So those of you reading my blog (all 3 of you!) know that I like photographing locations I’m familiar with and one those locations is “the rocks” in the Spillway State Park on Tuttle Creek Lake. I’m not really sure if I could say exactly what it is about this particular place other than I…
As you might have guessed from past posts, I have a mild obsession with photographing the (near) full moon rise. I try to get out a day or two before each full moon and photograph the moon rising over the landscape. Around the full moon, the moon rises near enough sunset that you can photograph…
A couple of weeks ago I was driving back into Manhattan at the end of a long day (up at 5:00 am, yuck!) and I had a good chance to watch the clouds changing in the west. It was late afternoon and the clouds were really forming some interesting patterns and textures. Not too much…
Earlier this month I decided it was time to try and photograph another moon rise. Checking The Photographer’s Ephemeris I found that the moon was going to rise over a nice little cove on Tuttle Creek Lake. The cove is not far from my house and filled with really interesting dead trees (only a photographer could say…
The last couple of years I’ve been trying to make sure I’m out making some photographs during the solstices. Seems like winter solstice is easy to miss…it has some stiff competition for attention with Christmas only a few days away (interestingly solstice is tied to a number of holidays). And lets face it, not many…
Everyone knows that photography is all about light (and shadows). Often photographers will talk about “the right light” or “magic light”. Photographers can spend hours talking about the “exposure triangle” of shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO and how those factors control the amount of light recorded while making a photograph. I’m sure my wife can…
I haven’t been out with my camera much lately for a variety of reasons but mainly due to the insane heat wave we are in right now. I don’t like hot weather at all! If you don’t believe me about the heat, check out the high temps we have had in Manhattan since July 15th:…
Last Saturday I had great plans for another sunrise shoot at the small cove along Tuttle Creek Lake that I had recently visited with Chris from LaBrissa Photography. Friday evening I did a bit of homework to see what the conditions might be like Saturday morning. First, I checked the position of sunrise with The…
(click on any photo in this post to enlarge it) At the end of April I had the opportunity to do some sunrise photography with Chris from La Brisa Photography. Chris is an amazing photographer and it seems like every week he is flying to different parts of the country to photograph a wedding. I…
Can you believe it? I actually got myself out of bed this morning at 5:00 am for some sunrise photography at Stockdale Park on Tuttle Creek Lake. Actually the alarm started going off at 5:00, I think I actually got out of bed around 5:30, but that is still pretty good for me! I was…