Sunol Wilderness

For those of you who have been following the blog, sorry for the lack of new images. Things have been a little crazy lately between summer school and trying to find a place to live in Berkeley. We went up last weekend to look at places and ended up camping in the Sunol backcountry which was a bit of a workout but good practice for the John Muir. I haven't had much time to work on the photos from the trip but here is one that I have so far. Looking west just before sunset from our campsite.

Santa Catalina Flowers

A cool flower/pod arrangement off of the trail between two harbors and the King Harbor Yacht Club campsite.

Catalina Series

It's the first of the month so I want to get some new images out. I've been working on some images from Catalina Island and trying some new processing techniques. I will post the entire series as a slideshow when I am finished and also on the main website. Here are a few I have finished so far.

Tom's Place

Wanted to get a couple pictures posted today so here you go. These two are from back behind Tom's Place a few miles off of the 395. Amazing place and well worth a day of your time if you're ever in the area. For those who don't know Tom's Place is about a half an hour south of Mammoth Mountain on the west side of the highway.

Orchid Series

This was a series of orchid photos I took a while back. They look really sharp matted and framed.

Cuda Fishing

Went fishing this morning and caught a bunch of barracuda and a few calico bass. Only one keeper though, he'll be a taco in a few hours.

"Great is Our Sin"

Took a couple of pictures of Andrea's back so the artist could add it to his portfolio. They came out pretty well and I am even more impressed with Capture One's rendering and ability to keep images from looking digitized. These were just taken in overcast light on the patio but I think some strobist shots would be fun in the future.

Three Pelicans and a Ship

I just got my Singh Ray "Galen Rowell" graduated neutral density filters so decided to try them out at the beach. Unfortunately I don't have my filter holder yet so I had to hand hold the filters. I didn't get any real keepers with them but the last image shows how they hold back the exposure in the brightest part of the frame.

Three Pelicans and a Ship - One of my favorites from the evening.


These two looked like they should be in a magazine. On Manhattan Beach Blvd.


This image was taken using the GND filters. I only put it up so you can see how the filters work. This was simply converted from RAW using Capture One, mild curves adjustment in photoshop and a tiny bit of sharpening. You can see how the filters hold back the light from the top of the frame allowing the detail in the sand to expose properly.

Pool & Pong

Pool and ping pong have to be a couple of the greatest games ever. Just thought I'd share. Andrea kicked my ass 3-2 at ping pong but I got her 2-1 on the pool table. Here is a photo from the day.