overlook

Tank Hollow

The weatherman reported Friday night that the fall foliage would be at its peak this weekend. Sarah and I woke up with one thing on our mind. Take advantage of the beautiful autumn weather while going on a hike! We wanted to check out somewhere new so we opened the Alltrails app looked for something within 2 hours of Harrisburg. The online pictures made Tank Hollow stand out from the rest. 2 hours and a few car duets later we arrived. We Parked at the trail head at the first parking lot. We then had about a .75 mile walk to the trail head. Next time I think we’ll park at the trail head. It saves so much time. At first we walked past the trail head as it’s poorly marked. So I put the drone up to 200 feet attempting to locate the trail. Luckily it worked! We walked back to the trail head and down the narrow trail to the overlook. I decided to only use my drone here. The takeoff area was very small and uneven. I was worried about annoying the other families with the drone. However once I was in the air you couldn’t see or hear the drone. They actually seemed entertained by it. Once in the air I was high above the Lehigh river. I definitely got some great shots and it was only my second time out with the drone. So the trail was beautiful, the weather was amazing, and my drone didn’t fly away uncontrollably into the sunset. All in all it was a great day.

Elysha @ Chickies Rock

This is my first photoshoot in a very long time. Definitely the first since switching to Fujifilm from Canon. I have only concentrated on nature and landscape shots for years it seems. So after plenty of family shoot requests, I'll be slowly dabbling into portrait photography. Maybe this is a new chapter for me. Whatever it is, I'm excited for something fresh. Today I'm meeting up with Elysha and we are heading to Chickies Rock Overlook in Columbia PA. This is my first time going to Chickies Rock. The plan was to get there for golden hour. Unfortunately traffic had us running a little late and we were racing the sun. It is a light walk with a 20-30% grade from the parking lot to the overlook. The trail is wooded and slightly rocky, so make sure you wear sneakers. Once you're at the overlook you get a great view of the Susquehanna river. For the shoot I used all natural light with my Fuji X-T2. The lenses for the shoot are the Fujinon 50mm F2 and Fujinon 16mm F1.4. Unfortunately I had the grain on during the shoot. Yeah it's been awhile!