Marin Headlands – It is all about the light

Sea stacks, Marin Headlands

I have been to the Marin Headlands a number of times, but last Saturday was the first time I found the conditions prime for a wide angle landscape.

Marine layer, Rodeo Beach

Long exposure photography on a foggy morning at the Marin Headlands. It is finally raining in the Central Valley of California!

There are some cliffs at the Rodeo Beach in Marin County from where I like to make abstract photographs of the ocean. I have two such photographs in my “Ocean” portfolio and I want to add a few more. The short movie below, taken with my Motorola cell phone, was made from one of thoseContinue reading “The Movement of the Waves”

Fishing for answers

The weekend passed fast. I stare at an empty blog post and wonder, what am I fishing for? How do I get beyond “I went here”, “I went there”, “I did this”, “I did that?” See, “I have good equipment and I know how to use it”. In the photos I took yesterday, I can distinguishContinue reading “Fishing for answers”

Casual ICM photography

ICM photography on a gorgeous morning

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 eye to see. A fewContinue reading “Splash”

The Mermaid’s face

I have been to the Marin Headlands a number of times, but last Saturday was the first time I saw the face of the Mermaid.