Seasonal Changes

I spent the last 3 months going out to the Esplanade to photograph the seasons changing from late Summer to early Winter. I have completed my short project and was quite pleased how it came out. While the seasons weren't over a complete year, it was nice to see a good amount of change. I'll have to think of ways to expand the project to more areas. I love how photography captures a moment in time and we can reflect on the history of the image. 

The seasonal change from Fall to Winter is seen as leaves change color in the trees in a series of photographs taken along the Esplanade near Memorial Way on four separate occasions; Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Friday, November 11, 2011, Friday, November 25, 2011, and Friday, December 16, 2011 (displayed top to bottom, left to right) in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

The seasonal change from Fall to Winter is seen as leaves change color in the trees in a series of photographs taken along the Esplanade near Memorial Way on four separate occasions; Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Friday, November 11, 2011, Friday, November 25, 2011, and Friday, December 16, 2011 (displayed top to bottom, left to right) in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

The seasonal change from Fall to Winter is seen as leaves change color in the trees in a series of photographs taken along the Esplanade near Memorial Way on four separate occasions; Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Friday, November 11, 2011, Friday, November 25, 2011, and Friday, December 16, 2011 (displayed top to bottom, left to right) in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

The seasonal change from Fall to Winter is seen as leaves change color in the trees in a series of photographs taken along the Esplanade near Memorial Way on four separate occasions; Thursday, October 20, 2011, Friday, November 11, 2011, Friday, November 25, 2011, and Friday, December 16, 2011 (displayed top to bottom, left to right) in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Thursday Night Market Opens

The Thursday Night Market began its 2011 season bringing in the flavors and colors from local vendors. I was able to set up some time lapse cameras to record the change from day to night. I also put it all together in a short video of the market's opening.

Austin Hagerman looks at some vegetables as people walk through Downtown Chico for the first Thursday Night Market of the season Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Marisol Andrade (left) and Jamile Balli (right) walk through Downtown Chico for the first Thursday Night Market of the season Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Terry Huitt of Bordin & Huitt Ranch watches people walk through Downtown Chico for the first Thursday Night Market of the season Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

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A Foggy Sunset

While working, I am always on the lookout for something neat or interesting. Sometimes, I am lucky enough to be blessed with something absolutely gorgeous. There was a heavy fog that had rested on the valley floor for a couple of days. Fog as a weather pattern is not that unusual. It doesn't come all the time, but it definitely adds an interesting environment for shooting. After gathering the typical people walking through the fog, I decided to see if I could get above the clouds.





I headed up Hwy 32 toward Forest Ranch, but didn't have to far to rise above the fog. I was able to pull over to this area that overlooked the valley. I was right above the fog that covered end to end. It was quite a sight that I don't think my photos can even describe properly.

I set up three cameras, two that were on time-lapse taking shots about every 5 seconds. I held the third camera in hand shooting both video and stills. The sun began to set as I began to work. It was truly a view that I was powerful. I need to figure out how to build a house at that spot. As the sun set and the moon began to shine brighter, I noticed the stars that began to show. The absolutely clear sky was something that I had not seen for a couple days. Stars filled the sky and the city lights created a glow from below the fog. There was no way to capture it all. I just breathed deeply to enjoy what I could. I did manage to snap a self portrait of me out in the scene.









Fog lies on the valley floor over Chico as seen from Hwy 32 Friday, January 7, 2011 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

I later came down the hill and compiled the time-lapse shots into a video. I was surprised how much the "apparent" motionless fog actually moved. It was something you didn't notice as you stood their watching, but over the span of 30 minutes you could see the fog rolling like a river.

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Early Mornin' Boardin'

I received a call from a friend about heading out in the morning to go wakeboarding on Lake Oroville before I had to go to work. This is one of the benefits of not going to work until the afternoon. It is always nice to have a morning full of things to do. I decided to join them.

Eric Christensen prepares for a morning on the lake Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

Matt Plummer gets ready to jump into the water of Lake Oroville for a morning session of wakeboarding June 17. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

I took the opportunity to test out some fun photographic technologies that I have been playing with. Having the fisheye, clamps and intervalometer, I decided to clamp a camera on the tower of the boat for a neat angle. Since this was really only one shot and there wasn't a need for two camera bodies, I decided to create a time lapse of our morning ride. I took a picture every five seconds and would put it into a video of our adventure.

Seen from a fisheye view, Eric drives the boat as Matt wakeboards behind on Lake Oroville. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

Matt Plummer jumps the wake as he boards in the morning. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

Eric Christensen grabs the board as he soars in the air wakeboarding on Lake Oroville. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

Eric Christensen strikes a pose as he wake boards on Lake Oroville. (Jason Halley/ProPixelographer)

The time lapse video came out pretty good. I put a little music to it to move it along, but overall it worked great. 1,290 pictures created a 1:27 video.

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