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Hans Zimmer's Studio It takes me a long time to process these photos, as you guys know by now. This is good and bad... One side-benefit of the "good" is that it allows me to leave many open threads and story-lines that are continued for months and years on end (much like Lost, where certain bits get lost forever). For example, I know everyone is waiting to hear about the dead body I saw in Indonesia... people love dead body stories. But you have to wait for the next Indonesia street shot for that! Hehe...Today, I have three more photos from the studio. The second photo is of his grand piano where I assume his plans many of his compositions. He had a very cute photo there of his son, like any good dad. I normally don't re-arrange scenes, but I did move that photo to protect the privacy of the family.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Hans Zimmer's Studio It takes me a long time to process these photos, as you guys know by now. This is good and bad... One side-benefit of the "good" is that it allows me to leave many open threads and story-lines that are continued for months and years on end (much like Lost, where certain bits get lost forever). For example, I know everyone is waiting to hear about the dead body I saw in Indonesia... people love dead body stories. But you have to wait for the next Indonesia street shot for that! Hehe...Today, I have three more photos from the studio. The third photo is the serpentine wiring system that keeps all the electrons flowing in the right directions. Seeing this, I'll no longer fret the next time I need to go re-wire my home stereo.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Once You're Dead, it's Too Late I don't know why I enjoy visiting cemeteries so much. They are great motivators for me, really... to get out there and start doin' stuff.I try not to let things I really want to do go by the wayside, but some things can't be controlled, I assume. I certainly go through life with a no-fear attitude, and I guess I shouldn't expect everyone around me to be exactly the same...Anyway, maybe cemeteries only make me think this way about stuff, especially desolate, remote cemeteries like this one in the cold windy plains of southern Iceland.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Dock to Forever One of the advantages of going down all the side roads is that you get to find cool places! After leaving Nelson on the South Island, we found a little lake on the map that looked about perfect. After a few hours of meandering, we discovered this place was almost completely empty (just like every place else on the South Island!). Even better, there was a perfect little dock jutting out into the lake.I first took a bunch of shots with my 14-24mm lens... but it was not really getting the dock with the distant valley in the right way. So, I put on my 70-200mm, zoomed in almost all the way, then backed up quite a bit to get the compression effect of the valley. Remind me to post the other version someday so you can see the comparison! I haven't processed it yet -- but it is in my "Pile to Process" -- which is now 22,000 strong.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Deep in the South of New Zealand I drove over 4,200 kilometers while there -- it was just a wonderful experience. Towards the end of the journey, we started making deeper and deeper into the southern island, where things seemed to get more wonderful and wild every kilometer.The weather was crazy the whole time! It would go from sunny to violent little storms to random winds to perfect calm. During one of those transition periods, I was halfway to Milford Sound by this beautiful little lake when this rainbow peeked out. I quickly got into position to capture it, but then realized I had on the wrong lens! The 12-24mm was okay, but this really called for the 24-70. Despite worries of rain getting into the chamber, I switched out lenses, doing my best to keep all the elements at bay.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Homestead I took my campervan from 90 KPH to 0 as soon as I saw this place on the side of the road! This caused some mild excitement with my two kids that were nestled in their clubhouse above my driver's seat. This was a move they came to expect over the coming days.It seemed just like the kind of place that I needed to shoot. The old house was abandoned and falling apart. So, of course, after I took shots of the outside, I ventured inside to really have a look. I got a ton of photos, and here is the first.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Hill at Sunset On one of the first hikes into Patagonia, I was greeted by a very interesting sunset. And what do you know -- I had my camera! Shocker, I know. But I am often at places where there are beautiful sunsets and I have no camera. This is always a bit frustrating to me in one way - in another - I justify it by thinking of the thousands of good sunsets every day all around the world... I can't be at them all! So, if I am just missing one more out of a thousand, then I don't feel so bad...- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
A Morning at the Secret Lake This was shot in the Andes of Southern Argentina just near the border of Chile.I spent several hours of hiking in the dark just so I could get to this spot at sunrise. All the darkness in the lower half is the shadow of the mountain behind me as the morning sun rose above it. I was so thirsty from the hike, and had not brought any water with me. Looking on Google Earth beforehand, I knew there was a lake up here and I could fill up… so I got down on my hands and knees and drank like a horse… oh boy that was some good fresh water… You can see my little footprints in the snow there on the left.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Tokyo from the Air Wow this city is amazing. I have to go back soon!I found one of the tallest buildings and scooted my way around inside until I found an elevator to the top. On the way up, I was lucky to be on a glass elevator. I was as shocked as you when I saw that soccer field on top of a building! How cool! I'd love to get up there and play around with those guys. If you'd like to see the details there, or anywhere else, be sure to see the original sized version. You can find that by following the photo to the Flickr site, clicking on "All Sizes" and then "Original".- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Once You're Dead, it's Too Late


I don't know why I enjoy visiting cemeteries so much. They are great motivators for me, really... to get out there and start doin' stuff.

I try not to let things I really want to do go by the wayside, but some things can't be controlled, I assume. I certainly go through life with a no-fear attitude, and I guess I shouldn't expect everyone around me to be exactly the same...

Anyway, maybe cemeteries only make me think this way about stuff, especially desolate, remote cemeteries like this one in the cold windy plains of southern Iceland.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(815029882,'',XLarge,'',1024,561);">Once You're Dead, it's Too Late I don't know why I enjoy visiting cemeteries so much. They are great motivators for me, really... to get out there and start doin' stuff.I try not to let things I really want to do go by the wayside, but some things can't be controlled, I assume. I certainly go through life with a no-fear attitude, and I guess I shouldn't expect everyone around me to be exactly the same...Anyway, maybe cemeteries only make me think this way about stuff, especially desolate, remote cemeteries like this one in the cold windy plains of southern Iceland.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Once You're Dead, it's Too Late


I don't know why I enjoy visiting cemeteries so much. They are great motivators for me, really... to get out there and start doin' stuff.

I try not to let things I really want to do go by the wayside, but some things can't be controlled, I assume. I certainly go through life with a no-fear attitude, and I guess I shouldn't expect everyone around me to be exactly the same...

Anyway, maybe cemeteries only make me think this way about stuff, especially desolate, remote cemeteries like this one in the cold windy plains of southern Iceland.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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