Friday August 5, 2011

Almost Burning Man Time

All Burning Man Shots

Just visit the Burning Man Photos here on the site, and you’ll be in good shape!

An Unexpected Camera

I love trying out new kinds of cameras! I was afraid to use my main Nikon equipment at Burning Man because of the bitter conditions, but I did end up using a special camera for most of the shots! A guy from Olympus sent me a PEN E-EPL1 and I ended up running that thing into the ground! I used it to take 95% of my Burning Man shots, including the first one below. It takes RAW photos, and I was able to convert these in HDR with no problem… anyway, I thought you would find that was interesting.

Daily Photo(s) – Almost Burning Man Time

I’m getting ready for another big year at Burning Man.  Thank you for all the camp invitations – I am still deciding!

I put captions below each photo to give you a bit of context…  enjoy!

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On one of my first mornings, I walked away from my camp towards the middle of the playa. This gypsy was dancing around in the sun and having fun... I smiled and squatted down low to grab a photo.

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Center camp is a mecca for all kinds of artistic activities. Artists set up canvases, jugglers toss knives, and dancers gyrate around the court. It's really a feast for the eyes... and there was never a dull moment for my camera!

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Nobody is really shy there, and that's nice. Or, maybe if people are shy, they get over it pretty quick. After a few days, everyone is very relaxed and everything seems okay and natural.

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Huge and fanciful cars trek back and forth across the playa. They always draw a crowd, and they add to the other-worldly nature of the scene...

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  • Susan

    All of these are awesome Trey – which camera are you going to use this year? If I was a few years younger (like 30 years younger!) I’d go too!

  • David Hendershot

    Another example that you don”t need a top of the line camera to take great photos. How about having a photo walk at Burning Man?

  • George

    Yeh, Susan, I love to do that too – but I’d need to be about 50 years younger. Trey, you could take great shots with any camera, even my first camera, a Kodak box Brownie. As they say the camera doesn’t take pictures, the photographer does.

  • George

    I do love the new electronic cameras and Photoshop though. Got me out of that smelly darkroom.

  • Ed

    haha dubscouts troop 808. That’s awesome. And not to take anything away from trey, but you don’t need to be a good photographer or have a nice camera when your subject is so *ahem* …photogenic?

  • http://timetotakepictures.blogspot.com Keith Moyer

    Looks like a very interesting place. Cool shots!

  • http://justshootingmemories.com Daryl Clark

    Great Photos Trey. Will the Red Epic make an appearance at Burning Man?

  • http://simonmorris.me/ Simon Morris

    Burning Man looks and sounds fab Trey – would love to experience it all… photo #3 gets my vote – cheeky! :-)

  • http://www.kriskoeller.com Kris Koeller

    Something I’ve always wanted to see, but never quite got up the courage (and now the $) to check out. Looking forward to the pics!

  • http://www.lightasmagic.com Justin

    Awesome Trey! I really looking forward to another BM adventure (that doesn’t sound right)…boy, after the second to last picture, I’m hitting up Craig’s list for a ticket!

  • diego

    Screw it, I’m bringing my Nikon DSLR. My d700 is weather sealed and I’ll be putting some saran wrap and gaffers tape to help minimize the dust drama.

  • http://vickiwilsonphotos.wordpress.com Vicki Wilson

    How fun to go to Burning Man, I do want to go there some year. I saw on their site, the tickets are sold out for this year. I will look forward to seeing your pictures when you go out there! What camera will you be taking this time?

  • http://www.stuckincustoms.com Trey Ratcliff

    Thanks everyone :)

    VIcki – yes you really gotta plan ahead for this thing… !

  • http://gasarvid.ratata.fi gasarvid.ratata.fi

    the painting, the biker chick Oyoyoy!
    i wish i was there;D
    but…this is not America..shalalalalaaa….

  • http://www.fredbeaupre.com/ Fred Beaupré

    Hi Trey. Burning man looks “AMAZING” hope I get the chance to get there one day! Thanks for your great pics! Take a look at my new smugmug site if you like at http://www.fredbeaupre.com and leave a comment ;)

    Love your great work, you are truly an inspiration!

  • Anonymous

    Interesting; for something that has the ethos of “gifting” and zero commercialization, they must do mighty well. 50,000 people at $360 a pop is a cool 18 million dollars. All you get for that are toilets. You have to bring everything else, including the entertainment.