.

Pssst... I heard there may be an "eagle" fest in Mineysoda this Winter so keep your ears open for that too!

I'll be there, it would be great if you showed up also. And how about draggin that Ed guy along to since he didn't make it to the shoot this year .

aktse

CalfeeRider wrote:

09: TonyD sharing the joy with April

Actually, he wasn't sharing his joy.

He was laughing at me. Really laughing at me.

We were at Many Glaciers looking for bear, etc., and I left the car carrying just one body. I went to the back of the car to switch bodies and freaked out because I could not the second body. And I hit full panic mode when I went searching for my camera backpack. And it wasn't there!

It took me another minute to realize that I was looking in the back of the WRONG mini-van. :wow

TonyD was staring at me wonderng why was I going through the back of that specific mini-van. You caught his expression after I told him what I just did...

Who knew that a white minivan looked so similar to a brown one? I still maintain that the back trunk area of a mini-van look alike once the trunk is popped.

schmoo

Great candids, Sharon! And welcome to Dgrin!

Doesn't Nick look like he should be photographing
for National Geographic??? We might be saying
someday, "We knew him when..."

I SO agree with this. Nick, don't forget us when you're famous!

digital_gopher

Here is Adam, adjusting the flow of a waterfall.


Here he is again, moving large sticks.




Later

Jeremy

pathfinder

I am getting to the party too late and the guest are already sobering up:D

I did catch of few of the smugmuggers that week

Dave Porter pondering


Nikolai smiling on the way to Grinnell



A Happy Austrailian



And another happy Austrailian - Maxine aka Skippy
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Fred in hunters plaid



Sharon, Nick and Jack



And the famous, elusive Schmoo

Tentacion

Great Shots...Looks like a good time was had by all!!

Tentacion

02: Andy Williams:




04: Steph Schmoo:





VERY Cool Picture of Andy ...I have to say this....Andy you look awesome in a beard! Gives you a total different look...

and Schmoo.......I finally get to see her completely she is always hiding in her avatars...I have No idea why...:D


ALL the photos were great, glad to see everyone had a great time, and some of them gave me a good chuckle!!

Nikolai

pathfinder wrote:

I am getting to the party too late and the guest are already sobering up:D
I did catch of few of the smugmuggers that week

Thanks, Jim, nice candids!
And you got Schmoo even!

schmoo

:hide

Phyxius

Multitasking is fun...but my internet connection doesn't think so!

A couple more people:


David on the way to Grinell Lake.

What happens when you're taking a 6 second exposure and one of the objects in the picture moves? You get a Muench Air Head



Skippy, Gus, April, and Marc.


No more TS...time for P&S


Nik sets his sights on Dave Porter and TonyD


CWPhotos at sunrise, with GreenPea and Butch in the background.

gluwater

schmoo wrote:

Great candids, Sharon! And welcome to Dgrin!


I SO agree with this. Nick, don't forget us when you're famous!

Hah! You guys are too funny. I just point the camera at what everyone else is and hit the button. Steph you and the others are who I look up to .

Nikolai

Phyxius wrote:

Multitasking is fun...but my internet connection doesn't think so!
A couple more people:

Nice candids, Christina!

Phyxius

Nikolai wrote:

Nice candids, Christina!

Thanks Here are a couple more.

Andy and Marc


A group of team smugmug


Grimace, Sharon, Jack, Skippy, and Tony walk the plank. David and April look on from the shadows.


Snuggling down during the morning sunrise shoot.


It's a bird! It's a plane! During sunrise Grimace spots some immature bald eagles.


April poses during sunrise at St. Mary Lake


Waterfall time!
Devbobo on the farside, Scott, April, and Nightingale on the nearside.


Nick takes some shots of the smugmugians at the bottom of the falls.


Some people found THE spot...



Kendall, Bendr, and April all shot from this ledge at one point.

Lynnsite found a nice ledge too, with Dave Porter, Travis, April and Adam inthe background.


Some people got upclose and personal with the falls...


Nik


devbobo


Dave Porter


Heights? What heights?

Travis

zweiblumen

Phyxius wrote:

Heights? What heights?

Travis

What her shot here DOESN'T show is how TERRIFIED I was

I keep trying to convince myself I'm not scared of heights!

Ann McRae

My candids...not portraits!

At the falls:




Dave P, Travis (who clearly did not mind being wet and cold in the name of the shot) and the ever smiling April!


The lovely Sharon (Sharon and Jack make a wonderful couple - it was really nice to meet you, Sharon), enjoying a moment of peace:


Another lovely couple:


and I really mean that! Great shooting team, these two! So much fun!

I want to title this "the making of..." but Davids85 hasn't posted the shot yet...



Time for a nap


Andrew as superman


My dear Nikolai



Proof that Maxine experienced snoi:


Me, Tony D, Christina, Nikolai
April, Maxine, Scott, Nick W.

Adam in my bear shot:



and Nick W. in my Waterton sunrise:

kombizz

It seems to me that you took images of this people who just take images for the sake of money rather than the art of photography !
Nice to know who would be this kind of people who look for the best scenes in order to convert it to $$.

David_S85

Ann McRae wrote:

I want to title this "the making of..." but Davids85 hasn't posted the shot yet...

Well then...

Nikolai

kombizz wrote:

It seems to me that you took images of this people who just take images for the sake of money rather than the art of photography !
Nice to know who would be this kind of people who look for the best scenes in order to convert it to $$.

Money? $$? What are you talking about?
Honestly confused...

Nikolai

Ann McRae wrote:

My candids...not portraits!

Ann,
"the lovely couple" (Adam and Dave) and "Portrait of Adam in the bear shot" crank me up!
Thank you so much for sharing!

ivar

Ann McRae wrote:

Adam in my bear shot:

I don't know about the others, but I for one am really liking these photos because it allows me to put a face with the name (maybe that is not so true for the above shot, but for most anyway). Thanks guys

Phyxius

David_S85 wrote:

Well then...

Is that really what the background looked like? Holy Schmoly, I don't remember it having that much depth! Cool

Nevermind, I just realized that this is when we crossed it going TOWARDS the lake. That's a very different background from the one where we're on the way back FROM the lake.

Do you have mine?

Phyxius

Ann McRae wrote:

My candids...not portraits!

Ann, great people shots!!! Our snow shot looks COLD. I love the gangster shot and the "adam in the way of the bear" shot.

schmoo

These candids are all great!

My favorite has got to be the bear shot. I hope that's his coat, and not a casualty of war on the lens.

Ann McRae

Thanks everyone. I had a blast at the shootout and glad I took some candids - actually wish I took more. By about day 3 in Montana (which was day 10 for the preshoot people) I had seen enough mountains. I shared this POV with others, but I love mountains from a distanceas much as I love them surrounding me.

And the Adam walk by was probably me panning with the bear - when I first saw the totally red shot in with my bear shots I thought 'what the... '.

I have others in this gallery and do not protection turned on.

ann

SPACE

Quite a few excellent shots here. Looks like a lot of fun.