Going Handheld – Antelope Canyon
This was my second visit to the Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona. It’s a great place to stop for a few hours if you’re ever driving through. This time I…
Shooting The Wave With The Sony A7r & Zeiss 35mm
I finally had a chance to go to The Wave this month. We actually did the lottery and won on our second try. Lucky us, I guess. Some people have…
10 Reasons Why Your HDR Photos Suck
Have you noticed that HDR photography is often criticized on the web? That’s because it’s hard. From shooting to processing, a lot can go wrong, and it usually does. The sad reality…
Splash – Oahu Wave Photography
When I was in Oahu a few weeks ago, I shot some photography like this: super close to the water as it splashes against the sand or surrounding rocks. It’s…
Between Worlds – Oahu Hawaii
I've always loved shots of clean tropical water on a white sand beach. There is even a good one that comes as a desktop background if you're an OSX user. Well, guess what, I finally got one. Except the sand is not exactly white, close enough.
Winds Edge – Oahu Hawaii
After driving around the Island a few times, my wife and I found this cool spot. It was near China man’s hat and was one of the few places in…
Mahai’ula Bay – Big Island Hawaii
This Mahai’ula Bay was something else. I ended up coming here a few times. Once for snorkeling and again at night when looking for a place to take photos. I…
Manini’owali Sunset – Big Island Hawai’i
On my first few days on the Big Island of Hawai’i, we had some incredible sunsets—some of the best I’ve seen. The Big Island has some of the nicest beaches…
Save Your Skies With Luminosity Masks
Often times when shooting sunsets you'll find the area just around the sun gets blown out by the intense light. It's important to bring down those highlights to help avoid lost colors and pixels in your images which will also help give you a much deeper rendering of both colors in the highlights.
Lemons To Lemonaid With HDR Photography
Although some people would disagree with the title, HDR photography, for me, has always been a great way to turn some not-so-interesting scenes into something with a little life. As…