I went hiking this morning out at Balcones Canyonlands Doeskin Ranch area. It was kind of one more free morning to go hiking before I go back to working tomorrow. There were quite a few people out there hiking and enjoying the morning, including one relentless trail-runner that must have been in amazing shape as… Read More Sunday Morning Hike at Balcones Canyonlands
It was Sunday afternoon and I was itching to get back out and shoot some photos. I knew that there wouldn’t be a remarkable sunset as the sky was perfectly clear. I did think that I might be able to do something interesting with the little stream and waterfall at Balcones Canyonland National Wildlife Refuge,… Read More Blue Sky Landscape Photography
I mainly do landscape photography shooting with a wide lens. Sometimes it is useful to use a longer lens to pick out details and simplify the composition. I have recently been watching youtube videos from photographers about going out and shooting with just a long lens to force yourself to focus on different sorts of… Read More Landscape with a Long Lens
It has been extremely hot here recently, up to 45°C or 114°F (take your pick) this week. On top of that, we have gotten a dust cloud from Africa over Texas I am told. All this is to say, I haven’t been out to shoot a whole lot recently. I did make myself go over… Read More A Stream at Sunset
It is spring and a lot of the wild grass is long and golden. I began noticing this on my drives home from work in the late afternoon and I thought about the long grasses swaying in the late afternoon sun and what that would look like with a long exposure. So, Sunday I took… Read More Long Exposure Grasses
Not far from my house is a place called Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. This place exists mainly to protect the habitat of some endangered songbirds, but it also has several hiking trails. I have lived in Central Texas for more than 15 years and have not been out there, so in mid-December I went.… Read More Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
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