Back in 2012 I went up to Silver Lake with my sister Bonnie to take photographs. Later that week I went to the San Juan Mountains for a photography workshop and forgot all about these images. Wish I would have had the long lenses I have now to photograph these two moose that were at …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
When I was in Utah this past week I went on a drive with my Mother and my niece Olivia along the Alpine loop from Provo canyon to American Fork canyon. The fall colors were amazing and most of the aspens weren’t in color yet. Another week or two at the most and the aspens …
Here are some of the photos I took of Daniel’s soccer team Orange Crush. They are a U8 team. A few things I learned from this photo shoot was that I should have increased my film speed to iso 400, to allow for quicker shutter speeds. I found that 1/250-1/320 just wasn’t enough to freeze …