Portland Head Lighthouse
Here is a nice sunny day picture for all those who (like my parents) are buried under several feet of snow. This image is of the Portland Head Lighthouse that was taken last fall on a photo trip to Acadia. I wish I could have stayed around longer to get more interesting evening light, but [...]
Sunset Cliffs at Night
I’m making it a point to shoot more local scenes and focus on the area around me. It’s actually kind of fun trying to find pockets of nature in a city like San Diego. Here is an image from an area call Sunset Cliffs. The park is small, little more than a slice of undeveloped [...]
No you didn’t eat a funny mushroom
This is a picture that was tucked away, hidden among a bunch of other raw files taken during a past trip to Death Valley. Obviously, unless this was Mars, the colors and look are a result of some computer software (Photomatix) and too much beer. Try not to look too long at it since the [...]
Kauai Waterfall
Earlier this year I went to Kauai, Hawaii’s garden isle as it’s affectionately known, for a week long trip. The island is small with a main road that travels along its edge, and it only takes a few hours to drive around the entire island (or at least the part that has a road). Despite [...]
Lighthouse and Long Exposure
Early in the fall I took a trip to Maine. It gave me a chance to use neutral density filters in a more serious way for landscape photography. I am always looking for new ways to expand my creativity, and being able to shoot 15-30 second exposures in the middle of the day definitely does [...]
First Sunset (part 1)
People close to me know that recently I was nailed by a nasty cold bug. So nasty that I considered investing in stocks of dayquil and kleenex. Despite a strong desire to stay hidden beneath layers of covers, today I dragged my pitiful self out to greet the first sunset of the new [...]
First Sunset (part 2)
Continued from the first post
Finally some people actually surfing (I don’t usually shoot surfers so bear with me).
Here is an example of something I couldn’t do with the Canon 5D. I was tracking the distant surfer when another one came in from the right. I waited til the new surfer was in the [...]
Winter weather
Like many people, my parents on the east coast were hit by a recent winter storm. It wasn’t long before I started getting photos of cars buried in snow and stories bemoaning how cold it was. Well, since I moved to San Diego, I can’t say that I often miss shoveling snow, cold fingers, or [...]
More Salton Sea Night Photos
Here are a few more photographs from a recent trip to the Salton Sea. As you can see the area has an almost alien feel. There are definitely a lot of opportunities to make some interesting images.
This first image is another view of several mud volcanoes. The glowing lights and crazy sky comes from the [...]
Shooting at Night in the Salton Sea
I went out the other day on a little road trip to the Salton Sea. I’m not much of an early riser so instead I focused on shooting images at night. For those who don’t know, the Salton Sea is located several hours east of San Diego, and is a strange mix of [...]
Quick Trip with the Canon G11
The other day I decided to go on a quick drive to grab lunch and check out some areas around me. It also gave me a chance to give my new Canon G11 (advanced pocket camera) a little bit of a workout. I have to say that I was very impressed with some of the [...]
Surfer Girls and Canon G11
Surfer girls and the Canon G11, two things I’m fond of. Here is a quick shot taken the other day. I’m used to shooting with a dslr, so I was amazed at how much detail the G11 captured, especially considering it can fit in my pocket. It’s also nice that no one seems to pay [...]
New Life
I have a soft spot for all animals, but reptiles have always been a life-long love. I hate to think what sharing a certain kinship with scaly cold blooded animals says about me, but I’ve decided to share a photo of a recent bearded dragon hatchling. These little guys always amaze me. I’ve never seen [...]
Rim lighting
Well I was going through some old photos when I came upon this one that somehow got lost in the shuffle. It may not be the best photograph (some highlights are blown and the composition needs work), but I think it does a good job illustrating back or rim lighting in nature. If done well, [...]
The Tale of the Fuzzy Lens
Well the other day I had a little time to try my newly acquired Canon 7d. I don’t usually shoot many birds or wildlife, but I thought that the 7d would make a good backup to the 5d mark II while complimenting the 5d with its better autofocus and greater reach for telephoto shots. I [...]
Buoys buoys everywhere
Another shot from my trip to Acadia National Park. It seems nothing evokes the feeling of Maine more than lobster buoys, colorful leaves, and clam chowder. Here I framed the image to emphasize the different shapes and colors while trying to maintain a pleasing balance throughout the frame.
While I’ve been going through images, I also [...]
A Moody Surfer
Sometimes it’s not about the most mega pixels or razor sharp images, sometimes it’s about mood and the feeling an image gives us. Often the images that aren’t technically perfect are the ones that become favorites.
Here is one image from an evening of shooting with the new Canon 7D. It was shot at iso 6400 [...]
How to Fall into the Ocean
Getting this image almost cost me a quick swim in the Atlantic. I’ve been going through the many many photos from Maine and this is one I took on my last morning there when the sun had finally decided to make an appearance. This was an area I had scouted out before but I wasn’t [...]
Going through some photos
As promised I’ve started going through my photographs from my week in Maine. I’ll go into more detail once I write an actual summary of my trip, but I will say for most of the week a nor’easter made the weather pretty miserable. For most of the time I had damp, windy, and heavily overcast [...]
Just Got Back
Just got back from an awesome, yet cold, trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. Fall colors were really amazing and the rugged coast made for a lot of great photo opportunities. I’m still decompressing and unpacking, but soon I’ll start putting new photos and info up.
Ian