It was a beautiful afternoon on Saturday and Christian and Daniel were bugging me to take them to ride their bikes. So Tyler and I took the opportunity to take some photographs out at Greenhorn park at the reservoir, while they road around the reservoir on the paved trail. It was about 2pm when we headed over …
A mentor friend of mine, Tom, was kind enough to make some helpful suggestions on the pictures I had taken last Saturday. Here are five of the pictures after I followed his suggestions to make them better. I love the changes I was able to make to these photographs. I think they look better. What are …
In 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt established the Lower Klamath National Wildlife refuge as the first waterfowl refuge in the United States. I’ve had several fellow photographers tell me about shooting wildlife photographs at this refuge and the great experience it can be. So early, well okay so it was about 10am when I got up…..honestly …
Out past Montague, CA in an area called Little Shasta Valley there is a church that was built in 1877-1878 by the early pioneers to this area. It is in a most picturesque setting with surrounding ranches and a commanding view of majestic Mt. Shasta. This church as you can see is a favorite setting …
Yesterday I went out searching yet again for a great photograph. My son Tyler also enjoys photography, so I asked if he would like to come along on the “adventure”. I gave him my back up camera, a Nikon D80 with a 35mm 1.8G lens attached. This lens on a DX camera gives you a similar …
At the end of September this year, 2012, I went out to Utah and Colorado to do some photographing. After a landscape photography workshop in Colorado I stopped to see some good friends in La Verkin, Utah and to spend a day photographing Zion’s National Park. When I got home a few months ago I went through the …
Well it’s no wonder I’m having a midlife crisis my second child is now 16 (or will be in 2 weeks) and so has entered the dating scene. Tyler was asked to Morp by a lovely young lady named Justine and they doubled with another couple, Tyler and Katie. Here are some pre-date photos for …
Well I needed to replace my Maxima which had 114k miles on it. Well needed is a strong word…I wanted to replace my Maxima and so I purchased a 2006 350z with 29k miles on it. It is an awesome car to drive and one I’ve always wanted. So here are some pictures….
So I finally was able to sort through the several hundred pictures I took on day 2. I just finished reading a great article by Jack Brauer on the website photographylife.com about working on your composition before getting around to setting up your camera. He commented that doing this before you set up and start …
On September 29th, 2012 my sister-in-law, Cheri was married to Ian at the Lake of the Woods resort in southern Oregon. This is a beautiful resort set on a lake east of Ashland, Oregon. The wedding was a great occasion and the setting was beautiful. They arrived for the ceremony by row-boat which was a great …
On September 22nd and 23rd I had the great pleasure to drive out to Colorado to attend a landscape workshop put on by Nasim Mansurov and others at what is now Photography Life.com, a photography blog I enjoy following on a regular basis. The base “camp” for the workshop was the scenic town of Ridgway, Colorado. The …
I know these photos are only relative to family and friends, but wanted to share these photos of my oldest son leaving today to begin his 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be serving in the Milwaukee Wisconsin mission. Mom swore she wasn’t going to cry, but …