Imagesbyoliver: Snowboarding at Sugarbowl

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I started this blog to fill a gap in the way I show my photography to family, friends and potential clients. I have a few other sites were I display my work, however none are geared toward me documenting my thoughts on photography and sharing the things I experience on a daily basis. I shoot all types of photography. Sometimes I think I am addicted. I have countless numbers of pictures saved on my hard drive that would otherwise go unseen. I have so much to share and will take on the task of getting the highlights of my photographic career here on this blog.

I don't have time to maintain several different blogs for all the aspects of my photography so you will see a mixture of photos posted to this blog. It will be business mixed with a bit of personal. There is so much I want to get out and I don't want to hinder myself too much with organization (must be the artist in me). You can rest assured it will all be about my love for photography.

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Snowboarding at Sugarbowl

Today was a glorious day. It was a day I got to fuse two things I am passionate about into one big set of "Good Times." For the second time this season I was headed to the slopes of Tahoe.

This would be the first time in all the time I have been snowboarding (about 11 years or so) that I would take my camera to try and get some pics. I say try and get some pics because I love boarding so much that I don't how I would like to be hunkered down by a camera.

To avoid carrying so much weight, I decided to take my trusty Sony point and shoot camera. Even though it is a point and shoot camera, it has advanced functions that allow it render some pretty good photos. The other plus to using this camera is that it can record pretty decent video for the web. I gave an example of the video below.

The final synopsis is that it wasn’t too bad. The only thing is that I don't get to many photos because I am too busy trying to ride. As I take the camera with me more and more I will try to incorporate taking more photos to document the event better. I also want to get enough video clips to make a highlight film of my entire season of snowboarding.

Here is a highlight video clip for the day to give you an idea of how nice it was out there along with a few shots I grabbed of the troops.

These were taken at the top of the hill just after lunch