The Tower and the Moon in Black & White
In my other post, The Tower and the Moon at Lake Yosemite, I really liked the lighting on the tower, but wish the moon was higher. On this version, I liked the higher placement of the moon, but by that time, the lighting wasn’t as strong. I thought a black and white conversion would give [...]
The Tower and the Moon at Lake Yosemite
I’ve been wanting to take some pictures of Lake Yosemite, “The Tower” and the moon near sunset for a few months now. I used the Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) to show when and were the moon/sun will set. Since I had an appointment on Thursday, I thought I’d bring my camera stuff and give it a [...]
Happy Birthday to Me
Call it boredom I guess, but thought I’d post a “Happy Birthday to Me” post and picture. I’m usually behind the camera. I originally thought I’d break out the tripod and remote to take a few pictures of my 47th (that’s hard to say) birthday. My oldest daughter, Hannah (13), stepped in and took a [...]
Hannah as a High-Yellow Belt!
Another family post. My oldest daughter, Hannah, passed her High-Yellow belt this evening at Moore’s Karate in Atwater. Tweet
Training and Sparring Competition Day
Since I haven’t been post or even taking any new photos recently, I thought I’d post some family stuff. Both of my daughters are involved with Martial Arts. My youngest daughter has been doing Karate for about a year now and recently, my oldest daughter started. This afternoon, we spent the day at Moore’s Karate [...]
Shaver Lake, Minus the Lake
For the past year, Southern California Edison was draining Shaver Lake so that contractors could add a liner to the dam. I guess it’s supposed to cut back on erosion and leakage. I recently saw some pictures of some of the ruins from the lake bed so I drove up Monday afternoon to hope to [...]
Change is Good?
It didn’t start off as a total re-design on all of my photography sites, but it just happened that way. It was bothering me that my top header was really too big for my tastes. I’m always telling other people (on other forums) that the pictures should be the focus, not the other fluff. So [...]
My Top 10 Pictures From 2011
It was a pretty slow year, photography-wise. I made a few trips to Yosemite, a few trips to the Merced NWR, one trip to the eastern Sierra to capture the fall colors. I visited a new location as well, the Great Valley Grassland near Gustine, CA. So with all of that, I thought I’d post [...]
Merry Christmas
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everybody here! The manger scene is a scratch-built building using balsa wood, plastic sheet and ordinary twigs and sand. I included two grain of wheat lights for lights made to look like lanterns and hand-painted the 4-inch figures. Tweet
Being Level or Looking Level?
When I started posting my landscape pictures on the internet, I would occasionally hear, “It’s not level” or the “Horizon isn’t level”. That was fine in most cases because I didn’t have a level on my camera or tripod. Fixed in post (Photoshop). I finally bought a level that attaches to the hot-shoe on the [...]
