tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38099192024-03-07T03:41:21.212-06:00Thorpeland PhotographyWelcome to all who found their way from Thorpeland.com, my home, to the Thorpeland Blog. Here, you'll find information on my latest photo sessions, adventures, editing tips and general photography chatter. If you have any questions, would like to schedule a session, or just want to get out and take photo's... feel free to email me at thorpe322 at gmail.comThorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.comBlogger547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-15266352726855725272020-05-02T16:11:00.000-05:002020-05-02T16:11:04.382-05:00
I am alive.
It's been a minute since I've updated this blog. So much has happened. It just seems blogs these days don't get the views or attention they used to. With the rise in social media, Blogger and other similar sites, have fallen away. I'm thinking about posting here more regularly. If you're reading this, comment letting me know if you'd read what I post. Until then, I'll just keep Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-12101308913353472472017-01-02T21:08:00.003-06:002017-01-02T21:08:41.666-06:00Website Refresh!Whenever I get around to it I try my best to update my main website with my latest work. Not only does it now contain a LOT of new work, but much better key wording so the search feature is actually useful. It seems I get around to doing this once or twice a year. I really should get better about it. Anywho, stop by my site and have a look at what I spend most my Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-75011519163416576792016-09-21T21:58:00.002-05:002016-09-21T21:58:55.342-05:00I've made some of my most popular landscape images available over at Etsy. Check them out and decorate your walls with something beautiful!
new Etsy.Mini(10490409,'gallery',4,3,0,'https://www.etsy.com');Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-11807094779319712732015-05-24T20:59:00.000-05:002015-05-24T20:59:12.287-05:00Intense!This Spring, Texas has had record level rain fall. I've never seen anything quite like it in all the years I've lived here. We've had so much rain that all the local lakes are reaching or are now over capacity. They've started releasing water at spillways. Such was the case last week at the Lake Ray Roberts Spillway. They opened that puppy 100%, releasing 25,000 Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-60034671377225336942015-05-23T19:03:00.000-05:002015-05-23T19:03:32.124-05:00Wednesday AddamsI teamed up with my friend Alaina to create the adult version of Wednesday Addams. She pulled it off with perfection! We were really happy with the photos from this shoot.
Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-81547600666662122172015-05-23T17:26:00.000-05:002015-05-23T17:26:13.913-05:00Long Live BanterThis was my favorite photo of one of my favorite places to eat and hang out in this little town of Denton Texas. Banter Bistro was a mainstay just off the town square for 10 years. They recently closed this past spring. This made me sad. But i'll always have the photos I took there to keep my memories alive. What a great place, filled with great people.
Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-1532912280280189712015-05-23T17:19:00.002-05:002015-05-23T19:09:21.456-05:00Catching Some Air...Skate parks are a great place to shoot some quick action. I captured this image last summer at the Lewisville Texas Skatepark. We just showed up with our cameras and some lighting gear and started setting up. It didn't take long before most the advanced skaters in the park because performing jumps and stunts for us. It was a fun time. I shot this with a Canon 5DmkII Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-91683871556477781932015-05-23T16:57:00.000-05:002015-05-23T17:02:44.206-05:00Etsy Prints Available!I'm now offering discounted prints over at my new Etsy shop on select photos. Some of my favorite travel and landscape images can now be purchased on beautiful Kodak Endura Metallic paper. This prints look absolutely incredible when matted, framed and hung up on the wall. Check it out!
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new Etsy.Mini(Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-39099366963303641882014-06-04T13:46:00.002-05:002014-06-04T13:46:59.150-05:00I'm Pretty Sure It's Time For An Update... Ah the burden of social media. Between personal facebook, fan page facebook, Google+ and twitter, the old blog sometimes slips through the cracks. Which is a shame because I don't really keep this blog going for it's massive readership (sarcasm alert). I've kept it going all these years as more of a public diary of sorts. It's fun to look back at where life Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-575510489247062762013-11-13T22:03:00.000-06:002013-11-13T22:09:58.245-06:00The Getaway
Those who know me, know I am rarely happy sitting at home on the couch. I like the outdoors. Correction. I LOVE the outdoors. This is only second to traveling, which ranks only slightly higher. My only problem is by living in Texas, outdoor activities can be limited by the brutal heat of summer. And since camping is one of my favorite outdoor activities, Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-41745538596188013722013-09-20T23:12:00.000-05:002013-09-20T23:12:43.173-05:00
Head West Young Man!
The Great American Southwest has always been a region I knew I wanted to photograph. After my trip out to Moab Utah, I knew there was so much more to see and photograph. There are enough amazing landscape features and places to explore to keep a photographers attention for months on end. I knew I wanted to see more, but I had no idea where to start. &Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-21222239924820031682013-08-01T15:23:00.001-05:002013-08-01T15:23:21.658-05:00Exploring Land of the Lost!
