Well, it was a rough year for the Larsen clan at the Pinewood derby. Christian was especially upset about having a slow car. 🙁 ISO 1000, 24mm, f/4, 1/125 sec (all of the shots from the night were taken on manual exposure with the shutter speed set to 1/125 sec to help eliminate blur and …
In northern Utah close to Brigham City is this wonderful wildlife refuge. It is huge, took a few hours just to drive through it. When I was out visiting family this past summer, my sister Bonnie and I went to this refuge to take some photographs of the birds. ISO 200, 300mm, f/4.0, 1/5000 sec …
ISO 3200, 300mm, f/4.0, 1/250 sec (settings for all of the shots) My son Tyler is on the Yreka Boys Varsity Soccer team again this year. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing several of their games this year. Thursday, February 6th, was senior night because it was the last home game for this season. Unfortunately …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec In an effort to photograph more of the awesome waterfalls of the area before I move in a couple of months I hiked to Burstarse Falls on Saturday…….well, to where Burstarse Falls is located anyway. You access the PCT to get to this waterfall from a trail called the …
ISO 400, 420mm, f/6.3, 1/2000sec I wanted to start the new year off right so obviously either a road bike ride or a photo shoot was necessary. I just purchased the Nikon TC-14EII teleconverter, in fact it arrived the day before on the 31st of December, and was anxious to try it out on my …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/4.0, 2.0sec I was last at Faery Falls this past summer. The falls looks very similar but the surrounding foliage is completely different. Seeing the orange leaves on the ground of the oak trees makes me wish I had come in September while the fall leaves were in full color. ISO 100, …
ISO 100, 24mm, f/6.3, 4.0sec, neutral density filter This past November on the way home from our trip to Colorado we stopped at Burney Falls. Taunya had never been there before and I was anxious to take some additional photographs since my first photographs of the falls was without my tripod and I had my tripod …
ISO 200, 34mm, f/5.6, 1/100sec I had the awesome opportunity and pleasure to photograph the Barbara and Jack Cowley extended family this evening. When your photographing a group of 32, inside, the lighting can be a little tricky. Many thanks to my friend Linda who loaned me her speedlight and light stand so I could use two …
ISO 4000, 38mm, f/4.0, 1/125sec On Saturday December 14th COS Choirs presented their holiday concert, Tis the Season. The two choirs were the Concert Choir and the Ladies’ Chamber Singers. My foster daughter Liz sings with the Ladies’ Chamber Singers, and several of my friends sing with the Concert Choir. The music and singing were amazing. …
When Taunya and I went to Colorado and Utah last month I took some time to do a portrait shoot of my very cute niece Olivia! ISO 200, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/5000sec I find that sometimes you get a more natural portrait if you have them doing something rather than just sitting there posing. ISO 200, …
ISO 400, 300mm, f/6.3, 1/1600sec ISO 400, 300mm, f/6.3, 1/1600sec My original intent when I headed over to Greenhorn Park this afternoon was to take some photographs of the snow landscapes. I took a few scenery photographs with my 24-120mm lens when I suddenly noticed a bald eagle flying around the lake. ISO 100, 24mm, f/4.0, …
ISO 2000, 300mm, f/4.0, 1/1600sec Tuesday afternoon I was supposed to referee the Yreka High School boys and girls soccer games. Unfortunately at the last-minute their games were rescheduled. I thought I would make use of the time by heading out to the wildlife refuge to see if the raptors were arriving yet. ISO 2000, …