Today two of my friends, David and Matt, and I took off for an afternoon of creek fishing. The sun was shining, but the wind was blowing and with the increased altitude it was a little on the chilly side. Both David and Matt had some success, me on the other hand was successful at lots of …
I spent another Saturday afternoon out at what is quickly becoming my favorite place to go photograph, the Shasta Valley wildlife Refuge. The Nikon 300mm F/4 makes taking photos of birds so much more enjoyable. It focusing is faster and the clarity is so much better than my zoom lenses. I will probably have a …
The Monday of our Presidents day weekend vacation get away was going to be our travel day back home along the Oregon coast following Hwy 101. Before we left Florence I wanted to get a few more shots in so I got up early and headed out to Heceta Head lighthouse. There are usually some sea lions out …
The boy scouts of Troop 58 went up to Camp Ester Applegate in the lake of the woods area on February 22nd and 23rd. I had the opportunity to go am pick them up and spend saturday with them. It had snowed about 8 inches over night so the road was snow packed and treacherous. …
Sunday in Florence after Taunya and I walked along the beach again we went searching for Sweet Creek falls just outside of Mapleton next to Florence OR. Luckily it was the weekend because they are doing construction on the Sweet Creek road and usually only allowing traffic through for 5 minutes every hour. After …
Tonight was the Pinewood Derby for Pack 58. It was a great event with 12 cub scouts racing against each other and 11 siblings/parents racing in the rust bucket category. I was anxious to try out my new 85mm 1.8g lens so I took it to take the photos. i wish in retrospect I would have brought …
Silver Falls Taunya and I took the opportunity to escaped for a long weekend vacation up to Florence, OR. We had some common goals in mind like relaxing and spending time together. Her other goals were to sleep in and read. I on the other hand wanted to take as many photographs as possible! I especially enjoy …
One area of photography that looks fun although very intimidating is street photography. As Taunya and I strolled the beach in Florence I thought I would try my hand at capturing some candid shots of people on the beach. I had initially planned when we left our room that I was going to take some …
The Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge is located in between Montague, CA and the Shasta Valley. I usually go out to this refuge for the fly fishing on Trout Lake and Bass Lake. I’ve seen pheasants here before but didn’t see any this day. I was using my D7000 with my Nikon 300mm F/4 lens. I had …
Ever since I took the excursion over to the Lower Klamath NWR to photograph the wildlife I have been wanting to purchase the Nikon 300mm f/4 to make wildlife photography more enjoyable. I read many reviews of this lens and all of them spoke very highly of its quality and sharpness. With my budget I knew a 300mm f/2.8 …
This afternoon I went out to the Shasta Valley to meet with a friend of mine who owns the Cowley Ranch. I’ve wanted to come out and photograph his barn for some time. It has been there since the 1800s and has a really cool gazebo tower that you can climb up into. I didn’t have time today …
Spent an enjoyable, although very cold, evening photographing Tyler and the Miner soccer team this past Tuesday evening, January 22nd. It was a well fought and played game from both teams. Anderson ended up edging out the Miners 4-3. There were some great saves by the goalie, and some great plays on offense and defense. …