I had Friday afternoon off, the weather was nice, and I needed to get out and do something. It had rained heavily the day before and I didn’t feel like getting muddy somewhere so I decided to go and hike around downtown Austin. The forecast originally called for heavy cloud cover so I had planned… Read More Austin in the Afternoon
A week ago I went downtown in the early morning to take photos of the Austin skyline during the twilight period before dawn. I go down before dawn to avoid traffic and heat and to easily find a free parking place. But, I wondered how different my results would be if I took the same… Read More Evening Twilight in Austin
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
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
It has been tough to get very motivated to get out and shoot lately with the weather. Austin winters are cloudy, drizzly, and gray most of the time. The cool temperatures are nice, but trying to get out and shoot landscape photography is not always easy. I made myself get out with the camera last… Read More Gray January
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
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
There was to be a break in the storm clouds one evening and this often means good conditions for a nice sunset. So, I headed to a parking garage that overlooks downtown Austin from the East side in hopes of getting something nice. There were a lot of layers of clouds moving around and I… Read More Trying to Get a Good Austin Sunset
Maybe I am addicted to taking skyline pictures recently. It is not as easy as one would think to get these pictures to turn out the way you want them, so I keep going back and trying different things under different conditions. What I have been trying to catch are good clouds at sunrise, but… Read More Austin Skyline at Sunrise
There is a spot along the lake shore in Austin that I have come back to several early mornings, hoping to see those perfect conditions of light, sky, and reflections. From this place, I can mostly split the horizon with the reflections in the lake if the conditions are right. And it faces East, so… Read More Morning Twilight Reflections
Jason Frels 