Sometimes a good place to take a picture is on the side of the road. I often carry my camera with me in the car and kind of lookout for something interesting, especially during wildflower season. Sometimes I see something and plan to come back later in the day when the light is better or… Read More From the Side of the Road
Austin is the capital of Texas and we are fortunate to have a beautiful capitol building that is open to the public. It is also set in a scenic downtown area and is close to the University of Texas campus. Several times I have gone on photo-shoots to try to capture the State Capitol from different vantage points inside and outside…… Read More Photographing The Texas State Capitol
A few weeks ago I was driving through Brenham Texas near sunset. As I was passing the fire station, I saw that the bays were open and I thought that it might be fun to try make some HDR photos of the fire engines. As a bonus, the sun was setting behind the fire station,… Read More Brenham Fire Department in HDR
One day I was at a park taking some pictures of the Austin skyline and somebody said something that got me thinking. There were people taking a picture of themselves in front of the skyline with a phone camera. They then looked at the picture and remarked on how small the skyline looked behind them. … Read More Focal Length and Field of View
Lately I have gotten in to HDR photography. I started out with just some simple bracketing of sunsets and experimenting with indoor shots. The sunset shots came out OK, but not as dramatic as I had hoped. So, I took a class and began practicing with some software called Photomatix and started getting better results. … Read More HDR Photography
