I got up before dawn to go hiking as I had a nice idea for a sunrise behind the small waterfall at Balcones Canyonland National Wildlife Refuge. As I was driving out there, I could see some clouds on the horizon, so I thought there was a chance. But two things happened when I got… Read More A Few Minutes of Perfect Light
Saturday was nice, it was quite warm for the first of February. I got out of the house and went to Colorado Bend State Park for some hiking. I lugged my camera down the trails in case I saw some wildlife. I did see a lot of armadillos. Armadillos are not very stealthy. You hear… Read More Armadillos and Golden Hour
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
Thursday evening it was hot and humid and I needed a hike. So, I went to one of my favorite places again. I got to the parking lot and as usual it was empty, so it would just be me and a few million bugs in the refuge. As soon as I got out of… Read More Golden Hour Hike
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
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
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
I decided that as we got into fall and it got cooler, I would take some time off and go out to West Texas to camp and shoot photos. The first place I chose was Monahans Sandhills State Park. I have been thinking about going to this place for quite a while as I love… Read More Sand and Light
