It has been extremely hot here recently, up to 45°C or 114°F (take your pick) this week. On top of that, we have gotten a dust cloud from Africa over Texas I am told. All this is to say, I haven’t been out to shoot a whole lot recently. I did make myself go over… Read More A Stream at Sunset
Last week when I wrote this blog, I was mainly focusing on some compositions that I did around a group of boulders in the lake at Inks Lake State Park. I was happy with these photos and also had some images from another nearby place along the shore that I had tried. I didn’t feel… Read More Long Exposures of Inks Lake, part 2
There is a perch I have been thinking about using to take sunset photos or long exposure light trails over Austin. It was a relatively clear evening and I wasn’t expecting much of a sunset show, but I thought that it might be a good night to get headlight and taillight trails along Interstate 35… Read More Austin Light Trails
I have been having fun with ND filters and long exposures recently and I realized that I have not done this at Inks Lake, which is one of my favorite places to be. I have a Texas State Parks pass so I can go there any time I want without paying additional money. On one… Read More Long Exposures of Inks Lake, part 1
I have been wanting to go hiking at Inks Lake State Park in the late afternoon before sunset and scope out some places in a rocky area overlooking the lake for sunset pictures. It has been very cloudy lately, but Thursday afternoon’s forecast called for clearing skies so I headed out there after work. Inks… Read More Inks Lake Sunset
My teenage daughter often wants to hang around with me. How wonderful is that for a dad?!?!! Makes me feel like I have done something right for the last 17+ years. She is a fantastic girl, full of positivity and hope and I love her outlook on the world. I am a bit of a… Read More Hiking With My Girl
Lately I have been struggling to find time and inspiration for taking photographs. Most of my time lately has been spent supporting other people and there hasn’t been any time for me. I did get a false start on Sunday evening for a few hours as I drove to a couple of places and got… Read More Berries on a Fence Line
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
It’s Spring and I wanted to return to the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge for a hike to see if there was a wildflower show and perhaps take in a sunset. I have written about this place before. I always bring my camera when hiking, so I can practice composing and taking photos of anything… Read More Hiking with my Camera in Balcones Canyonlands NWR
When I went to Gruene, I stayed in a bed and breakfast called the Gruene River Inn. The place had a nice great room that overlooked the river and I decided to attempt to shoot it with my 14mm lens and do an HDR merge to capture the room and the windows. One challenge was… Read More HDR Sunset from Gruene Texas
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