A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to shoot at "Walking Box Ranch", and of course, I accepted! Walking Box Ranch was the former getaway for Clara Bow and Rex Bell in the 1930's, and currently there are plans for a huge restoration project at the site. Being able to capture the Ranch before the restoration in it's current state was truely an honor. Here are some images from the shoot...
I decided to go to Lone Mountain and climb up to view the City from above. It was a full moon weekend and Sunday was my first opportunity to get away and just watch the Sunset and Moonrise above the City of lights. The hike was intense but well worth every wheeze as I found a nice ledge to sit down andd watch the ultimate Mother (Nature) do her thing to the Valley below. Of course I had my camera with me, and decided to attempt some Panoramics. I shot some taht were 9 images wide and some that were 22 images wide later that night, but the one that is included here is a 13 image Panoramic stitched together in Photoshop CS3. I can say that viewing it here compared to full size on my computer screen or better yet, from above the Valley on the Mountain is NO COMPARISON, but I am trying to share :) Have a great week!
With the weather as perfect as it has been in Las Vegas lately, I decided to work out by the pool in my "Luxury Apartment" complex. I grabbed my laptop and headed for a cabana to get some work done and almost instantly it came to me... Photoshoot at the Pool! I envisioned eyes just barely out of the water, reflecting on the surface, and many other shots in the pool area. Since I had a lens die in the mddle of a shoot out at Lake Mojave with a model, I felt it only fitting to invite her back for a re-shoot with me. Her name is Crystalina, and she is the most sweet and beautiful model I have worked with in awhile. Her personality is just stellar and her sense of humor is twisted, so we got along just fine! Below I have added just a few images from this shoot, but plan on creating a gallery just for her on my Beyond Pairadice Studios site in the very near future! We have plans coming up to incorporate her beauty with an amazing natural landscape during a full moon in the next month, and I hope this is the first few of MANY shoots with her! She is very professional and a true pleasure to work with!
A new gallery has been added to Beyond Pairadice Studios featuring my absolute favorite band, The Dreaming. This show was at the Cheyenne Saloon on December 13th, 2008. The venue had really poor lighting and the band added a strobe box on the stage, causing quite a challenge for photos, but I was able to overcome this with a 50mm lens that has a 1.8 f-stop (for dark situations). The concert was amazing because the band played an extended set that included quite a few Stabbing Westward songs (for those not in the know, the lead singer was the frontman for Stabbing Westward). I wish smaller venues would invest just a little bit in lighting. I think the bands and the fans would both benefit from the modest investment, and it would also work in the venue's favor, with more bookings and a better reputation for being "the" venue. Even Wasted Space in the Hard Rock and the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay could stand to improve their lighting situation (and the HOB could also use an acoustics overhaul). Until next time...
A new gallery was added to Beyond Pairadice Studios, and this time it is a new model, Malia. So far, we have shot 3 times and I look forward to many more sessions with her. She is very sweet and easy to work with... and very beautiful! Be on the lookout for more updates, as I plan on doing several this week. Stay tuned...
A "NEW" Gallery has been posted at beyondpairadice.com. The majority of the images in this gallery were from my first "all digital" shoot in 2005 at Huntington Beach with a Canon 20D camera. The model, Emily, lives in California and met with me on a cool afternoon in October at the pier. I was in the process of refiling all of my images and came across this disc, and couldn't believe that I hadn't posted the images previously. With the new filing and the going through of images, I should be posting some more galleries in the near future! Until then, please view this new gallery and post comments!
~ Glenn B. 
I decided midway through Earth Day to spend the afternoon at Redrock and just admire a small corner of the Earth on a day that is designated "special" for the planet. As I was hiking around and taking a few shots here and there, I thought about the dramatic planet changes that could be made if everyone just did a little bit each day for the Earth, like not littering! There wasn't a large amount of debris out at Redrock, but a candy bar wrapper here, a lid to a Gatorade bottle there, and cigarette butts seemed to be everywhere. I am the first to admit that I do not recycle, but... I do know what a trash can is and what it's main function is in our society. Here are a few images from Redrock, including a Ladybug (there were bushes full of them!), I hope you enjoy them... and use a freakin' trash can! Seriously!
~ Glenn B.
The past few weeks have been crazy! One day it is 59, cloudy and windy... the next it is sunny and 75! It seemed to change dramatically every day! Last monday, I had a shoot with a great model that I have never had the opportunity to work with before, Crystalina at Lake Mojave for sunset. The weather was supposed to be 70-72 and sunny with a few clouds. When we arrived at the lake, there were dark clouds covering the sky and pockets of wind here and there, and the temperature was about 63. We still hiked to a private cove and began the shoot. The water was cold and the wind didn't make it feel any warmer, however, Crystalina never complained about it and as a result, I think we we able to get some amazing images! You tell me...
Yesterday I decided to take an official "ME" day! For those of you that don't know me, this is a very rare thing. I parked my car at the New York New York Casino garage and walked for over 6 hours up and down the strip. Now it wasn't a true "ME" day because I did have my love with me (my camera) as she tends to go everywhere I go, but I actually didn't shoot a great deal of images, but more importantly concentrated on thinking and enjoying a nice breezy day in Las Vegas amongst thousands of strangers. Here you will see a few of the images I was able to get while down there. *note ~ the butterfly picture is REAL and from the Bellagio Botanical Gardens! If you get a chance, pay this season's display a visit... it is beautiful!
~ Glenn B.
This year's first trip to Death Valley was planned to be a 4-day excursion with about 16 fellow photographers from the Nevada Camera Club. Apparantly, someone forgot to mention this trip to Mother Nature and she decided to test us both individually and as a group. Within four days we saw hail, sun, rain, snow, dust devils, ... And wind, wind, wind! None of which deterred me from shooting what I wanted to and having a great time. On this trip I got to learn more about some fun people in the club and got to learn more about me... Both as a photographer and as a person. Here are a few of the images I was able to capture while being sandblasted by the wind. The waterfall is in Death Valley and is year-round! Enjoy.
~ Glenn B.
