View 102: Explosive Finale

The explosive finale of Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show in Disney's Hollywood Studio.

The explosive finale of Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show in Disney's Hollywood Studio.

UPDATE: I was just too tired last night to add text. 🙂

I attended the first ever Pixelmania! event at Walt Disney World from December 3rd to the 6th, 2009 which was hosted by The Magic in Pixels founder, Tim Devine.  Some of the best Disney fan community photographers attended with many more looking to learn and have a good time.  Though the weather at times wasn’t ideal, we made the best of it and came up with lots of creative ways to spend a rainy day in a Disney themepark.

Yesterday, Tim had arranged for VIP seating at the Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  This put just over a dozen Disney loving photographers front and center to one of the most action packed shows Disney puts on.  Fast cars, explosions, precision driving and aerial stunts and jumps by cars, motorcycles, jet skis and people.

The photo here is of the last scene with the Hero (red) car jumping over a ramp as explosives is let off.  Timing by driver and crew has to be perfect.  Thanks to Pixelmania and using burst mode on my camera, I was able to get a head on photo of the dramatic scene.

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Yeti Shrine

The Yeti Shrine to the mythical creature with Expedition EVEREST mountain in the background at Disney’s Animal Kingdom themepark.

Night photo of the Yeti Shrine in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Night photo of the Yeti Shrine in Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

I used off-camera flash via Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS) with light, a Nikon SB-600 Speedlight, held at camera left set at -1 power and 14mm spread.  Camera flash set to rear sync flash.  Camera on tripod.

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Splash Fountain

The mermaid water fountain from the movie, Splash, in Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

The mermaid water fountain from the movie, Splash, in Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

I found the water fountain from the 1984 movie, Splash, while wandering the backlot area of Disney’s Hollywood Studios on a beautiful December afternoon.  Anyone remember the scene this was in?

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View 101: Spaceship Earth in HDR

Missed my normal Monday posting.  Hope this makes up for it.  I hear it’s snowing back home.  Warm and sunny down here!

Late night HDR image of Epcot's Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Late night HDR image of Epcot's Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

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Dream Lights

Cinderella Castle Dream Lights during the Christmas holidays at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Cinderella Castle Dream Lights during the Christmas holidays at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Heading down to Orlando, Florida to enjoy some holiday cheer at the Walt Disney World resort with family and friends.  Will be posting when I can over the next week as I enjoy sights like the Dream Lights on Cinderella Castle. Aren’t they beautiful?

Last year I linked to a post I did for my Disney blog on how to photograph Christmas lights.  This year I blogged about how I did last year at Walt Disney World using those tips.  Thought you would find it a good refresher for the upcoming holiday light displays in your area: Photographing Christmas Lights at Disney II.  If you like, please, post links to your holiday light photography in the comments below.

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