My daughter and I have been on a road trip north from Texas to Montana. One of the stops on our way was the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. When the need for our road trip arose, I took the opportunity to cross this national park off of my list of parks as… Read More Shooting a Panorama of the Great Sand Dunes
It was mid-morning and I was out site seeing near the river in the southwest part of Big Bend National Park when I noticed that with the morning haze, the mountain appeared as layers in the distance. I had to try to shoot a photograph or two of this so I headed for an overlook… Read More Big Bend Mountains in the Haze
On Sunday afternoon my daughter asked me to take her to downtown Austin to shoot pictures. She loves to go downtown and downtown is nice, but it is not fun to try to find a place to park. It was nice to have an activity to do with my daughter, who is now 18 years… Read More Sunday Evening Outing
I have been scouting locations for a photograph idea that I have involving the Austin skyline. My idea basically calls for a panorama of a mostly silhouetted downtown against a nice sunset cloud show. This idea has two major challenges. Finding a good location from which to shoot. Being on location during a nice sunset.… Read More Scouting a Location in Austin
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
At Hot Springs National Park there is a tower on top of one of the high hills that is not affiliated with the national park as I understand. After following a winding road up the mountain, you can go to the top of the tower via an elevator (if you buy a ticket). On one… Read More Hot Springs Panorama
I returned to Mt. Bonnell park in Austin for another attempt at a panorama as I haven’t been up there in a while. I was hosting a couple of visitors and I thought that they might like to see Austin from up there. The afternoon was mostly clear, if a bit humid, but I had… Read More Downtown Austin Panorama
Across the street from where I work there is a building being constructed. I have watched them set up the large cranes and start laying down each floor of the building. It is still going up and I don’t know where it will stop. I thought that it might be fun to take some pictures… Read More Construction Site Photos
Some pictures from my final afternoon at Caprock Canyons State Park Texas. This is a continuation of my earlier blogs Day 1 and Day 2. As it got late in the day and the afternoon shadows began to get long, I tried to get some good panoramas of the high cliffs in the long shadows. The sky… Read More More Caprock Canyons
My daughter is into photography and so one Saturday we went down to Austin on a photo shoot. It’s always nice when your teenage daughter wants to do something with you. The first place we went was to a park that has peacocks. I have been here before, but I have never been able to… Read More Peacocks and Downtown
Jason Frels 