August Dance

August quickly approaches and the summer nights will soon be filled with dance and celebration. A colorful blur of fluid motion driven by the rhythm of music in the air.

Last Rays

There are places along the California coast that you can almost always count on to have people watching the sunset. There provide great spots to practice photographing silhouettes. They also make for great excuses to get out and enjoy the last rays of the day.

Sunset Flight

A couple of bird and add a lot to an image. Here they lend a sense of movement to an otherwise static picture. I don't think this image would have worked at all without these birds.

California Pier

There's a small window of time, just after the sun sets, that is perfect for capturing images. This image was made about 10 minutes after the sun went down. The lights were just starting to reflect on the water. I used a 2 second exposure which made the ocean look glassy and brought out the bluish purples in the sky. Had I waited longer the sky would have been black and I wouldn't have gotten the warm inviting photograph that I was after.

Wind Driven

A yellow sailboat on blue water. Works for me. Colour is all around us. It is an important part of life and photography. In the same fashion that we compose using the objects within an image, also consider the color of those objects.

They are after all an important part of storytelling and another tool to work with.

Don't ride the yellow boat.... no. no. no. That was about snow wasn't it...

Pacific Races

Seems everyone one wanted to get into the race, from sailboats to swimmers...

Well almost everyone, guess the guy in the back didn't hear the starting gun.

Summer on the beach, what else can I say?

The Bridge

We seem to be at a crossing point in the world of photography. Last night I got grilled with questions regarding microstock. I answered all the questions people had the best that I could. The real shock to people was the prices. Why would anyone agree to selling images for so little?

Hmmmm, I think that is the sentiment of many. Well if you can't beat them, join them. For me, I like getting my work out there. It's not all about money. Sure a little extra cash is nice, but getting my work out there is nicer. I'd rather do that then have boxes of DVD's of images that no one ever sees.

It's about the work and passion for photography! It's about getting to be a better photographer! So, yes I've crossed that bridge. Guess what? It's not dark on the other side.

And don't forget volume makes up some of the difference in the pricing model.