It’s Sunday morning, the first almost cool Sunday morning of Fall, so I decided to head to downtown Austin with my camera gear just before sunrise and explore a bit. Sunday mornings are very peaceful downtown, and you can park where you want and have the run of the place. Mainly just joggers and a… Read More Sunday Morning Downtown
Saturday I took part in a landscape photography workshop at Colorado Bend State Park in Central Texas. I have been to this park several times as there are lots of nice hiking trails. There are also some waterfalls in the park, and this was the subject of the workshop. There is larger waterfall, called Gorman… Read More Waterfalls in Colorado Bend State Park
I went out in the evening thinking that I would shoot some fireflies. There is a park nearby where they hang out around dusk. The mosquitos hang out there as well, but that’s outdoor photography. So, I had my camera and tripod set up attempting to aim in the general direction of the fireflies, and… Read More Shooting Fireflies
For quite some time now I have been trying to get a good panorama of the Austin skyline. I don’t quite have the shot I want yet, but I will continue to try. I have been struggling to get the light and clouds just the way I want. I usually try in the late afternoon… Read More Austin Skyline
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
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
Jason Frels 