Sunset in Sonoma

I took this while standing poolside at my mother's house. Another picture that sat on my hard drive for a while and I'm just now posting. I'm posting this for someone who recently told me that they like sepia toned pictures.

Canon 600D, ISO 100, 55mm, f/8.0, 1/160 sec.

Sunset on a diamond.

I stopped by the beach at the end of Diamond street in Laguna Beach last night. It was sunny with blue skies at home so I drove down to Laguna Beach hoping to get a nice sunset and what do I find? Grey. Lots of Grey. I was just about to give up and all of the sudden I see the clouds starting to part and color starting to come in. So I stood there for a good 15 minutes waiting for enough color and sky to get a good picture.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/4, 23mm, 1/200 sec.

Old and Grainy

So I had some fun with my shoot down on Thousand Steps Beach. I am not a fan of high ISO and this is one of the few that I actually like. There was an older couple jogging along the beach and I'm glad that they were standing together for my picture. And this was after I did some noise reduction. I like the grainy old style look to it. Let me know what you think.

Canon 600D, ISO-3200, 34mm, 1/50 sec

My First Lighthouse

I've always like the idea of lighthouses. Maybe I romanticize them, but they seem like such unique ways to live. I went over to Point Fermin to get pictures of Sunken city, but as I said in my last post, there was a cop posted right next to the only way I know to get through the fence. Instead of drawing attention to myself, I decided to walk around the park and take some pictures. This is the lighthouse there and it's my kind of Lighthouse. A home with just a light atop it. Let me know of any other great lighthouses in california, my goal is to take pictures of all of them.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/5.6, 18mm, 1/125 sec.

Once more into the break, dear friends

So I've never really tried taking pictures of waves. First picture of some waves. The break is too close to the beach to surf here, but it allows me to get some detail without a zoom. I really like this picture and I may mess around with it, maybe blur it a bit to compensate for the noise caused by the high ISO. I took classes to teach me about the relation of ISO and noise and the relation of f stops and depth of field, but that was at least a decade ago if not more so I've forgotten it all and am learning from scratch.

Canon 600D, ISO-640, f/4.5, 30mm, 1/40 sec.

The point of exposure

So, yes it was cloudy when I went down to thousand steps beach, but I made the best of it. Some clouds are great for pictures, but not these clouds. I had to take some long exposures in order to get even a little definition from them. Luckily waves always look great with long exposures. I'm going to go down to Thousand Steps again when the sky is a little more clear to get you some more exciting pictures. I do like this one and I hope that you do also.

Canon 600D, ISO-100, f/5, 41mm, 15 sec

Sunset at the Pier

OK, I know that I have said it before, but this time I mean it. This is my last image from the Photowalk. I couldn't turn down another sunset shot though. So Today is my last picture form the Photowalk. I'm afraid I posted my images too quickly and I'm starting to run out. I guess that I need to go take more. You might notice a crazy ISO below, that is me playing around with shutter priority instead of aperture priority. Only image that turned out with shutter over aperture priority. You will also notice my new signature.

Canon 600D, ISO-160, f/4.5, 28mm, 1/200 sec