Category: photography

  • 25Jun-Photo Release

    25Jun-Photo Release

    25Jun-Photo Release – I’ve mentioned that Livermore is a Cowboy Town. We have a Rodeo – “The fastest Rodeo in the West” in fact.

  • Slowing the Shutter – Photo Tips

    Slowing the Shutter – Photo Tips

    Today we’re tackling a creative milestone that moves you from simply capturing a moment to capturing time.

  • 24Jun-Photo Release

    24Jun-Photo Release

    24Jun-Photo Release – just more birds at Del Valle, this time in November. It’s just starting to get cold here – 30 to 40° F.

  • 23Jun-PhotoShow

    23Jun-PhotoShow

    23Jun-PhotoShow – Choosing photos for a slideshow is famously difficult, often feeling more like an excavation than a simple editing task.

  • 22Jun-Photo Release

    22Jun-Photo Release

    22Jun-Photo Release – As the sun dips below the horizon, ambient light doesn’t just fade; it drops exponentially.

  • 21Jun-Photo Release

    21Jun-Photo Release

    I motored non-stop to the far end of the lake by the dam grabbing a few frames along the way, but it was still pretty dark down in the valley where the lake lies.

  • 20Jun-Photo Release

    20Jun-Photo Release

    20Jun26-Photo Release – back in the day I didn’t have all the fancy bells and whistles to fix photos with eyesores in them.

  • 18Jun-Photo Release

    18Jun-Photo Release

    For a few years now there have been rumors of Wood Ducks on this end of Del Valle along the arroyo itself.

  • 16Jun-Photo Release

    16Jun-Photo Release

    16Jun-Photo Release This part of Del Valle has been closed to the public for that last two years for the sake of the Eagles who nest in the grove.

  • On the Other Side

    On the Other Side

    Exploring the California coast between late winter and late spring feels like walking through a changing watercolor painting. The winter rains wake up the coastal bluffs, and by February or March, the landscape starts bursting with color.