Road Trip to San Francisco
Well just got back from a week long trip up the California coast, the weather was beautiful and I had a great time. It was almost worth it just for the bread bowls of clam chowder in San Francisco. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the trip.
Around Town
I’ve been expanding my photographic comfort zone to include people and more portrait work. In the future I may even put some of that work up, but for now I’m still experimenting and trying to find my voice. It definitely has different challenges and forces me into the land of… gulp… studio lighting. Anyway here [...]
San Diego black out
Had an interesting day today when everything turned off. Apparently, San Diego and most of the southwest had a massive power outage. In true California style, most of my neighbors ended up partying and I found myself with the awesome er…. difficult task of eating a lot of melting ice cream. After I recovered, I [...]
I’m a mom
I know it’s a little late but on mother’s day I had some baby bearded dragons hatch out. More mouths to feed.
More Death Valley Photos
Thought I’d put up a few more photographs from my trip to Death Valley, planning another to Yosemite at the end of this month. It was crazy, but while in Death Valley someone committed suicide atop one of the dunes near Stovepipe wells. It made hiking out to them in the dark the next morning [...]
Back after a loooongggg break
Well if you come here at all I’m sure you noticed it’s been a while since I’ve updated things. I’ve still been shooting, just now I’ve started to try my hand at portrait photography. I may actually start a second site focused just on that (if I feel like I know what I’m doing). Until [...]
Shooting around Torrey Pines
Been busy shooting closer to home and refining a few different techniques for HDR images. Here are a few shots from around San Diego as I get ready for a trip to Death Valley. First up are some photographs taken at Torrey Pines State Reserve. The weather was nice, but I had hopes for a [...]
Small Pond in Yosemite
Going through old photos and testing out new HDR programs led to this shot. It’s from several years ago but still has a nice feel to it. Yosemite is such a beautiful place and it can be almost overwhelming to shoot it all.
Eastern Sierras
Just got back from a three day trip to the Eastern Sierras. The fall colors are amazing and caught the tail end of a storm so there was snow on the mountains and sometimes frustrating weather. Between the trout fishing and photography it was hard to get any sleep. Here are a few images as [...]
Clearing Storm
Stepped onto my balcony the other night and saw that the rain clouds were finally clearing out over the Pacific. What a beautiful time to shoot. Here are a few from last night. A few of these shots were made with my new Samyang/Rokinon 14mm. What a sweet lens, crisp out to the corners and [...]
No Place Like Home
Well I got back not too long ago from visiting family on the east coast. Staying in Cape May, a town on the southern tip of New Jersey, brought back a lot of memories and being able to drink Yuengling again was amazing. I also felt good to get back to one of my earliest [...]
Abstract Insects
I’m going to be getting back into the swing of things here by posting more often and doing some much needed expanding of the site. First up are some shots taken a while ago on a lazy afternoon. These are all extreme macros from a collection of insects that I had gathering dust. I like [...]
Old Photos from Yosemite
While I’m waiting on a few more hard drives to arrive (thank god they’re cheap now), I’ve spent some time going over a few older photographs. Both of these images were taken during a week long trip to Yosemite. I think they’re nice because the photographs show a different side to this famous place, and [...]
Back from Utah
Well I just got back from a tiring but amazing trip to Utah and northern Arizona. The days were hot and frustratingly free of interesting clouds or weather, so many of my photos have that happy “postcard” look. It was still nice to get out and see the geological curiosity known as Utah.
Death and Goats
Well as I mentioned in an earlier post, I recently got back from a crazy adventure throughout the amazing state of Oregon. I thought that I’d begin at the end and share some of the last photographs taken in Oregon, right before heading home. These photos are taken in a spot called Natural Bridges, for [...]
A few old photos
Well I was going through some older photographs and I realize that I have a lot of long exposure coastal shots. Perhaps it’s something left over from a childhood spent near the beach. As a child, something about the ocean always felt alive and mysterious, it still does. On this evening I kind of [...]
Oregon
Well not too long ago I got back from a sleep deprived week long road trip through Oregon. I have to say that the state is amazing, like driving through a giant national park. There were waterfalls, deserts, jagged coastlines, and more amazing places than I knew what to do with. Most of my time [...]
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Content Aware
Like many I recently upgraded to Adobe’s CS5. I did it mostly for the better raw handling and improved HDR (which I still think kinda sucks). However, everyone seems to be talking about the content aware feature that reads different parts of the image and tries to fill in what you are removing with the [...]
Sleepy
I should probably stop waiting til late at night to edit my blog, especially after a few glasses of wine. In honor of sleep I present a photo of some of the happiest/sleepiest animals I’ve seen. Ian
What 5x looks like
Ever wonder what 5x magnification looks like from Canons mp-e 65mm lens. Here is an uncropped look at my watch’s second hand. You can image the possibilities in nature.
Desert Trip
I took a quick trip out to Anza-Borrego the other day to see how the wildflowers were coming along. This winter had some decent rains so there should be a good bloom all throughout southern California (check here for reports www.desertusa.com). My trip was relaxing and there were a decent number of flowers blooming (lupines, [...]
I’m back
Well I’m back from a very nice and relaxing (but cold) trip. It wasn’t a photo trip but I will post some photos up soon. In the mean time I’ve been experiment with several different photo techniques including an easier way to do HDR and trying out a few different filters and lenses. Here is [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]