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 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 …
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 …
This year was the Siskiyou Century’s 25th Anniversary ride. It was a great day overall weather wise. It was windy at times and the smoke also varied in thickness from the many fires around the area. The post ride meal was excellent as always, with some entertainment as well from the band Gimme Shelter. A …
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 …
My new baby came today from Adorama!!! It was a new Nikon 24-120mm 1:4G VR lens. I was excited and nervous at the same time. I couldn’t wait to use this lens after the reviews I have seen, but on the other hand with some of the supposed quality control issues at Nikon I was …