I had occasion to spend an evening in Eastland Texas, a small town west of Fort Worth. I spent some time shooting photos outside, but I was fighting a lot of dull cloud cover and eventually rain. Before sunset I got a brief break-up of the clouds and managed to shoot the late afternoon sky… Read More Majestic
I haven’t had enough fall color yet and I was concerned that I was early last week and might be missing a better show this weekend. So, Saturday morning I headed to downtown Austin again, but this time I went down to auditorium shores by the lake for a different perspective. I knew the sun… Read More More Autumn Color in Austin
I was up shortly after 5:00AM on Saturday and decided to go downtown to shoot photos. The forecast called for partly cloudy skies, so I thought that I might get lucky on a sunrise. I also wanted to experiment with a few things from the Pfluger pedestrian bridge, which overlooks downtown from the lake side.… Read More Downtown by Twilight
It was Sunday morning and it was to be a bit cool and partly cloudy and I really needed to get out and shoot a few photos. So, Saturday night I set my mental alarm clock for 5:45 AM and sure enough, my eyes popped open 5:42 AM according to my bedside clock. I don’t… Read More Sunday at Dawn
On Sunday afternoon my daughter asked me to take her to downtown Austin to shoot pictures. She loves to go downtown and downtown is nice, but it is not fun to try to find a place to park. It was nice to have an activity to do with my daughter, who is now 18 years… Read More Sunday Evening Outing
I am still on a mission to get a nice sunset over downtown Austin. Thursday night looked somewhat promising, so I went to a parking garage that I thought would provide a good view. This parking garage is on the East side of Interstate 35 and overlooks downtown from the Northeast. I have been to… Read More Still Chasing an Austin Sunset
Saturday night the forecast for the following morning looked good for some sunrise shots. As difficult as it is to get a good sunset, I find sunrises even more difficult for some reason. Perhaps because the air is a bit different just before dawn compared to just after sunset – cooler, drier, less haze. Also,… Read More Up Before The Dawn
I hope you had a nice Christmas; I did. A couple of days after Christmas, I went downtown at around sunset to shoot some pictures of the Christmas tree in front of the Texas Capitol. It is a large tree with light patterns that change every couple of minutes. I wanted to frame it with… Read More Merry Austin Christmas
On Sunday morning I went down to Austin. The two forecasts that I looked at said that the clouds would break before dawn. Driving down, I didn’t see clouds parting but I kept up hope. I got to the park and it was still cloudy, but I decided to go out on the pedestrian bridge… Read More A Few From An Austin Pedestrian Bridge
I have been wanting to try to photograph the Austin central library at night for a while. Maybe try some long exposure with the vehicle lights blurred on the street or HDR. I haven’t really been down around the library much, so I would be going down there cold without any real plans for photographs.… Read More Austin Library at Night
