As the first day in Colorado came to a close we found ourselves at the Mt. Sneffels view from earlier in the day for sunset. This is a time of day that I’ve never photographed this location from. The shadows and sharp contrasts made for some interesting shots. From slightly earlier in the evening when …
Here is the second installment of my photos from my trip in October 2022 to Ridgeway CO and the San Juan Mountains for fall foliage photography. When I have been to a place multiple times to photograph there are a couple of conflicting priorities for me. One is that I want to recreate previous photos …
Sunrise is the most difficult time to photograph in my opinion. The lighting is changing very rapidly and the contrast is extreme between the places the sun is hitting and the places still in shadow. Zooming in on a section of the scene helps with this extreme contrast seen here with the mountain top just …
So I was going through my SD cards in preparation for a trip to Colorado to photograph the fall colors when I came across a SD car that I hadn’t downloaded to the computer from July 4th 2016! Half of the photos were from an off road trip on some dirt roads above Gypsum CO …
Back in March of 2022 we went to the Oregon coast again to our favorite place of Florence. We stayed in an Airbnb right on the ocean. It was a great weekend with friends. Was using my favorite lens the Nikon 70-200mm 2.8E for these photos. Here is one of my good friends Tau and …
Labor day weekend Taunya and I took off for our favorite place on the Oregon Coast, Florence. We stayed in a Airbnb close to where we usually stay at Driftwood Shores. Ever since my camera equipment was stolen from Driftwood Shores, I’ve been gun-shy of staying there again. Sunset with Heceta Lighthouse. Would have been …
Last summer as part of our teachers quorum high adventure we stopped at Ruby Beach on our way from Port Angeles, WA to Westport, WA. This is a popular, beautiful, wide, sandy beach where a lot of people stop to enjoy the sand and the ocean. ISO 100, 14mm, f/5.0, 1/800 sec This is the …
Back in 2012 I went to a photography workshop in the San Juan mountains of southwest Colorado. On the way home I took a detour to see a friend of mine David Webster and to photograph Zion’s National Park. Recently when I added these files from a back up to my current Lightroom database they …
Back in September of 2012 I had the distinct pleasure of going on a photography workshop in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, with Nasim Mansurov of Photographylife.com fame. I had a different computer back then and so these photographs were on back up DVDs. I recently downloaded them on to my current hard drive …
A couple of months ago on Labor Day, my friend Jagan, my son Christian, and I went over to Palouse Falls and the surrounding area to take some photographs. This was one of my favorite shots of the falls that evening. Close up of just the falls at dusk. This is the river canyon headed …
This past August Jacob Hill came home from his mission to Chile and we went down as a family to see him and his family. It was a great visit to catch up with our good friends. While we were there we went on a hike to Big Meadows in the Scott Valley. This was …
Over the last decade I have used the excuse of having a midlife crisis for making a few “unwise”, or “frivolous” purchases. The number of these purchases vary depending on if you ask me or if you ask my wife, Taunya…… I’m sure I will continue to use this excuse for the next decade as …