Were I Captain Ahab, my white whale would be a beautiful sunrise over downtown Austin. The scene is set every morning and all I need is the sky to cooperate. I am just a calm morning with high clouds away from this magical event. So, I read several weather forecasts trying to predict the appearance… Read More An Austin Sunrise with Some Clouds
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
Austin is not known for its Autumn color display, but there are some colors and I set about trying to capture them on Friday evening. My plan was to shoot from the pedestrian walkway along IH-35 across Lady Bird Lake. I had seen this view while driving the kids to Six Flags in San Antonio… Read More Autumn Color in Austin
November is here, which is just about my favorite month with all the anticipation of holidays and cooler weather to come. The Austin area got its first freeze of the season on the morning of Halloween, which is quite remarkable. Seems like I generally remember sweating on Halloween. But, Halloween was a big success this… Read More Happy November
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
As I mentioned previously in this blog, I have an idea for getting a silhouette of downtown Austin with a nice sunset. I have yet to really find the perfect location for this nor have I been downtown to shoot photos on a good sunset evening. But, I did mess around in Photoshop and try… Read More Fake Austin Skyline Silhouette
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 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
I set up on top of a parking structure across Interstate Highway 35 from downtown Austin for some sunset pictures. While I was waiting, I decided to do an experiment to see if I could clear IH-35 of traffic. IH-35 is one of the major highways that goes North-South through the middle of the United… Read More Motion Blur IH-35
