Some of My Favorite Images.....

Posted by S.J. Owens | | Posted On Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 8:15 PM

The images and music score will speak for themselves, no explanation needed.

Enjoy!

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An Evening @ Soniat Park

Posted by S.J. Owens | | Posted On Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 3:05 PM

The wife called up while at my computer busy editing wedding videos and said, "I'm headed to Soniat Park....Gavin wants to go..." I said, "I'll meet you guys there!" Like a blast...I was off! So much "rides" on the simplest decisions we make. What will you do differently today???


Enjoy!

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She's All Ready for the Woods!!!

Posted by S.J. Owens | | Posted On Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM

SPP has been contracted by Paradise Louisiana TV Host Gary Rispone to shoot several Turkey hunts for this 2010 Spring Season, one of which will be with Miss LSU and another to benefit a crippled childrens recipient on Sherburne WMA in cooperation with LA Dept. Wildlife & Fisheries. These videos to my knowledge may or may not be used on Paradise Louisiana TV Show. Further info to come on this. That being said, I needed to camo out the old Panny DVX100B and tripod. Hunting wild turkeys is very difficult, let alone with two people, one of which being a camera man. Wildlife Videography proves to be very challenging in the sense that focus is critical. Going "full manual" is the only way to go to focus out any grass, limbs, tress, or brush that might be inline with a strutting turkey. So how do you keep your hands still/off the lens barrell and manually focus the camera?? A-ha.... a little device known to us video geeks as a focus assist controller, mine of which is made by VariZoom (plug..plug). The focus assist is a small unit that mounts on the panning handle of the camera, located on the rear of the tripod. It is operated one-handed and can control the focus, aperture, zoom & record/stop functions all with either small rotary dials or toggle switches. This one piece of gear has been, hands down, the best investment I have made in the 6 years I have been running a camera. I use it both in the woods for maximum concealment and on the dance floor for mobility purposes when I shoot my weddings. I am now ready to put down the old faithful Remington 870 and take on the Wild Turkey behind the lens!!!!
                                          
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Bear Island, LA

Posted by S.J. Owens | | Posted On Monday, March 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM

Good friend and colleague Fernando and I headed out on an uncharted Photo Expedition yesterday. We usually have a planned excursion ready for the days events, but on this day, my birthday, we had no such plans. Our journeys took us up I-55 to Ponchatoula, then over to see Tickfaw State Park (which was just a drive-through as they wanted to charge us...). We then stopped at Lizard Creek Campground and talked with the care-taker, cannot recall his name. Fernando was taken back somewhat as a friend of this care-taker pulled up got out of the car and after a few short briefs of introductions says........

"ya just can't eat crow anymore these days; they eat'n all the dead road kill..."

.....After being lured into the camper to look at a Photo his wife snapped, I knew it was time to get out of dodge! We then came across some rabbit hunters running their dogs, which was inside an enclosed fence environment; while slowly passing, I noticed two coyotes standing at the fence just inside the woodline edge, they stayed for a moment just enough for us to get a nice long gaze at them...cool sighting! We then zigzagged all over and found ourselves at Bear Island, LA just south of Killian & French Settlement. There, at the heart of the horseshow shaped island was a set of camps, a boat launch, and the infamous "Black Lake Club" Bear Lakes local watering hole. We said what the hell and went in for a few brewsky's. What was to follow was truly a crazy and unexpected adventure with the bars colorful characters such as Mr. Earl and a William Defoe look-a-like; lets see if you can guess which one he is. Below is a slideshow with audio from Mr. Earl who kept us chatting and bought us beer! Enjoy!
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