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As noted yesterday my Monday photo outing was a lot of fun. I captured some landscape and nature photos that I’m proud to show and others that fell short. It is these botched photos of the day that I wanted to post and discuss this week. Yesterday I posted The Good… a la the theme The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Today I wanted to post what I considered an example of The Bad. If you’re like me you sa

Monday I took the day off to get out and get some photography under my belt. I was joined by a good friend of mine who introduced me to some new areas to photograph iconic California Oak trees. With conditions nice and foggy it created some beautiful photographic opportunities. I have to admit this portion of the day went a lot smoother than later on when I botched some shots. During this shoot I got several good sho

The beautiful thing about California is that there are so many amazing places to take in and photograph sunrise. I’m impartial to nature and landscape subjects such as Yosemite National Park, but even catching sunrise over downtown Los Angeles can be dramatic. I couldn’t decide which sunrise photo to post, so I posted both. Here’s to a beautiful sunrise near you. Yosemite Valley Sunrise View More Ph

So what makes a viewer say, “Wow!” about a photograph? The answer… great lighting. Great lighting is the key to high impact photography. Even the most mundane subject will look amazing with the right lighting to paraphrase Gary Crabbe from my EXIF and Beyond interview. When is the lighting best you ask? For outdoor photography the lighting is best during the “Golden Hour” when the light

This photo was taken from a higher vantage point the same day I photographed Out of the Gloom: Golden Gate Bridge and Fog. I wasn’t sure this would come out. The fog was quickly rising, the light was quickly fading and I needed to rush back to my car before the rangers locked a gate restricting auto travel in and out of the area. One thing is for sure time is rarely on the side of a photographer. View More Gold

Few photos have eluded me like this one. After nearly 10 years the stars aligned and I was finally free to photograph the fog blanketing the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco at sunset this past week. What makes this photo so difficult to capture? To name a few things; the weather conditions have to be just right, you have to recognize the conditions as being just right, you have to be in a close proximity to the

After talking with my best friend by phone today I decided to mix two posts into one. Its rather fitting considering recent developments. My best friend lives in Houston, Texas and in our discussion he had not heard about the November 7 oil spill here in San Francisco. Likely because I live here I was shocked that news of the event hadn’t reached my friend who is also a native Californian. The oil spill is deva

Early Wednesday morning I was on dog duty walking my 3 dogs around a local park. When I left the house the neighborhood was shrouded in thick fog. Realizing that there may be a photo opportunity with the fog rolling through the Monterey Pine trees in the park, I went back in the house to get my camera and tripod. Murphy’s Law would have it that as soon as I got to the park the fog started to lift, but just enou