30. June 2009 by David.

Fires can be devastating. However as a photographer they can be inspiring and beautiful. This was taken from Turtle Rock in the Big Trees National Park. The Forest Service was letting a lightning strike fire burn and that allowed me to get this great sunset. There were about twenty people in the area and none left until after dark. Surpising to me was I was the only photographer.

Keep clicking

Dave

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28. June 2009 by David.

I went to a motorcycle poker run event yesterday, no I didn’t ride I was just helping out at the terminus. The bikes were beautiful so when I was out shopping today I stopped by the Harley Davidson shop and asked if I could take a few photographes. The bikes were parked fairly close to one another but I managed to get a few good shots. I’m definitely going to find another motorcycle get together and take some more photos of these beautiful machines.

Dave

Keep clicking and riding

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28. June 2009 by Friedhelm.

This staircase  got my attention. First I photographed it laying on the ground. The pictures was okay but depth of field was lacking since I used f4. Luckily I had my tripod with me and I used f22 to get this shot.

Happy photographing

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27. June 2009 by David.

Since it was over 100 degrees today and my air conditioner at my new house doesn’t work I thought I’d think ‘cool’. Try a little mind over matter. This a view of a frozen Bridalveil Falls, there isn’t much water, but what is there is frozen solid, as were my feet. This was taken during what I call my ‘magic’ day in Yosemite.  Everything seemed to work, I’d finally gotten chains for my truck, the snow had stopped a couple of days before, the sky was bright and ………………….

Keep clicking and cool,

Dave

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25. June 2009 by David.

As I’m getting ready to put up some of my photographs in my new home I came across this photo from a couple of years back of Yosemite Falls. Friedhelm and his family were gracious enough to ask me to come along with them. Thank you.

It was taken on a rather dreary day, with intermittent rain and is one of my favorites. One of my aquaintances said if you looked at it long enough it would put you to sleep, she clarified that by saying it was very peaceful. So enjoy but don’t fall asleep on me.

Keep clicking

Dave

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25. June 2009 by Friedhelm.

I believe we all look for beauty somewhere around us. I was surprised finding beauty in a few simple leaves. Something attracted me to the vine and I thought the leaves would make a great black and white picture, but I was wrong. The dark green green leave stands out and the color supports the structure. Maybe beauty is there where structure and color work together in harmony.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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24. June 2009 by David.

This is one of the last pictures I took at my old place of residence. I recently bought a house and am in the planning stages of a flower/scrub garden (don’t want to mow a bunch of grass).  It was dusk and in the middle of getting ready to move I couldn’t find my tripod.  I acutallly hand held this photogragh at 1/80 of a second. Thank goodness for image stabilization.

Keep clicking

Dave

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23. June 2009 by David.

I took several pictures of this water tower. It was tough getting an angle without power lines and with the sunset. I decided to go with more of a silhouette using a relative short exposure of 1/80 of a second at F10. The water tower isn’t that pretty, and I felt that a detailed photo would actually detract from the end result..

Sorry, the blog photo is coming out darker than the original.

Keep clicking.

Dave

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23. June 2009 by Friedhelm.

Many weddings and portraits were photographed at the lake and David and I decided to photograph it. For us the lake became subject not background. This is one of the most important consideration for any composition. What is your subject and what is your background? What design technique to you use to make that clear in your art work? The Hungarian photographer Martin Munkacsi always said: “Think while you shoot!”

Happy photographing and thinking?

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22. June 2009 by Friedhelm.

David and I were photographing at the golf course in Chowchilla. After the sunset we observed how the bugs were swarming around the light. We decided to take a few shots and …. they turned out to be better than I thought.

Have fun with your camera!

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