Memorial

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the Yerba Buena Park, San Francisco. Oh how I'd love to be back there right about now! For me its another cold blustery day.

This is another shot utilizing a long exposure and tripod to capture the smoothness of the water falling. I believe this was 2-5sec exposure. I also use a circular polarizer in a lot of my shots, which does a great job of cutting out reflections that would blowout my image -- such as the sky. Using it I'm able to get nice exposure in both the landscape and the sky in this shot.

I have a very busy weekend coming up so I don't know if I'll get to any DIY posts but I would like to get a big more in depth with some kind of photography topic... ideas?

Silky Smooth

One lovely evening down on the river during spring runoff. I waited until well after dark to start shooting, I believe this was a 20 or maybe even 30 second exposure.

A lot of dodge and burn also went into this photo. It was one of the first shots where I really started to understand how to use those tools properly, and to pay attention to the natural "flow" of the light on an image in order to best bring out its qualities.

The North Fork of the Little Laramie River begins at some of the highest reaches of the Snowy Range in Wyoming and runs East down the range, past the town of Centennial to the Little Laramie, and from there empties into the Laramie River. This shot was about halfway down the Snowy Range.

One of the most beautiful roads in all the world is the Snowy Range Highway 130 between Centennial and Saratoga. If you are ever on a roadtrip on I-80 take a little extra time and take this route, you won't be disappointed... as long as its Summer/Fall and the road is open, of course.