In Southwestern Oklahoma, near the town of Davis, you'll find an adventure just off the beaten path. Exit off I35 onto highway 77 and follow it west. You'll soon see the signs for Turner Falls Park. It's about $12 for adults and I think about $6 for kids to get in. Which really is a good value considering how much there is to do. The place reminds Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-12510734476167784532013-07-05T13:23:00.000-05:002013-07-05T13:23:42.812-05:00Olivia
There's a rather short two month window here in Texas, between April and May where the weather is bearable and the everything is starting to turn green. Anything after this window is in the brutal heat that is the Texas summer. All the stars aligned this past May and I had the opportunity to work with the wonderful Olivia for a portrait/fashion shoot. I had wanted to shoot Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-90602399640866811662013-05-25T13:47:00.001-05:002013-05-25T14:09:03.804-05:00
The Jones Family Farm
Tucked back in the woods, in a secluded location of Lake Ray Roberts (just outside Sanger Texas) is an old farm house built in 1850 by Jackson Carroll Jones and his wife. Common in those days were large families and at one time it is said there were 12 people living in this small four room house. I can only imagine how cramped life there must have beenThorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-73155585632645736832013-05-16T14:28:00.001-05:002013-05-16T14:28:11.003-05:00
Shooting Fashion with Shelby
Shelby is a local model who I had been wanting to work with for sometime. She's very comfortable in front of the camera and can easily pull off many different looks. A few weeks ago our schedules finally matched up and we met up for a shoot. The whole thing was on short notice, so I had to come up with a location fast. I quickly opened Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-76089437038658906612013-04-06T16:42:00.001-05:002013-04-06T16:42:45.544-05:00
Into the Desert with the DCPT Gang!
Back in late 2011 I ventured to Jackson Hole Wyoming with a photography tour group called Dirt Cheap Photo Tours (http://dirtcheapphototours.com), led by owner Jeff Clow. It was an amazing trip and I returned with a ton of awesome photos. I knew I wanted to go on another tour, but I wasn't sure exactly where yet.
Then last fall I received an Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-29364039921408490622013-04-05T15:13:00.001-05:002013-04-05T15:13:34.012-05:00The Comeback KidThe Comeback Kid, a photo by Thorpeland on Flickr.Life in Texas often brings quite a few mild days during the winter. Forget the heavy coats and snow boots. Just throw on a long sleeve shirt and some jeans and you'll be fine. My friend Rocky and I took advantage of one such nice February day to head out on a photo drive and create some fun and interesting photos. This was an especially fun Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-818645007837065032013-04-05T15:03:00.001-05:002013-04-05T15:03:37.729-05:00Portrait of a SkaterPortrait of a Skater, a photo by Thorpeland on Flickr.Back in February I had the opportunity to work with a talented young up and coming derby skater. She goes by the name 'Baby Hurl' and is getting sponsorship from Atom, a roller derby gear company. I traveled to her home rink, setup a mobile studio and we spent about an hour shooting posed shots and later a few (staged) action shots. I was Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-7998876602889037632012-12-02T21:06:00.001-06:002012-12-02T21:06:49.556-06:00Bridging the GapBridging the Gap, a photo by Thorpeland on Flickr.The new pedestrian bridge at the University of North Texas is open and looks great at night. This will allow people to walk from the parking lot to the new stadium.Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-24204944124202633892012-08-06T22:54:00.002-05:002012-08-06T22:54:50.855-05:00Photo Walkin'
This past July, my friend and fellow photographer Stephen Masker, grabbed our cameras and headed out into the streets of downtown Dallas. Sometimes it's just a great time to get out with your gear and photograph whats right there in your own back yard. Stephen showed me a few great spots to shoot from, one being the second photo above of the trolley station in Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-3888929596653686152012-07-04T14:06:00.000-05:002012-07-04T14:06:37.582-05:00
Team Photos!
The past few weeks I've been shooting team photos and headshots for the teams of the Dallas Derby Devils. The flat track derby league from Dallas Texas. All these girls are really a lot of fun to work with! Although each team photo shoot is the equivalent of herding cats, I eventually get everyone in place.. posed and we're able to get a good photo. &Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-15959281593414131722012-07-04T13:23:00.000-05:002012-07-04T14:12:14.476-05:00
Engagement Time
A bit out of chronological order because I have a few other photos to post which were taken previously to this one. But, I'll get to those soon enough. These are my good friends Brian and Jessica. They're getting married this summer in Cozemel Mexico and asked me to shoot their engagement photos. We had a great time just walking around town, shooting Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-52225518423174686602012-05-04T21:44:00.002-05:002012-05-04T21:44:45.533-05:00
Tea Party
From a recent concept shoot for my friend Lisa. She did a great job with costume and props. And of course posing for the camera. It was a fun shoot and I'm still working my way through the photos from it.Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-69122080179230769542012-05-04T21:36:00.003-05:002012-05-04T21:36:58.224-05:00
Getting the Word Out
Sometimes at a pre season kick off party, you just have to go the extra mile to get the word out. Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809919.post-60751845487349456292012-05-04T21:32:00.001-05:002012-05-04T21:32:08.604-05:00
Frozen Black
Another week, another nice car! As part of a project a fellow photog and I are working on, we had the chance to photograph this limited edition BMW M3 "Frozen" Black Edition. Beautiful car!Thorpelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701293067114647238noreply@blogger.com0