I've been a slacker lately, getting distracted and not doing the one thing a photographer is supposed to do: take photographs. So one afternoon after some rain moved out, the sun was peaking out from beneath the cloud cover and suddenly a sunset shoot looked like a promising venture! I've explored lots of coastline in South County, but I hadn't been exploring much of the Jamestown coastline next...
I wanted to try something new. I came across work by notable photographers Morgan Maasen and Katherine Gendreau and they were doing something a little bit different with their seascapes. They were panning horizontally across the horizon, blurring everything but maintaining a sense of color, ambience and environment. I wanted to try it.So on one cloudy and nondescript early spring day, I found...
The hardest part of long exposure shooting is predicting the weather. I'm constantly looking at weather forecasts, watching the cloud cover on satellite maps, and hoping that when I drive half an hour south the sky will somewhat resemble what I'm seeing out my window at home. I prefer shooting sunsets compared to sunrise because you can watch the weather develop as the day progresses. Is that rain...
It was April Fool's Day and signs of spring were everywhere. Ice and snow were becoming a thing of the past, the temperature was getting more tolerable and rain every few days meant more clouds in the sky. This day in particular I was rushing to go shooting for dusk as clouds began to roll in late in the afternoon. The sky was going to light up to the west, I just knew it. But with summer suns...
Day 5–6: Los CerritosWe first encountered Los Cerritos while driving up the West Cape from Cabo San Lucas. It's a slightly developed location with a few bungalows to rent and a boutique hotel on the hill, but it's not as populated by locals. Los Cerritos is more of a small tourist destination given that its crescent shaped beach is protected by the rocky point. Typically, swimming on the Pacific...
