Creative director
Allow me to set the stage…Driving on I-70. Somewhere in Kansas. Cruise control set on 70mph.
One thing is is for certain when driving from Boulder, CO to Birmingham, AL – you will meet Kansas. And not just a quick hello. I’m talking sit down, drawn out, get to know you kind of meeting. I’d taken this route several times before, but this time around, the 424.2 mile stretch of I-70, was different, in a good way. Now, to many people, Kansas is probably a deathly boring, never ending, forgettable landscape. Especially when your glued to the stretch of highway that crosses it from end to end. This is somewhat true for me, but I’d also always appreciated the vast land and different terrain that this route offered. Thrilling, no. But does it have its own beauty, yes.
Several months before this road trip, I’d just invested in a nice camera. And because of this, I’d packed it up front with me for safe keeping. So there it was just sitting on the passenger seat comfortably packed in its cushy case. At some point, I must have seen something I wanted to capture, because I quickly pulled the heavy 5D out if its case, turned it on, rolled down the passenger window and in auto-focus mode snapped a shot.
After looking at the shot I’d taken (thanks to digital photography), I was pleasantly surprised to see such a cool photo. The shot was captured at a angle (because as mentioned the camera is pretty heavy and I didn’t have the time to set anything up), but while the foreground was a blur, the background was surprisingly sharp. I quickly tried a few more shots and I knew I was on to something unique. And because at 70mph, you don’t know exactly what you’re going to get, this became the truly fun experiment I called 70AT70.
Allow me to set the stage…Driving on I-70. Somewhere in Kansas. Cruise control set on 70mph.
One thing is is for certain when driving from Boulder, CO to Birmingham, AL – you will meet Kansas. And not just a quick hello. I’m talking sit down, drawn out, get to know you kind of meeting. I’d taken this route several times before, but this time around, the 424.2 mile stretch of I-70, was different, in a good way. Now, to many people, Kansas is probably a deathly boring, never ending, forgettable landscape. Especially when your glued to the stretch of highway that crosses it from end to end. This is somewhat true for me, but I’d also always appreciated the vast land and different terrain that this route offered. Thrilling, no. But does it have its own beauty, yes.
Several months before this road trip, I’d just invested in a nice camera. And because of this, I’d packed it up front with me for safe keeping. So there it was just sitting on the passenger seat comfortably packed in its cushy case. At some point, I must have seen something I wanted to capture, because I quickly pulled the heavy 5D out if its case, turned it on, rolled down the passenger window and in auto-focus mode snapped a shot.
After looking at the shot I’d taken (thanks to digital photography), I was pleasantly surprised to see such a cool photo. The shot was captured at a angle (because as mentioned the camera is pretty heavy and I didn’t have the time to set anything up), but while the foreground was a blur, the background was surprisingly sharp. I quickly tried a few more shots and I knew I was on to something unique. And because at 70mph, you don’t know exactly what you’re going to get, this became the truly fun experiment I called 70AT70.