Category: Land and dreamscapes
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California Dreaming
A somewhat late welcome to the most depressing time in California, Fire Season. Today we finally got our first “fire sky” here in the Central Valley. The sun peeps through a dense layer of smoke and throws a beautiful, golden light on things. From a photographer’s point of view, there is…
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Humboldt County Redwoods and Fern
This post is about a long hike in a Redwoods forest of Humboldt County, what I took for photography, and my photography settings while there.
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Monochrome abstractions in Point Reyes
In this post I show a few examples of abstractions in monochrome, following up with the previous one, which was about abstractions in color.
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Landscape abstractions in color
On a trip to Mono Lake I photographed the Tufas in sunset and with the help of Lee color filters, I created a landscape abstraction
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Wild Horse Photography in Public Lands
In this post I talk about a trip I did to photograph wild horses in Mono Lake, California, in the beginning of June, 2021.
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ICM photography at North Table Mountain
I go to Table Mountain every spring for the wildflowers. This year it was beyond crowded, and since I had photographed the place ad nauseam in the past, I packed light (just my toy camera, the Z50 and its 50 mm dedicated lens). My intention was to enjoy the walk and friends…
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Casual ICM photography
ICM photography on a gorgeous morning
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A study in ICM photography
Intentional camera movement (ICM) is a photographic technique where you move the camera when you are pressing the shutter.
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Monterey Dreaming
Monterey county in California is a beautiful wild place for photography but the wind, topology of landscape and haze make it difficult to get a good shot.
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Splash
I don’t know if wave splashes in long exposure have any artistic value, but they are sure fun to obtain. They are also impossible to replicate. Taking a long exposure photograph is looking at the scene in whole different away. It is magical, it slows up the time for your…