I have been having fun with ND filters and long exposures recently and I realized that I have not done this at Inks Lake, which is one of my favorite places to be. I have a Texas State Parks pass so I can go there any time I want without paying additional money. On one… Read More Long Exposures of Inks Lake, part 1
I went out to the Colorado River at Colorado Bend State park. I know that this is a rocky part of the river and there are a lot of places where the water rushes over the rocks and I thought this might make for some good long exposure photography. I also wanted to experiment with… Read More Colorado River
I drive by these cows in tall grass everyday and think about photographing them. I finally stopped to photograph them when I saw some favorable clouds and light on one afternoon. The sun was out behind me and shining on the cows while the dark clouds were on the horizon in the background. I debated… Read More Cows and a Stormy Sky
I have been wanting to go hiking at Inks Lake State Park in the late afternoon before sunset and scope out some places in a rocky area overlooking the lake for sunset pictures. It has been very cloudy lately, but Thursday afternoon’s forecast called for clearing skies so I headed out there after work. Inks… Read More Inks Lake Sunset
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
Not far from my house the sunflowers are in bloom. We had an afternoon with really nice light so I grabbed my camera bag and headed over to where all these sunflowers are growing along the road. The sunflowers are nice enough to face right into the late afternoon sun and catch all that golden… Read More Sunflowers
There is a lens that I have been wanting, the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR. It is a wide angle zoom that would be useful for landscape photography. My current lenses left a gap between 14mm and 24mm and I often find that I would like to shoot a bit wider that 24mm. Nikon… Read More Nikon 18-35mm f/4 Lens
I have been focusing on shooting Austin lately and have been running around downtown. I usually do this on an early morning when there aren’t so many people about and I can easily park my car. There is a pedestrian bridge across Lady Bird Lake from which you can see downtown and maybe a nice… Read More Three From a Pedestrian Bridge in Austin
A week or so ago, I was down by the Texas State capitol and tried to take a picture with several layers of stars in the architecture at a particular place. I didn’t have a lot of time as I was with people and I didn’t think the picture would come out with all of… Read More Focus Stacking Stars at the Capitol
My teenage daughter often wants to hang around with me. How wonderful is that for a dad?!?!! Makes me feel like I have done something right for the last 17+ years. She is a fantastic girl, full of positivity and hope and I love her outlook on the world. I am a bit of a… Read More Hiking With My Girl
Jason Frels 