Another photo today from my adventures this past weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco is one of four or five places I call home. I spent about a year tour guiding in San Francisco in the early 1990s. For some reason I never made it to this overlook of the Golden Gate Bridge until now.
The weather forecast was for heavy rain (over half an inch). Luckily, it didn’t happen. We had rain in Napa and a bit in San Francisco, but I think the high winds may have messed up Mother Nature’s rain plan.
April 3rd, 2012 | Tags: california, nikon d7000, san francisco, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Golden Gate Bridge
I spent the past few nights in the San Francisco Bay Area. A couple of those were spent at the Silverado Resort in Napa, a place I hadn’t visited since my wedding reception 20 years ago. I woke up early the first morning to see if I could get some sunrise photos. Unfortunately, the sun never rose; we had nothing but clouds the entire time in Napa. I still got some decent pics I’ll be sharing with you.
April 2nd, 2012 | Tags: buildings, california, napa, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, trees | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on Silverado Resort
I purchased a new 35mm lens, and it arrived a few days ago. Today’s photo is one of my test shots I took in my front yard.
Much of the lens was paid for with an Amazon.com gift certificate that I won from Tokyo Mango so thanks Tokyo Mango!
April 1st, 2012 | Tags: bokeh, flowers, nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens, nikon d7000 | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on Cherry blossom bokeh
No students on campus this past week since it was Spring Break. The only sign of life at SOU was my shadow.
March 31st, 2012 | Tags: campus, grizzly peak, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Spring Break Self Portrait
Jordyn Kurtz pitching for the SOU Raiders
The SOU Women’s Softball Team has doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday. I’m off to California for a few days so I will miss them.
March 29th, 2012 | Tags: Jordyn Kurtz, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, softball, Southern Oregon University, sports | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU softball off to a great start
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March 28th, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments Off on Why People Are Fond Of Agate Beads
I previously mentioned how I was getting better results working with RAW files in concert lighting situations. When going through my jpg image results I almost deleted the above image because the amazing clouds my eyes saw were totally ruined in the jpg file. Before hitting delete, however, I decided to see what I could do with the RAW file. Here is the result:
March 28th, 2012 | Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, nikon d7000, photography, raw vs. jpg jpeg, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on RAW vs. JPG (RAW isn’t just for weird, indoor lighting)
Today’s photo of Ellie is from the archives. Diamond Lake and Mount Bailey won’t look like this for another four or five months. As we continue through this cold and wet Spring Break one can only dream of the slowly approaching summer.
March 27th, 2012 | Tags: ellie, mountains, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, water | Category: nature, outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Diamond Lake
This time of year, you never know what you are going to get. One day it’s sunny and warm; the next it’s cold and snowy.
March 26th, 2012 | Tags: ashland creek, lithia park, nikon d7000, snow, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, winter | Category: lithia park, nature, only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Cold Ashland Creek
