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...
Epiphany #1: I have purchased all my filters to fit my 16-35mm lens. They are 72mm filters and for the longest time I thought my 70-200mm lens was sized for 77mm. But I was wrong. Both of my lenses take a 72mm thread size which means I can easily switch between lenses and continue with my long exposure photography!Epiphany #2: So that just left the question of where to utilize my telephoto...
I've been counting down the days until a trip to warmer climates. That's right, I'm getting out of this polar vortex and heading to the Tropic of Cancer! Destination: Baja California. An almost two week jaunt around the tip of the Baja Sur peninsula will surely erase the winter blues long enough for me to return in time for spring. But until my counting days reach zero, I'm stuck in this New...
Just before the new year, some swell arrived. Brought on by a cold storm this time, instead of the warm tropical moisture that had been visiting regularly all November and part of December. It was the weather just before the Polar Vortex decided to sit on most of North America. It wasn't 0° with wind chill around -56° but it was still cold and windy! I was down on the beach at the surf spot known...
After my first successful attemptat this water panning technique, I set my sights on other beaches to try out this new found interest. First up was Green Hill, the southern shore that plays host to so many of my winter seascapes! It was a golden afternoon with broken clouds slowing moving in from the west. I played with the water as the sun sank lower and moved over to some buried driftwood (which...
