I was all excited the other day because it was sunny and I was finally going to get to go out and shoot. Then the fog rolled in. So I decided to just do a camera walk around the neighborhood and see what I could do with the fog. The first thing I saw where… Continue reading Birds
Category: Black and White
Day 53 – Mailboxes
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen old school apartment mailboxes like these and I was especially happy to see that they actually had mail in them. The mailboxes had been painted the same green color as the building so I thought a black and white treatment might be best. I chose Topaz BW effects for… Continue reading Day 53 – Mailboxes
Day 29 – Rogue River Bridge
One of the unsung wonders of the Oregon Coast is the beautiful bridges that were built in the 1930s to connect the coastal towns and complete Highway 101. This one graces the Rogue River in Gold Beach. I loved the idea of this image when I took it but the result was kind of ho… Continue reading Day 29 – Rogue River Bridge
Phonograph
Bored, bored, bored. Unsettled weather, nothing in bloom, winter subjects exhausted. I have been looking for a three day window of decent weather (i.e. no snow) so I can get up to Colorado and try to find some Sandhill Cranes doing their mating dance. It looks like I may finally make it Sunday through Tuesday… Continue reading Phonograph
Cottonwood Tree
Before After I originally planned to post my favorite image from 2013 as the first image of the year but I am getting bored with best ofs and recaps and 2013 in general so I decided to move forward and start with something new. (If you really want to see my pick for best… Continue reading Cottonwood Tree
Coquille River Lighthouse
Before After This week I spent some time honing up my black and white conversion skills. This image is one where I always liked the composition but it just didn’t work for me. When I was cruising through the files looking for something to convert to black and white I saw this… Continue reading Coquille River Lighthouse
1923 Nash Roadster
As I was driving around Colorado last week looking for fall color I kept thinking to myself “you know, I’m really not a landscape photographer.” And the truth is I had way more fun shooting the old cars at the Pioneer History Museum in Gunnison. Though I added a lot to my hood ornament collection… Continue reading 1923 Nash Roadster
Deck Chairs
I took a workshop with George DeWolfe last fall. He had been a student of Ansel Adams and he said that Ansel thought it took about seven years to get a print just right. Well this image must be about there because it has been about six years. I shot the image in color but… Continue reading Deck Chairs
Color Splash
This week I learned a new trick in Photoshop called color splash. It allows you to convert an image to black and white while still retaining a splash of color. In this case there is nothing quite as dramatic as a black and white landscape. But in this image the flowers fade out in the… Continue reading Color Splash