Road to the Horizon – Zion National Park

Road to the Horizon

This is a capture I took while out at Zion National Park earlier this year. Taken at the side of the road while taking a break from driving. Not sure I love it, but I like it. Colors are great. Captured with Canon 5D with Canon 17-40 L hand held.

Photography Links for October 10 2010

7 Post Production Tips for Striking Landscapes | Light Stalking Quote: Now that you’ve captured some beautiful landscapes (hopefully in RAW format for optimal versatility in editing), it’s time to bring them into Photoshop and make some improvements. Confused on where to start? Below is a detailed, but certainly not exclusive, list of popular editing [...]

Grafton UT – Ghost town in Black and White

Here’s a photo taken at the Grafton UT ghost town, just outside of Zion National Park. We couldn’t get close to the buildings on the day we went but got a few decent shots. This was converted to black and white and a vignette added to it. Hope you enjoy. Captured with Canon 5D and [...]

Bent Tree – Zion National Park

This is the famous Bent Tree in Zion National Park. I got a few of the ‘normal’ photos of this great tree but I decided to try to get something different. I did everything “wrong” with this photo – shot into the sun, underexposed, etc…but I like it. Captured with Canon 5D with Canon 17-40 [...]

Photography Links for June 13 2010

How To Color Balance Your Flash With Gels Quick, what’s the difference between the light from your flash, the sun, those crazy, twisted light bulbs and the not so crazy twisted light bulbs? Easy answer: degrees Kelvin, or the color the lights give off. How to Take Better Landscape Photos – PictureCorrect Taking great landscape [...]

Oklahoma City National Memorial at Sunset

Tracie and I were in Oklahoma over the Easter weekend and decided to take some time to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial. I can still remember the day this tragedy happened in April of 1995. While this terrible event was felt by everyone in the US (and world), it hit those of us from [...]

Morning at the Beach

Morning on Carolina Beach

I found another shot from NC that I thought might turn out OK after some post-processing.  This scene is from our beach house looking out over the dune to the ocean.  The sun was peaking through some clouds and made for a wonderful image.