The girlfriend and I took a trip down the coastal highway to Hearst Castle. Here are some of the ones I liked from the trip: I really liked the fog in this one as it wraps around the coast hills Inside the library in the main building at Hearst Castle, Amazing woodwork and artifacts. Side [...]
During my lunch break the other day I took the new D7100 down to Vasona Park in Los Gatos which is just down the street from my work. Still trying to get used to the new features and button placement but I did get some nice shots of a Black-crowned Night-Heron (didnt know what it [...]
So you want to learn digital photography but don’t know where to start? I recently went through this and will explain what worked for me. Classes at your local community college, online or camera store are the obvious choices when learning but sometimes you just either don’t have the money or time for them. I [...]
So its been over a year (14 months actually) since I dove into the world of Photography. What a wild ride learning about exposure, composition and tons of other tidbits of information. I recently purchased some lighting equipment and have been getting into that now too. I am learning photography much faster rate than I [...]
Took a trip to Alcatraz Island and this is one of the decrepit buildings on it. Lighting is a bit harsh but still very pretty. Camera Info Device: Nikon D3100 Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8G Focal Length: 24mm Focus Mode: AF-A AF-Area Mode: Dynamic VR: AF Fine Tune: Exposure Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/4000s Exposure Mode: Aperture [...]
This was taken outside my apartment, the tree’s are starting to bloom. This was an interesting one for me, the original picture was a complete failure and I turned it into something reasonable. The final product The original The only program I used was Lightroom 4. In it I toned down all the blue’s and [...]
Went home to Massachusetts for Christmas and it snow a little, more like a dusting. Found this awesome mushroom topped with snow protecting the ground below it. Camera Info Device: Nikon D3100 Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8G Focal Length: 70mm Focus Mode: AF-S AF-Area Mode: Wide Area VR: AF Fine Tune: Exposure Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/320s [...]
Taken at Vasona Park in Los Gatos I was testing out the 24-70 2.8 I just purchased. Saw these mushrooms and had a lot of fun playing around with them. Camera Info Device: Nikon D3100 Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8G Focal Length: 48mm Focus Mode: AF-A AF-Area Mode: 3D-tracking VR: AF Fine Tune: Exposure Aperture: f/8 Shutter [...]
I had the opportunity to view Space Shuttle Endeavour’s last flight on Sept 21st. They preformed a low level fly over Moffett Field at NASA Ames Research Base in Mountain View, CA. The space shuttle is now retired and was heading to LAX air port where it will eventually stay at California Science Center. It [...]
Was at a garden taking pictures when this Egret flew in. It flew over to an area that had a lot of people and children so I rushed over to try and get at least one shot of it before the children scared it away. It ended up going to an island feature in the [...]
