Jul
29
We just got back from a quick trip to Yosemite National Park. One thing that I discovered is that 2-1/2 days is just not enough time to see everything in the park. It is huge and beautiful. It was a very nice weekend. We took off after work on Thursday night and drove to Tonopah, …
Jul
21
Steve and I are packing for an extended weekend in Yosemite National Park. This is part of my ‘gotta see all the national parks’ obsession. It will only leave us 2-1/2 days inside of the park and an extremely long drive home. We have been to Yosemite a couple of times but it was more …
Jul
20
I thought this was a funny way of putting it because that is what movies tell you to do when you pass on – Look To The Light. Photographers, too, need to learn to see light. What colour is it? From which direction is it coming? Is it hard? Soft? What kind of shadows is …
Jul
19
So this weekend I finally got motivated and put my den together. I got rid of the twin size bed in my spare bedroom and put together some shelves and a desk and now I have my own little ‘cave’. The desk and shelves had been taking up space in my garage for quite some …
Jul
15
It is crazy how I am not traveling for work anymore and yet I seem to have even less time on my hands. I guess when I was traveling I may have felt like I had more time but the reality is that less was actually getting done. So I have been slow at posting …
Jul
10
Due to a sprinkler system fiascal and terrible cloud coverage yesterday, I was unable to 3rd excercise finished. Tip 3 is all about perspective. If you want to show something different, show it differently. So I quickly went out this morning after we dropped off our waverunner for repair. I grabbed some perspectives of our …
Jul
08
Well I am on #2 on David duChemin’s list of ‘10 Ways to Improve your craft. None of them involve buying gear.’ Today it was all about contrast. This one was tough for me because I had to step out of my normal way of thinking when shooting my camera. I really had to think …
Jul
07
Steve and I have been getting more and more into photography over the past year. Last year he received a EOS 7D for Christmas and he handed down his Cannon Digital Rebel EOS Xsi to me. I purchased me an 18-200mm lens and love it. I have gotten better while Steve has gotten really good. …
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