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Road Trip to San Francisco

Ian Frazier — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:04 +0000

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

Ian Frazier — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:16:44 +0000

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 are a few images I made on a recent trip to the beaches San Diego.

If you are familiar with the area you may recognize: Sunset Cliffs, La Jolla Cove, and Pacific Beach.

San Diego black out

Ian Frazier — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:01:54 +0000

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 took this shot of downtown San Diego. As you can see lights began to come on in different areas of the city, but it wasn’t til around 1am before power worked for me. I especially like the glowing haze over the city and the rocky foreground in the photo.

I’m a mom

Ian Frazier — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:46:22 +0000

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

Ian Frazier — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:26:46 +0000

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 kind of creepy.

Back after a loooongggg break

Ian Frazier — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:52:14 +0000

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 then here are a few recent photographs.

I never even knew this little spot existed until the other day when I was out hiking, all the rain made for a very cool little river.

Birch aquarium is always a fun trip in San Diego. I can’t keep a goldfish alive so I’m amazed whenever I see something like this.

Here is one of the first photos I took on a recent trip to Death Valley, the morning light worked well here. This was the first time I’ve seen Lake Manly full of water, and apparently this season has been one of the wettest in recent times. I will post more from that trip in the coming week.

Ian

Shooting around Torrey Pines

Ian Frazier — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:18:36 +0000

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 better sunset. I was reminded rather sternly that hanging near the sides of the sandstone cliffs is a big “no no” if I wanted to see another year.

Here is a different view of a nearby gliderport. From what I understand they get a good view of the nude beach below (although it was a little chilly for that).

A solitary hawk was sitting on was of the more well known trees at Torrey Pine.

Before the sun drifted behind some clouds, the cliffs glowed.

I also got lucky (after being yelled at) and captured one of the many crows as it cruised in front of the evening clouds.

Finally, just as the sun was setting I grabbed this mellow evening shot. This was taken with the 14mm so there is a lot going on in the image.

It’s amazing how many photographic opportunities are in my own back yard. I’ll post some new more “urban” shots later.

Ian

Small Pond in Yosemite

Ian Frazier — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:06:54 +0000

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

Ian Frazier — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:25:19 +0000

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 I go through the rest.

If you can get out there, do it.

Ian

Clearing Storm

Ian Frazier — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:11:23 +0000

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 gives really nice colors. My only problem with it is the strange distortion (later taken out with Photoshop). I’m planning on heading up to the Eastern Sierras for a few days of fishing and photography so stay tuned.

Ian